WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 291

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article 81 - Revenue and Taxes

422.

(a) A motor carrier may obtain a trip permit which shall be
good for one commercial motor vehicle for a period of 25
consecutive days beginning and ending on the dates specified on
the face of the permit. The fee for such a permit shall be
[equal to the current motor fuel tax payable on 250 gallons of
motor fuel] $42 for a commercial motor vehicle [ , except for a
motor bus, and [on 150 gallons of motor fuel] $25 for a motor
bus ] . Fees for trip 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.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Finance and Procurement

7-312.

(A) IN THIS SECTION "FUND" MEANS THE MARYLAND EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICE SYSTEM FUND.

(B) FOR FISCAL YEAR 1988, $31,000,000 OF REVENUES DERIVED
FROM THE INCREASE IN REGISTRATION FEES REVENUES UNDER CHAPTER

_____(HB 256/SB 233) OF THE ACTS OF 1987 AND ALLOCATED FOR THE

USE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO
THIS FUND FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND.

(C) THE FUND IS A CONTINUING, NONLAPSING FUND WHICH IS NOT
SUBJECT TO § 7-302 OF THIS ARTICLE.

(D) EXPENDITURES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE PURSUANT
TO AN APPROPRIATION APPROVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN THE
ANNUAL STATE BUDGET OR BY THE BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCEDURE PROVIDED
FOR IN § 7-209 OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED THAT ANY BUDGET
AMENDMENT SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO AND APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE
POLICY COMMITTEE PRIOR TO THE EXPENDITURE OR OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.

(E) THE MONEYS DISTRIBUTED TO THIS FUND MAY BE USED ONLY
FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF NEW HELICOPTERS AND AUXILIARY HELICOPTER
EQUIPMENT, GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER CAPITAL EQUIPMENT

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