Vehicle Laws - Obscured, Modified, or Blocked Registration Plates and Registration Plate Covers
What changed between versions
Added prohibition on blocked registration plates and registration plate covers to the bill title and purpose.
Added new provisions prohibiting the sale and advertising of registration plate covers, including false claims that unlawful covers are legal.
Added enforcement mechanism treating violations of plate cover advertising as unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practices under Commercial Law with additional penalties.
Added provision allowing enforcement of plate obscuring violations only as secondary action when detaining a driver for another violation.
Reorganized code article references, moving some provisions from Transportation Article to Commercial Law Article for better alignment with trade practice enforcement.
Added definition of 'registration plate cover' to include tinted, colored, painted, marked, or illuminated objects designed to obscure or block plate characters.