Ch. 134 LAWS OF MARYLAND

to the Department of the Environment; and altering certain payment schedules
and reporting requirements.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 4-411(c)(l)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 4-411(c)(2)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Environment

4-411.

(c) (1) A license required under this section shall be secured from the
Department of the Environment subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
section. The license fee shall be based on a 0.75 cents per barrel fee for oil transferred
in the State. However, the fee on any barrel shall be imposed only once, at the point of
first transfer in the State.

(2) The license fee shall be paid [monthly] QUARTERLY to the
Department and on receipt by the Comptroller, credited to the Maryland Oil Disaster
Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund. [The fee shall be paid no later than
the last day of each month or postmarked 2 days before the end of each month for the
number of barrels transferred the preceding month. At the time of payment, the] THE
licensee shall certify to the Department, on forms as may be prescribed by the
Department, the number of barrels of oil transferred by the licensee during the fee
[month] QUARTER NO LATER THAN THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH
FOLLOWING THE FEE QUARTER. These records shall be kept confidential by the
Department.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved April 24, 1990.

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