(2) ANY FINE COLLECTED UNDER TITLE 23, SUBTITLE 4 OF THE
TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE FROM A VIOLATION RELATING TO DIESEL EMISSIONS
SHALL BE REMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND CREDITED TO
THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND.
10-312.
(A) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, IN A PROSECUTION FOR A
DIESEL EMISSIONS STANDARD VIOLATION UNDER TITLE 23, SUBTITLE 4 OF THE
TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE, EMISSIONS TEST RESULTS FROM EMISSIONS TEST
EQUIPMENT AS DESCRIBED IN § 23-402 OF THE TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE ARE
ADMISSIBLE AT TRIAL IN ANY COURT WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE PROCEEDING
IN THE STATE.
(B) IF AT THE TIME OF TESTING, A DIESEL VEHICLE FAILS TO MEET THE
EMISSIONS STANDARD ESTABLISHED UNDER TITLE 23, SUBTITLE 4 OF THE
TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE, THE FAILURE TO MEET THE ESTABLISHED EMISSIONS
STANDARD SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE THAT THE OPERATOR OF THE DIESEL
VEHICLE VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 23, SUBTITLE 4 OF THE
TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE.
Article - Transportation
12-118.
(b) Out of the money remitted to the State Comptroller under the Maryland
Vehicle Law, the State Comptroller shall;
(1) Pay or retain enough to pay all refunds of taxes or fees provided for in
the Maryland Vehicle Law;
(2) Credit to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account of the
Transportation Trust Fund the revenues specified in § 8-402 of this article, after
retaining enough to pay:
(i) The salaries and other expenses of the State Highway
Administration in enforcing Title 24 of this article;
(ii) The salaries and other expenses of the Commercial Vehicle
Enforcement Division of the Department of State Police as approved by the
Department in enforcing TITLE 23, SUBTITLE 4 OF THIS ARTICLE, Title 24 of this
article, the provisions of the Tax - General Article on the motor carrier tax, and the
provisions of Title 10 of the Business Regulation Article on motor fuel fraud and
motor fuel tax fraud;
(iii) Funds required, in addition to the funding provided in § 13-804,
for the salaries and other expenses of the Automotive Safety Enforcement Division of
the Department of State Police as approved by the Department in enforcing Title 23 of
this article and Subtitle 6 of Title 22 of this article; and
(iv) The salaries and other expenses of the Department of State
Police and other State agencies, as approved by the Department, in enforcing the
provisions of § 25-111 of this article; and
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