Ch. 1                                       1992 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1)     76 percent shall be credited to the Transportation Trust Fund for the
account of the Department; AND

(2)      [Every county which has less than 1 percent of the total population of
the State, as determined by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, shall receive
1 percent and Baltimore City shall receive 10 percent of the balance; and

(3)     The remaining funds shall be divided among the remaining counties
proportionally on the basis of their population as of July 1 of the year of the grant as
determined by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene] 24 PERCENT SHALL
BE CREDITED TO THE GENERAL FUND.

[(d) Those funds so distributed to Baltimore City and the counties under this
section may be used for transportation related projects or other purposes as determined
by the appropriate local government.

(e) Payment of funds in this section shall be made to Baltimore City and the
counties at monthly intervals.]

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, notwithstanding the
provisions of Title 5, Subtitle 4 of the Education Article:

(a)     For Fiscal Year 1993, increases in State public education aid in basic current
expense, as provided under § 5-202(b) of the Education Article, and in compensatory
education funds, as provided under § 5-202(e) of the Education Article, may be used to
support the cost of student transportation services to offset the reduction in State
transportation aid resulting from the revisions to § 5-203(a) of the Education Article
Under the provisions of this Act;

(b)     The accountability plan and report required under the provisions of Title 5,
Subtitle 4 of the Education Article shall include the use of any increases in State aid for
Fiscal Year 1993 as permitted under subsection (a) of this section; and

(c)     The provisions of Sections 22 and 23 of Chapter____(S.B. 644) of the Acts of

the General Assembly of 1992, relating to State aid for student transportation services are
repealed and shall be null and void.

SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That aft cigarettes used,
possessed, or held in the State of Maryland by any person for sale or use in the State of
Maryland shall be subject to the full tobacco tax imposed by this Act. This requirement
includes: (1) cigarettes in vending machines or other mechanical dispensers; and (2)
cigarettes (generally referred to as "floor stock") in packages which already bear stamps
issued by the Comptroller under the State Tobacco Tax Act but for an amount less than
the full tax imposed of 18 cents for each 10 cigarettes or fractional part thereof; all
cigarettes held for sale by any person in the State of Maryland on and after May 1, 1992
which bear a tax stamp issued by the Comptroller of a value less than 36 cents for each
pack of 20 cigarettes must be stamped with the additional stamps necessary to make the
aggregate value equal to 36 cents. In lieu of the additional stamps necessary to make the
aggregate tax value equal to 36 cents, the Comptroller may provide an alternate method
of collecting the additional tax. The revenue attributable to this requirement shall be

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