Ch. 176

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

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

Article - Transportation

2-103.5.

(a)      Subject to the appropriation requirements and budgetary provisions of §
3-216 of this article and upon receipt of an approval of a grant application in the form or
detail that the Secretary reasonably requires, for. Fiscal Year [1995] 1996 AND EACH
FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER, the Department shall provide grants for paratransit service
provided by county or local governments, that is complementary to fixed route service as
required under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

(b)     The amount of the grants SHALL:

(1)     [Shall be] BE DETERMINED in accordance with multiyear paratransit
plans approved by the Department or the Federal Transit Administration; and

(2)     [May not exceed a total of $3-2 million $3.45 MILLION statewide in
Fiscal Year 1995] 1996 EQUAL 100% OF THE COST OF PROVIDING PARATRANSIT
SERVICES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

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

Article - Tax - General

13-901.

(f) (1) A claim for refund of motor fuel tax may be filed by a claimant who pays
the tax on:

(ii) motor fuel, as defined in § 9-101 of this article, that:

5. is used by a system of transportation based in ["Howard
County] THE STATE, IN A VEHICLE THAT IS USED to provide transportation to elderly,
handicapped, or low income individuals, if the system is [provided] OPERATED by a
nonprofit organization that:

A.       is exempt for federal income tax purposes under § 501(c) of
the Internal Revenue Code;

B.       is funded to provide transportation to elderly, handicapped,
or low income individuals; [and]

C.       receives part of its operating funding from the Maryland
Department of Transportation OR THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
MENTAL HYGIENE;

D.       HAS STATED IN ITS CHARTER OR BYLAWS THAT
OPERATING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR ELDERLY, HANDICAPPED, OR LOW
INCOME INDIVIDUALS IS ONE OF THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH IT WAS ESTABLISHED;
AND

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