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maintaining this service, which costs shall include depreciation of equipment; to
provide that the radio communications service established by this section shall
be for the purpose of facilitating the safe movement of ships and cargo within
the navigable waters of the State and the efficient operation of port facilities; to
require all interests benefited by the radio communications service to pay the
service charges and fees established by the Administration pursuant to this
section and that these charges and fees shall be collected as are other service
charges, fees, and tariffs established by the Administration; and to provide that
all moneys received from the service charges and fees for the radio
communications service established by this section shall be paid into the
Transportation Trust Fund pursuant to Article 94A, §11, of this Code, and
credited to this fund.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 5B be and it is hereby added to Article 62B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume), title "Maryland
Port Administration," to follow immediately after Section 5A thereof, and to read
as follows:

5B.

(A)  THE MARYLAND PORT ADMINISTRATION SHALL ESTABLISH,
OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN, AS AN ELEMENT OF ITS VESSEL
TRAFFIC SYSTEM, A RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE, NOT
OPEN TO PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE, SERVING THE MARITIME
OPERATIONAL. SAFETY, AND COMMERCIAL NEEDS OF SHIPPING
INTERESTS UTILIZING PORT FACILITIES ON NAVIGABLE WATERS
WITHIN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL
ESTABLISH THE SERVICE CHARGES AND FEES WHICH ARE
NECESSARY TO COVER THE COSTS OF ESTABLISHING, OPERATING,
AND MAINTAINING THIS RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE,
WHICH COSTS SHALL INCLUDE DEPRECIATION OF EQUIPMENT.
THE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE ESTABLISHED BY THIS
SECTION SHALL EXIST FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING THE
SAFE MOVEMENT OF SHIPS AND CARGO WITHIN NAVIGABLE
WATERS OF THE STATE AND FOR THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF
PORT FACILITIES.

(B)        ALL INTERESTS BENEFITED BY THE RADIO
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE SHALL PAY THE SERVICE CHARGES
AND FEES ESTABLISHED BY THE ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO
THIS SECTION. THE SERVICE CHARGES AND FEES SHALL BE
COLLECTED AS ARE OTHER SERVICE CHARGES, FEES, AND
TARIFFS ESTABLISHED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

(C)  ALL MONEYS RECEIVED FROM THE SERVICE CHARGES AND
FEES FOR THE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE ESTABLISHED
BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAID INTO THE TRANSPORTATION
TRUST FUND PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 94A, §11, OF THIS CODE, AND
CREDITED TO SUCH FUND.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.