HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      2693

permits shall be in lieu of the road tax otherwise assessable
against a motor carrier on account of vehicles operating
therewith, and no reports of mileage shall be required with
respect to such vehicles.

The above permit shall be issued in lieu of annual
registration under this subtitle if a motor carrier is engaged in
the operation of commercial MOTOR vehicles on Maryland highways
no more than three times in any one registration year.

423.

(a) (1) All motor carriers shall register each of their
vehicles with the Comptroller on an annual basis for the period
beginning January 1 of each year and expiring December 31 of each
year. The Comptroller shall issue an identification marker for

each motor vehicle registered by a motor carrier.____The

identification marker shall be displayed in accordance with
regulations promulgated by the Comptroller. The identification
marker shall remain the property of the State of Maryland and may
be recalled for any violation of the provisions of this subtitle
or of the regulations promulgated thereunder. [The] EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE fee for the
issuance of an identification marker is $25.00 per COMMERCIAL
MOTOR vehicle.

(2) THE FEE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AN IDENTIFICATION
MARKER IS $10.00 PER MOTOR BUS.

[(d) Any motor carrier operating a registered vehicle, the
registration of which is scheduled to expire on March 31, 1982,
may extend the registration until December 31, 1982 by the
payment of a fee of $2.25 per vehicle.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the provisions
of this Act that relate to the issuance of a trip permit or an
identification marker for a motor bus may not be construed to
apply to a trip permit or an identification marker that is
effective before January 1, 1986.

SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 541
(Senate Bill 411)
AN ACT concerning