(a) The Administrator may make an agreement or arrangement with the authorized representative of any other jurisdiction, to grant to drivers or to owners of vehicles that are licensed or registered in that jurisdiction and for which evidence of compliance is supplied, benefits, privileges, and full or partial exemptions from the payment of any taxes, fees, or other charges imposed under the laws of this State on the drivers or owners as to the operation or ownership of the vehicles.
(b) An agreement or arrangement made under this section shall provide that drivers and vehicles licensed or registered in this State, while operated on highways in the other jurisdiction, shall receive benefits, privileges, and exemptions of a similar kind or to a similar degree as are extended to drivers and vehicles licensed or registered in that jurisdiction while operated in this State.
(c) In the judgment of the Administrator, each agreement or arrangement to be made under this section shall be in the best interest of and fair and equitable to this State and its citizens, as determined on the basis and recognition of the benefits that accrue to the economy of this State from the uninterrupted flow of commerce.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 12 - Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration
Subtitle 4 - Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions
Section 12-401 - "Jurisdiction" Defined
Section 12-402 - Legislative Policy
Section 12-403 - Power of Administrator to Make Agreements, Arrangements, or Declarations
Section 12-404 - Agreements or Arrangements for Certain Benefits, Privileges, or Exemptions
Section 12-405 - Base State Registration
Section 12-406 - Power of Administrator to Permit Proportional Registration of Fleet Vehicles
Section 12-407 - Declarations of Extent of Reciprocity
Section 12-408 - Leased Vehicles
Section 12-409 - Reciprocity in Absence of Agreement, Arrangement, or Declaration
Section 12-410 - When Proportional Registration Not Required
Section 12-411 - Suspension or Cancellation of Benefits, Privileges, or Exemptions
Section 12-412 - Requisites of Agreements, Arrangements, and Declarations
Section 12-413 - Existing Agreements, Arrangements, or Declarations Continued in Effect
Section 12-414 - Subtitle Part of and Supplemental to Vehicle Registration Laws