SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                          717

for its share of the funds distributable under this section, the State

Roads Commission during such fiscal year shall allocate for the
county or such municipality a portion of the share as first determined
in subsection (a) hereof of the county within which the municipality
lies. Such portion shall be determined by the proportion which the
total mileage of county roads in the municipality bears to the total

mileage of county roads in such county. The portion so determined

shall be the municipalities share for the purpose of this section. In
the distribution of the shares pursuant to this subdivision, the special
improvement districts in Prince George's County in existence on
January 1, 1953, shall be treated as municipalities, but the payments
made hereunder shall be retained by the County Commissioners of

said county as credits to said districts, and shall be applied toward

the cost of maintenance of such streets and roads in the said districts
so long as it has an indebtedness.

TWENTY PER CENT OF THE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES
AS DEFINED IN SECTION 38A OF THIS ARTICLE DURING
ANY FISCAL YEAR, SHALL BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES OF THE STATE
(OTHER THAN BALTIMORE CITY) AS FOLLOWS:

(A)  IT IS THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT THE DISTRI-
BUTION OF HIGHWAY USER REVENUES SHALL HERE-
AFTER BE DISTRIBUTED ONE-HALF ON THE LINEAR ROAD
MILEAGE BASIS AND ONE-HALF ON THE MOTOR VEHICLE
REGISTRATION BASIS. IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS,
THE STATE ROADS COMMISSION SHALL ALLOCATE FOR
THE ACCOUNT OF EACH COUNTY A SUM DETERMINED BY
(1) APPLYING THE RATIO WHICH THE TOTAL MILEAGE
OF COUNTY ROADS IN SUCH COUNTY BEARS TO THE
TOTAL MILEAGE OF COUNTY ROADS IN ALL OF THE COUN-
TIES TO ONE-HALF OF THE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES
PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION, AND (2) APPLYING THE
RATIO WHICH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MOTOR VEHICLE
REGISTRATION LICENSES WITHIN SUCH COUNTY BEARS
TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRA-
TION LICENSES IN ALL THE COUNTIES TO ONE-HALF OF
THE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PROVIDED UNDER THIS
SECTION, AND (3) THEN ADDING THE TWO SUMS
TOGETHER.

FROM THE SHARES SO DETERMINED, THE STATE ROADS
COMMISSION SHALL DEDUCT THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, AL-
LOCATED TO A MUNICIPALITY UNDER THE NEXT SUC-
CEEDING SUBDIVISION (B) HEREOF. THE RESULTING
SHARES SHALL CONSTITUTE THE COUNTY'S SHARE FOR
THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.

(B)   IF ANY MUNICIPALITY WHICH IS AUTHORIZED BY
LAW TO CONSTRUCT OR MAINTAIN STREETS OR ROADS
SHALL REQUEST THE STATE ROADS COMMISSION IN
WRITING NOT LATER THAN DECEMBER 31 PRIOR TO THE
BEGINNING OF ANY FISCAL YEAR FOR ITS SHARE OF THE
FUNDS DISTRIBUTABLE UNDER THIS SECTION, THE
STATE ROADS COMMISSION DURING SUCH FISCAL YEAR
SHALL ALLOCATE FOR THE COUNTY OR SUCH MUNICI-
PALITY A PORTION OF THE SHARE AS FIRST DETERMINED
IN SUBSECTION (A) HEREOF OF THE COUNTY WITHIN