ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 448

(g) (1) Prince George's County and Montgomery County shall each provide
for an independent management audit of the operational costs and revenues of mass
transit in their respective jurisdictions every 4 years.

(2)     The audit shall provide data on fares, cost containment measures,
comparisons with other similar mass transit systems, and other information
necessary in evaluating the operations of their transit systems.

(3)     The findings from the audit shall be used as a benchmark for the
annual performance reports.

[(4) A preliminary baseline audit shall be completed by December 1, 2000,
with a final baseline audit to be completed by December 1, 2001.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 2004.

Approved May 26, 2004.

CHAPTER 448
(Senate Bill 316)

AN ACT concerning

Court Fees and Costs - Civil Cases - Maryland Legal Services Corporation

Fund

FOR the purpose of altering a certain surcharge on certain fees, charges, and costs in
certain civil cases in the circuit courts and the District Court of Maryland; and
generally relating to certain surcharges deposited into the Maryland Legal
Services Corporation Fund.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 7-202(a)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 7-202(d) and 7-301(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

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