PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 412

OPERATION SOLELY WITHIN THE STATE IS NOT REQUIRED TO OBTAIN
IDENTIFICATION MARKERS FOR THOSE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES TO
OPERATE IN THE STATE

(b) To qualify for an identification marker, a motor carrier shall:

(1) submit to the Comptroller an application on the form that the
Comptroller requires; and

(2) pay to the Comptroller $7 for each marker.

(c) (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 an amount rounded to the nearest dollar equal to the
current motor carrier tax payable on 174 gallons of special fuel for each commercial
motor vehicle.

(3) Fees for trip permits are in lieu of the motor carrier tax.

(d) (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 15 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.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
January 1, 1998.

Approved May 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 412
(House Bill 176)

AN ACT concerning

Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Division of Correction -

Corrective Bill

FOR the purpose of repealing certain obsolete references to the Maryland Penitentiary
and references to other State correctional institutions; altering certain references to
the correctional and reformatory institutions under the Division of Correction;
clarifying that the Commissioner of Correction may designate any correctional
institution or facility under the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction as the site
for carrying out certain sentences; repealing certain obsolete references to the

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