WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 274

matching fund to the State Treasurer, and the proceeds of the loan equal to the amount
of the matching fund shall be expended for the purposes provided in this Act. Any
amount of the loan in excess of the amount of the matching fund certified by the Board
of Public Works shall be canceled and be of no further effect.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General Assembly directs the
Board of Trustees of Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Inc. to make any future requests for
State bond funds through the Maryland Hospital Association's screening process for hospital
capital requests.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 274
(House Bill 466)

AN ACT concerning

Motor Carrier Tax - Rate Based on Type of Motor Fuel Used

FOR the purpose of altering the motor carrier tax rate to base the rate on the motor fuel
tax rate for the type of motor fuel used by a motor carrier instead of the motor fuel
tax rate for special fuel other than clean-burning fuel or turbine fuel.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Tax - General
Section 9-204

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Tax - General

9-204.

[The] FOR EACH TYPE OF MOTOR FUEL USED IN THE OPERATION OF A
COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY IN THIS STATE, THE motor carrier tax
rate is the motor fuel tax rate for [special fuel other than clean-burning fuel or turbine
fuel] THAT TYPE OF MOTOR FUEL in effect when the return period begins, for each
gallon of motor fuel used [in the operation of a commercial motor vehicle on a highway
in this State].

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1994.

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