Ch. 53                            MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                71

FOR THE COUNTY SHALL TRANSMIT ON A MONTHLY BASIS ALL
APPEARANCE FEES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
OF SUBSECTION (A) ABOVE TO THE TALBOT COUNTY BAR LIBRARY
FUND, TO BE USED FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF THE BAR
LIBRARY OF TALBOT COUNTY.

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

Approved April 10, 1973.

CHAPTER 53
(House Bill 1650)

AN ACT to add new Section 9C(t) to Article 81 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1972 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "What Shall
be Taxed and Where," to follow immediately after Section 9C(s) thereof,
providing for a credit against county and city ordinary taxation of operating
property of railroads under certain conditions.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 9C(t) be and it is hereby added to Article 81 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes,"
subtitle "What Shall be Taxed and Where," to follow immediately after Section
9C(s) thereof, and to read as follows:

9C.

(t) IN ANY COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY OR ANY CITY WITHIN
A COUNTY, FROM COUNTY AND CITY ORDINARY TAXES,
OPERATING PROPERTY OF RAILROAD COMPANIES SUBJECT TO
ASSESSMENT UNDER SECTION 16 OF ARTICLE 81, FOR ANY FISCAL
YEAR IN WHICH FREIGHT SERVICE IS PROVIDED BY SUCH
RAILROAD COMPANY WITHIN SUCH COUNTY OR CITY, PURSUANT
TO A CONTRACT BETWEEN SUCH RAILROAD COMPANY OR ITS
TRUSTEES AND ANY COUNTY OR CITY GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC,
SEMI-PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION, OR PRIVATE SHIPPERS ASSOCIATION, OBLIGING
SUCH GOVERNMENT, CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION TO
SUPPLEMENT THE REVENUES OF SUCH RAILROAD COMPANY OR
CONTRIBUTE TO RESTORATION OR MAINTENANCE OF SUCH
OPERATING PROPERTY UNDER A FORMULA WHEREBY SUCH
OBLIGATION IS REDUCED IN WHOLE OR PART BY REASON OF THE
CREDIT PROVIDED HEREIN, AND FOR THE THREE FISCAL YEARS
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SUCH FISCAL YEAR. THIS CREDIT
SHALL APPLY ONLY IN A COUNTY OR CITY WHERE THE
GOVERNING BODY HAS AUTHORIZED IT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the credit herein provided shall be allowed for all fiscal
years to which it applies upon application of such railroad company filed at any
time within six months following the date on which the conditions of such credit
first exist, and the filing of such application by such railroad shall be mandatory.