H.B. 1154                                                VETOES

(2) REDUCTIONS IN STATE REVENUES ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHANGES IN
FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAW; OR

(3) SUBSTANTIAL DOWNTURNS IN REVENUES RESULTING FROM
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY. OR FEDERAL ACTIONS THAT LAY OFF OR
TERMINATE MARYLAND EMPLOYEES.

(G) (1) AS PART OF THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED WITH THE STATE BUDGET
BILL AT THE 1996, 1997, AND 1998 SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE GOVERNOR
SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT THAT INDICATES FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR FOR WHICH THE STATE BUDGET IS PROPOSED, THE ESTIMATED
EFFECTS ON REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES OF CHANGES IN FEDERAL LAW OR
FEDERAL FISCAL POLICIES.

(2) THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE:                   

(I) BY PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, WHERE FEDERAL AID
HAS BEEN REDUCED OR PROPOSED FOR REDUCTION; AND

(II) BY PROGRAM, WHERE FUNDS FROM THIS ACCOUNT ARE BEING
REQUESTED TO OFFSET ANY REDUCTION IN FEDERAL AID.

Article - Tax - General

11-104.

(b) If a retail sale of tangible personal property OR A TAXABLE SERVICE is made
through a vending OR OTHER SELF-SERVICE machine, the sales and use tax rate is 5%,
APPLIED TO 95.25% of the gross receipts from the vending machine sales.

11-215.

(c) The sales and use tax does not apply to the printing and sale of newspapers
that are:

(1) SOLD THROUGH VENDING MACHINES; OR

(2) distributed by the publisher at no charge.

11-221.

(a) The sales and use tax does not apply to:

(1)     a sale of an admission by a person whose gross receipts from the sale are
subject to the admissions and amusement tax;

(2)     a sale of a communication service, other than a taxable service, rendered
by a person whose charge for a communication service is or would be subject to the
federal excise tax as described in § 4251 of the Internal Revenue Code in effect on July 1,
1979;

(3)     a sale of a motor fuel that is subject to the motor fuel tax or the motor
carrier tax;

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