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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 11.15.19.10" title_num="11" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="19" heading="Cancellation of Special Registration Numbers and Plates.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Administration shall have the right to suspend special registration granted under this chapter if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The organization no longer qualifies as nonprofit as required by Regulation .04 of this chapter; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The organization has perpetrated a fraud against the Administration in obtaining special registration numbers and plates for its members.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Membership.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Continuous membership in the approved organization by the organization member who requests special registration plates under this chapter shall be required.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Loss of Membership.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The organization representative shall notify the former member and the Administration in writing if an organization member is no longer a member in the approved organization.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The former organization member shall immediately return the special registration plates to any Administration office for cancellation of the registration and obtain substitute regular registration plates.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If the former organization member does not return the special registration plates, the Administration shall flag the vehicle record in order to prevent a registration application from being sent to the former member for registration renewal purposes.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If a former organization member reinstates membership in an approved organization, the member may obtain new special registration plates in accordance with Regulation .09 of this chapter, and pay the appropriate special registration fee, if applicable, again.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>