Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 150

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 258

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES WHICH DO NOT MEET MINIMUM INSPECTION STANDARDS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend 5101 of Chapter 1, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by adding a new paragraph (61) to read as follows:

"(61) 'Specialized Vehicle' shall mean a vehicle or motor vehicle which may be registered by the Division of Motor Vehicles, but with special restrictions as determined by the Division of Motor Vehicles."

Section 2. Amend Chapter 21, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by adding thereto a new §2120 to read as follows:

"§2120. Registration of Specialized Vehicles; Fees, Restrictions

(a) The Division of Motor Vehicles may register a specialized vehicle which will not meet the Division's standards for inspection or performance. The specialized vehicle shall be registered with restrictions as determined by the Division to be in the best interest of highway safety.

(b) The annual registration fee shall be the same fee as assessed to a vehicle or motor vehicle in a similar class and according to the fees in this Chapter.

(c) Specialized Vehicles shall be subject to annual inspection in accordance with regulations as adopted by the Division of Motor Vehicles.

(d) Specialized self-propelled vehicles shall not be registered unless such vehicles are insured pursuant to §2118 of this Title."

Approved July 12, 1979.