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184.

(a) For each passenger motor vehicle registered upon application
as provided by the preceding sections of this sub-title an annual fee
shall be paid to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for certificates
of registration issued by him, of $50 a registration year for each
vehicle where the designed capacity thereof does not exceed 20
passengers, $100.00 a registration year for each vehicle where the
designed capacity thereof does not exceed thirty-one (31) passengers,
$135.00 a registration year for each other two-axle motor vehicle and
$210.00 a registration year for each three-axle motor vehicle, such
fees to be paid in full for certificates of registration issued on or be-
tween the first day of May and the last day of October in each and
every registration year and such fees to be paid at one half the said
rates hereinbefore provided for certificates of registration issued on
or between the first day of November and the last day of April in
each and every registration year; and provided further that certifi-
cates of registration issued pursuant to this section shall be trans-
ferable by the same owner of the motor vehicle to any other motor
vehicle within the same classification. No other additional fees, li-
censes or tax shall be charged by the State or any county or municipal
subdivision of the State except the excise tax for the issuance of
every original certificate of title, the property tax and gasoline tax in
respect to such vehicles or their operation.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That new Sections 465 to 477,
inclusive, and they are hereby added to Article 81 of the said Code
(1963 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes", to follow immediately
after Section 464 thereof and to be under the new sub-title "Compact
on Taxation of Motor Fuels Consumed by Interstate Buses", and to
read as follows:

465.

The Compact on Taxation of Motor Fuels Consumed by Interstate
Buses is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdic-
tions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:

COMPACT ON TAXATION OF MOTOR FUELS
CONSUMED BY INTERSTATE BUSES

466.

Article I. Purposes
The purposes of this agreement are to:

(a)  Avoid multiple taxation of motor fuels consumed by interstate
buses and to assure each state of its fair share of motor fuel taxes.

(b)  Establish and facilitate the administration of a criterion of
motor fuel taxation for interstate buses which is reasonably related
to the use of highway and related facilities and services in each of
the party states.

(c)  Encourage the availability of a maximum number of buses
for intrastate service by removing motor fuel taxation as a deter-
rent in the routing of interstate buses.