HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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FOR the purpose of charging an annual fee for the
registration of each motor vehicle by motor carriers;
repealing the provisions which permit the registration
of motor carrier fleets for a flat annual fee; changing
the registration year from April 1 to March 31 to
January 1 to December 31; extending providing for the
payment of a prorated fee to extend until December 31,
1982 registrations scheduled to expire March 31, 1982;
and generally relating to the registration of motor
carriers.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 81 - Revenue and Taxes
Section 423
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1980 Replacement Volume)
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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:
Article 81 - Revenue and Taxes
423.
[All motor carriers shall register their vehicles with
the Comptroller on an annual basis for the period beginning
April 1 of each year and expiring March 31 of the succeeding
year, in the following manner:
(a) A motor carrier subject to regulation by the
Interstate Commerce Commission who has for the immediately
prior full registration year complied with the provisions of
the Road Tax on Motor Carriers Act and with the rules and
regulations promulgated by the Comptroller for its effective
enforcement and administration, and who displays on his
vehicles the motor carrier's name and the permit number
issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission in accordance
with federal regulations, may register his entire fleet of
vehicles for an annual fee of $5.00.
(b) A motor carrier not subject to regulation by the
Interstate Commerce Commission, and who has for the
immediately prior full registration year complied with the
provisions of the Road Tax on Motor Carriers Act and with
the rules and regulations promulgated by the Comptroller for
its effective enforcement and administration, and who
displays on his vehicles the motor carrier's name and a
permanent Maryland number to be issued by the Comptroller
upon request and displayed in the manner to be prescribed by
regulations promulgated by the Comptroller, may register his
entire fleet of vehicles for an annual sum of $5.00.
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