Ch. 2                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1)  SUBMIT TO THE COMPTROLLER AN APPLICATION ON THE
FORM THAT THE COMPTROLLER REQUIRES; AND

(2)  PAY TO THE COMPTROLLER:

(I)  $10 FOR A MARKER FOR A CLASS P (PASSENGER
BUS) VEHICLE, AS DESCRIBED IN § 13-933 OF THE TRANSPORTATION
ARTICLE; AND

(II)  $25 FOR EACH OTHER MARKER.

(C)  TRIP PERMITS.

(1)  BY REGULATION, THE COMPTROLLER SHALL ESTABLISH
PROCEDURES TO ISSUE TRIP PERMITS AND TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SUBTITLE.

(2)  TO QUALIFY FOR A TRIP PERMIT FOR A COMMERCIAL
MOTOR VEHICLE, A MOTOR CARRIER SHALL PAY TO THE COMPTROLLER $42
FOR EACH COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.

(3)  FEES FOR TRIP PERMITS ARE IN LIEU OF THE MOTOR
CARRIER TAX.

(D)  TERM OF IDENTIFICATION MARKER AND TRIP PERMIT.

(1)  A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION MARKER
IS EFFECTIVE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FROM JANUARY 1 THROUGH DECEMBER
31 OF EACH YEAR.

(2)  A TRIP PERMIT IS VALID FOR THE 25 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS SHOWN ON THE PERMIT AND ONLY FOR THE SPECIFIC COMMERCIAL
MOTOR VEHICLE SHOWN ON THE PERMIT.

(3)  IF A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DISPLAYS A VALID
IDENTIFICATION MARKER ON DECEMBER 31, THE VEHICLE IS NOT
CONSIDERED TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION FOR FAILURE TO
OBTAIN A NEW MARKER UNTIL JANUARY 15 OF THE NEXT YEAR.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a), (b)(2), (c), and (d) of
this section are new language derived without
substantive change from former Art. 81, § 412(g), §
422(c) and the first, second, and fourth sentences and
the first clause of the third sentence of (a), and §
423(b) and (a)(2) and the first and fourth sentences
of (1).

Subsection (b)(1) of this section is standard language
added to state expressly the implicit requirement that
an application be filed.

In subsection (c)(1)     of this section, the former

reference to furnishing  evidence to the "motor carrier

and vehicle" is deleted  as unnecessary in light of §
9-220 of this subtitle.

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