 New month this week has meant a bunch of new laws going into effect in Maryland, and one of them likely is giving some Marylanders sticker shock when they show up at an MVA branch to get their car registered or renew their registration. That's because the cost has spiked as of July 1st. Maryland lawmakers approved the increase a few months back when they okayed the state budget. The increase in fees, they say, was done as a way to pour money into the depleted Transportation Trust Fund. Now that fund pays for road projects. Registration fees have jumped anywhere from 60 to 80 percent.