# COMAR Title 11 — Department of Transportation

## Subtitle 15 — Motor Vehicle Administration — Vehicle Registration

### Chapter 30 — Issuance of Special Agriculture Registration Plates

**Authority:** Transportation Article, §§12-104(b) and 13-619.2, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: July 1, 2001 (28:8 Md. R. 762)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended effective July 30, 2018 (45:15 Md. R. 726)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01B, F amended effective November 5, 2007 (34:22 Md. R. 1978)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 amended effective March 16, 2026 (53:5 Md. R. 244)

#### Regulation .01 Issuance of Special Agriculture Registration Plates.

*COMAR 11.15.30.01*

A. In accordance with Transportation Article, §13-619.2, Annotated Code of Maryland, the Motor Vehicle Administration may issue a specially designed registration plate to honor Maryland agriculture.

B. Special agriculture registration plates issued to vehicles registered as Class A, E, or M vehicles, with disabled person's or personalized plates, may be of a different design than those issued to other Class A, E, or M vehicles.

C. Special agriculture registration plates issued to vehicles exempt from registration fees under Transportation Article, §13-903, Annotated Code of Maryland, to the Maryland National Guard, or to volunteer fire, rescue, or ambulance companies in Maryland, shall be of the same design as the plates issued to vehicles not exempt from the additional registration fee.

D. If special agriculture registration plates are issued as replacements for other registration plates, the previously issued plates and registration certificate shall immediately be surrendered to the Motor Vehicle Administration.

#### Regulation .02 Distribution of Funds.

*COMAR 11.15.30.02*

A. The fee provided for in COMAR 11.11.05.04(A)(3)(a) for original special agriculture registration plates shall be distributed equally between the Motor Vehicle Administration and the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation.

B. The fee provided for in COMAR 11.11.05.04(A)(3)(b) for renewal of special agriculture registration plates shall be distributed to the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation.

C. Money collected through the sale and renewal of special agriculture registration plates and due to the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation shall be transferred monthly to the Foundation.

#### Regulation .03 Nature of the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation.

*COMAR 11.15.30.03*

The Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization created as a result of the Governor's Task Force on Agricultural Education in 1989 to promote the education and appreciation of agriculture in the State.