Maryland lawmakers are considering changes to the state’s historic vehicle registration rules following a recent shift that moved eligibility from a rolling age standard to a fixed cutoff year.
Last year, the General Assembly changed the definition of a historic vehicle from a rolling 20-year rule to a fixed cutoff of model year 1999. The change was included in the Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act (BRFA), a massive bill to balance the state’s budget, and affected roughly a third of Maryland’s estimated 200,000 historic vehicle registrations. State budget documents projected the change would generate about $6 million in revenue.
Under the new law, vehicles from model years 2000 through 2005 no longer qualify for historic tags and must transition to standard registration…