(b) (c) If any amount in subsection (a) the total amount deducted under
subsections (a) and (b) of this section exceeds the amount of funds due to a county for
reimbursement of tax credit payments, no additional payment shall be required from
the county under this section.

(c) (d) Notwithstanding § 9-104(a-l) of the Tax - Property Article, the
Governor shall not be required to include in the fiscal year 2005 budget bill a
deficiency appropriation for any tax credit reimbursements to counties for fiscal year
2004.

SECTION 15. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, for fiscal year 2004 only, $8,232,636 of the funds in the Joseph
Fund of the State Reserve Fund established under § 7-327 of the State Finance and
Procurement Article may be transferred to the Department of Human Resources for
child welfare services provided by local departments of social services.

SECTION 16. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in § 8-403 of the Transportation Article or any other
provision of State law, for fiscal years 2003, 2004, and 2005, only: (a) the amount to be
distributed under § 8-403(b) of the Transportation Article shall be reduced by
$17,949,407 for fiscal year 2003 and $102,440,128 for fiscal years 2004 and 2005,
$102,440,128 for fiscal year 2004, and $51,220,064 for fiscal year 2005 and those
amounts shall be distributed to the General Fund; and (b) the amount to be
distributed to Baltimore City under § 8-403(a) of the Transportation Article shall be
limited to $171,817,132 in fiscal year 2003 and $170,000,000 in each of fiscal years
2004 and 2005.

SECTION 17. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, notwithstanding the
provisions of § 8-402 of the Transportation Article or any other provision of law, in
each of fiscal years 2003 and 2004, $150,000,000 of from motor vehicle registration
revenues and other user fees from the Motor Vehicle Administration, $160,000,000 for
fiscal year 2003 and $154,913,000 for fiscal year 2004 shall be deposited in the
General Fund rather than in the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account of the
Transportation Trust Fund or the Transportation Trust Fund, respectively. On or
before December 1, 2003, the Governor shall submit a plan for replacement of funds
transferred under this Act from the Transportation Trust Fund to the General Fund.
The plan required under this section shall be provided to the Senate Budget and
Taxation Committee, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the House
Appropriations Committee. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and except
as provided in Section 16 of this Act, the calculation of the local share of highway user
revenues pursuant to § 8-403 of the Transportation Article shall not be affected and
the total amount of highway user revenues for the purpose of such calculation shall be
calculated in accordance with the provisions of law in effect prior to the passage of
this Act.

ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Somerset	157,861
Talbot	190,636
Washington	356,941
Wicomico	273,291
Worcester	307,446

Ch. 203

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