2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

[(i)] (1) The vehicle titling tax; and

[(ii)] (2) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection,
vehicle VEHICLE registration fees under Part II of Title 13, Subtitle 9 of this article.

[(2) "Miscellaneous fees" includes the portion of a motorcycle registration
fee collected under the provisions of § 13-915 of this article that is in excess of
$13.50.]

(b)     Except as provided in this section, the Administration may not alter the
miscellaneous fees that the Administration is authorized under this article to
establish.

(c)      Subject to the limitations under subsection (d) of this section, before the
start of any fiscal year the Administration by regulation may alter, effective
beginning in the upcoming fiscal year, the levels of the miscellaneous fees that the
Administration is authorized under this article to establish.

(d)     The Administration shall set the levels of miscellaneous fees so that the
total amount of projected revenues from all miscellaneous fees for the upcoming fiscal
year is at least 95 percent but does not exceed 100 percent of the sum of:

(1)     The operating budget of the Administration for that fiscal year as
approved by the General Assembly in the annual State budget; [and]

(2)      THE AVERAGE ANNUAL CAPITAL PROGRAM OF THE
ADMINISTRATION AS REPORTED IN THE 6-YEAR CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN § 2-103.1 OF THIS ARTICLE; AND

[(2)] (3). The Administration's portion of the cost for that fiscal year of
the Department's data center operations, except for the cost of data center operations
attributable to other administrations' activities.

(e)     (1) The Administration may not alter miscellaneous fees more than once
in any fiscal year.

(2)     The Administration need not reduce fees for the upcoming fiscal year
if legislative budget modifications cause the projected cost recovery percentage to
exceed 100 percent.

(3)     The level of a miscellaneous fee set by the Administration remains in
effect until again altered by the Administration as provided under this section.

13-912.

(a)     When registered with the Administration, every passenger car and station
wagon, except as otherwise provided in this part, is a Class A (passenger) vehicle.

(b)     For each Class A (passenger) vehicle, the annual registration fee is:

(1) For a vehicle with a manufacturer's shipping weight of 3,700 pounds
or less — [$27.00] $50.50; and

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