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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Transportation Article, §§12-104(b) and 13-619.2, Annotated Code of Maryland Effective date: July 1, 2001 (28:8 Md. R. 762) Regulation .01 amended effective July 30, 2018 (45:15 Md. R. 726) Regulation .01B, F amended effective November 5, 2007 (34:22 Md. R. 1978) Regulation .02 amended effective March 16, 2026 (53:5 Md. R. 244)