Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 15

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 10

AS AMENDED BY SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND LICENSE PLATES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Amend Section 2126, Title 21 of the Delaware Code, by adding a new subsection (e) as follows:

“(e) It shall be unlawful to sell, offer to sell, transfer, possess or use any kind of device, product, plate cover, or object, including any image altering device or spray, for the purpose of hindering, inhibiting, impeding, impairing, or preventing the photographing, recording or imaging of a license plate in connection with the enforcement of this motor vehicle code or any local or municipal traffic laws. Any person convicted of a violation of this subsection shall, for the first offense, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $1,000. For each subsequent violation occurring within three years of the date of the original violation, the person shall be fined not less than $200 nor more than $2,000.”

Section 2. Further amend §2126(d), Title 21 of the Delaware Code, by inserting between the word "violates" and the words "this section" the words "subsections (a), (b), or (c) of".

Approved April 4, 2003