HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(B) FOR EACH CLASS P (PASSENGER BUS) VEHICLE THE
ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE IS AS FOLLOWS:

20 PASSENGERS OR LESS                         $ 70

21 TO 31 PASSENGERS                                135
OVER 31 PASSENGERS:

2 - AXLE VEHICLE                                  180

3 - AXLE VEHICLE                                 280
Article 78 - Public Service Commission Law

35.

(a)  No route or schedule of a motor vehicle for which
a motor carrier permit is granted may be changed or
abandoned [ while the permit is in force, ] without
permission, in writing, from the Commission. Such permission
may be granted only where the Commission finds that the
public convenience and welfare are not prejudiced thereby[,
and a copy thereof shall be sent to the Motor Vehicle
Administration by the Commission before it becomes
effective, for readjustment of charges payable under Article
56]. However, an owner may temporarily operate substitute
or reserve vehicles, where necessary in an emergency, in
order to maintain the prescribed schedules over his
route [; and where an owner has permits for more than one
route, all motor vehicles, including reserve or substitute
vehicles, with the same number of passenger seats (or the
same weight, if freight carriers), registered for use upon
any of such routes, may be used interchangeably.

(b)  Frequency of operations under any motor carrier
permit may exceed that prescribed in the permit if [(l)]
the approved schedule is strictly maintained[; and (2) if,
where the vehicle is used for passenger carriage, the owner
reports to the Commission on or before the fifth business
day of the succeeding month the actual number of miles
traveled by and the license number of the motor vehicles
operated on each of his routes for the preceding calendar
month, transmits to the Motor Vehicle Administration a copy
of the report, and pays to it a total fee under Article 56,
adjusted to the actual number of seat miles traveled]. No
specific permission of the Commission is necessary for
increased frequency of operation, but the Commission may, at
any time, limit or deny this privilege if in its opinion the
exercise thereof would prejudice the public welfare and
convenience ].

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s)
181 through 190, inclusive, and the subtitle "Public
Passenger and Freight Motor Vehicles" of Article 56 -
Licenses, of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed.