BLAIR LEE III,

Acting Governor

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CHAPTER 510

(Senate Bill 866)

AN ACT concerning

Highway User Revenues — Allocations
to Municipalities

FOR the purpose of altering the municipal share of highway
user revenues.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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Section 8-405(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1977 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

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(b) During the fiscal year beginning after a request
is made, the Administration shall allocate to the
municipality, from the gross share of highway user revenues
allocated under § 8-404 of this subtitle to the county
within which the municipality is located, its net share of
highway user revenues, to be determined by adding:

(1)        The amount that results from applying to
one half of the available revenues the ratio that, as of
December 1 of the preceding calendar year, the total mileage
of county roads in the municipality bears to the total
mileage of county roads in the county; and

(2)         [50 percent of the] 62 1/2 PERCENT OF THE
amount that results from:

(I) [applying] APPLYING to one half of
the available revenues the ratio that, as of June 30 of the
preceding calendar year, the total number of motor vehicles
registered to owners having addresses in the municipality
bears to the total number of motor vehicles registered to
owners having addresses in the county; AND

(II) MULTIPLYING BY 66 PERCENT IN THE

FISCAL YEAR 1979; 83 PERCENT IN THE FISCAL YEAR 1980; AND

100 PERCENT IN EACH YEAR AFTER THAT.