1426                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                          [Ch. 342

[(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, 1974.

Approved April 30, 1974.

CHAPTER 343
(Senate Bill 461)
AN ACT concerning

Medical Assistance Program — Time Limit on Payments

FOR the purpose of establishing new time limits for the
receipt of invoices for services under the Medical

Assistance Program, and prohibiting providers__from

recovering from patients amounts due for services

unless invoices are rendered within the required

time.

BY repealing

Article 43 — Health