Ch. 359

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2) FEES ASSESSED AND COLLECTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE
USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE
PERMIT PROGRAM UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.

(C) (1) THE FEE ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT EXCEED:

(I) FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1993, $15 PER TON OF REGULATED

EMISSIONS;
EMISSIONS;

(II) FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1994, $18 PER TON OF REGULATED

(III)   FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1995, $20 PER TON OF REGULATED
EMISSIONS; AND

(IV)   FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1996 AND EACH CALENDAR YEAR
THEREAFTER, $25 PER TON OF REGULATED EMISSIONS.

(2) THE FEE ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT EXCEED,
FOR ANY SINGLE SOURCE, $200,000.

(3) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, STARTING IN CALENDAR YEAR
1997, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS USED IN THIS SECTION MAY BE ADJUSTED TO REFLECT
CHANGES IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, AS AUTHORIZED BY 40 CFR PART 70
(OPERATING PERMIT PROGRAM).

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That each year, the
Department of the Environment shall prepare a report detailing the revenues raised by
the fees issued under the authority of Section 2 of this Act, the expenditures of those
funds, and any relevant information regarding the federal approval process, the
effectiveness of the permitting program, and any other issue of importance to the
operation of this permitting program. The report shall be distributed to the General
Assembly, subject to § 2-1312 of the State Government Article, and to the Department of
Fiscal Services no later than October 1 of each year, to detail the operations of the
program during the preceding fiscal year.

SECTION 2. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1993.

Approved May 11, 1993.

CHAPTER 359
(House Bill 1134)

AN ACT concerning

County Income Tax—Nonresidents—Income Earned in a County

FOR the purpose of imposing the county income tax on certain income of nonresidents
earned in a county; exempting certain nonresidents from the county income tax;

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