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SECTION 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 4 of this Act, the modified definition of "total purchase price" for
the purposes of the calculation of the motor vehicle excise tax imposed on a vehicle
under § 13-809(a) of the Transportation Article as enacted under Section 4 of this Act
does not apply until any Consolidated Transportation Bonds that were issued by the
Department of Transportation before January 1, 2008 no longer remain outstanding
and unpaid: provided, however, that in any fiscal year for which funds are
appropriated by the General Assembly to pay the principal of and interest on the
Department of Transportation's Consolidated Transportation Bonds due and payable
in that fiscal year, the Motor Vehicle Administration shall collect the reduced motor
vehicle excise tax imposed on a vehicle by utilizing the modified definition as enacted
under Section 4 of this Act.

SECTION 12. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That Section 1 of this Act
shall take effect January 3, 2008.

SECTION 5. 13. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 Sections 2
and 5 of this Act shall take effect July 1, 2008. Section 5 of this Act shall be applicable
to the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008. and each subsequent fiscal year. Section
8-205 of the Natural Resources Article as enacted by Section 5 of this Act shall take
effect contingent on the failure of House Bill 23 during the 2007 Special Session of the
General Assembly. If House Bill 23 is enacted. § 8-205 of the Natural Resources
Article as enacted by Section 5 of this Act shall be null and void without the necessity
of further action by the General Assembly.

SECTION 6. 14. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That except as provided in
Section 5 Sections 12 and 13 of this Act, this Act shall take effect January 1, 2008;

Approved by the Governor, November 19, 2007.

CHAPTER 7

(Senate Bill 6)

AN ACT concerning

Working Families and Small Business Health Coverage Act

FOR the purpose of establishing a Small Employer Health Insurance Benefit Plan
Premium Subsidy Program; establishing the purposes, administration,
eligibility and other requirements, and funding for the Program; requiring the
Maryland Health Care Commission to adopt regulations to establish certain

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