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3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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5 | 5 | | *hb1038* |
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7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 1038 |
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8 | 8 | | R4 4lr2706 |
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10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Stein |
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11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2024 |
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12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Environment and Transportation |
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14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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18 | 18 | | Motor Vehicles – Emergency Medical Services – Registration Surcharge 2 |
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20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of altering for certain motor vehicles the amount of the annual surcharge 3 |
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21 | 21 | | supporting emergency medical services in the State to be paid in addition to the 4 |
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22 | 22 | | annual registration fee; and generally relating to the annual registration surcharge 5 |
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23 | 23 | | supporting emergency medical services in the State. 6 |
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25 | 25 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7 |
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26 | 26 | | Article – Transportation 8 |
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27 | 27 | | Section 13–954 9 |
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28 | 28 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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29 | 29 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 11 |
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31 | 31 | | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 12 |
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32 | 32 | | Article – Transportation 13 |
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33 | 33 | | Section 13–955 14 |
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34 | 34 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 15 |
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35 | 35 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 16 |
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37 | 37 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17 |
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38 | 38 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18 |
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39 | 39 | | |
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40 | 40 | | Article – Transportation 19 |
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42 | 42 | | 13–954. 20 |
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44 | 44 | | (a) In this section, “motor vehicle” means a: 21 |
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46 | 46 | | (1) Class A (passenger) vehicle; 22 |
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48 | 48 | | (2) Class B (for hire) vehicle; 23 2 HOUSE BILL 1038 |
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52 | 52 | | (3) Class C (funeral and ambulance) vehicle; 1 |
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54 | 54 | | (4) Class D (motorcycle) vehicle; 2 |
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56 | 56 | | (5) Class E (truck) vehicle; 3 |
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58 | 58 | | (6) Class F (tractor) vehicle; 4 |
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60 | 60 | | (7) Class H (school) vehicle; 5 |
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62 | 62 | | (8) Class J (vanpool) vehicle; 6 |
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64 | 64 | | (9) Class M (multipurpose) vehicle; 7 |
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66 | 66 | | (10) Class P (passenger bus) vehicle; 8 |
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68 | 68 | | (11) Class Q (limousine) vehicle; 9 |
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70 | 70 | | (12) Class R (low speed) vehicle; or 10 |
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72 | 72 | | (13) Vehicle within any other class designated by the Administrator. 11 |
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74 | 74 | | (b) (1) In addition to the registration fee otherwise required by this title, the 12 |
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75 | 75 | | owner of any motor vehicle registered under this title shall pay a surcharge of [$17.00] 13 |
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76 | 76 | | $21.25 per year for each motor vehicle registered. 14 |
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78 | 78 | | (2) $2.50 of the surcharge collected under paragraph (1) of this subsection 15 |
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79 | 79 | | shall be paid into the Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund established under § 16 |
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80 | 80 | | 19–130 of the Health – General Article. 17 |
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82 | 82 | | 13–955. 18 |
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84 | 84 | | (a) In this section, “Fund” means the Maryland Emergency Medical System 19 |
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85 | 85 | | Operations Fund. 20 |
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87 | 87 | | (b) (1) There is a Maryland Emergency Medical System Operations Fund. 21 |
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89 | 89 | | (2) The Comptroller shall administer the Fund, including accounting for 22 |
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90 | 90 | | all transactions and performing year–end reconciliation. 23 |
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92 | 92 | | (3) The Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing fund which is not subject to § 24 |
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93 | 93 | | 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. 25 |
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95 | 95 | | (4) Interest and earnings on the Fund shall be separately accounted for and 26 |
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96 | 96 | | credited to the Fund, and are not subject to § 6–226(a) of the State Finance and 27 |
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97 | 97 | | Procurement Article. 28 HOUSE BILL 1038 3 |
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101 | 101 | | (c) The Fund consists of: 1 |
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103 | 103 | | (1) Registration surcharges collected under § 13–954 of this subtitle; 2 |
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105 | 105 | | (2) All funds, including charges for accident scene transports and 3 |
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106 | 106 | | interhospital transfers of patients, generated by an entity specified in subsection (e) of this 4 |
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107 | 107 | | section that is a unit of State government; and 5 |
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109 | 109 | | (3) Revenues distributed to the Fund from the surcharges collected under 6 |
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110 | 110 | | § 7–301(f) of the Courts Article. 7 |
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112 | 112 | | (d) Expenditures from the Fund shall be made pursuant to an appropriation 8 |
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113 | 113 | | approved by the General Assembly in the annual State budget or by the budget amendment 9 |
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114 | 114 | | procedure provided under § 7–209 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, provided 10 |
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115 | 115 | | that any budget amendment shall be submitted to and approved by the Legislative Policy 11 |
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116 | 116 | | Committee prior to the expenditure or obligation of funds. 12 |
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118 | 118 | | (e) The money in the Fund shall be used solely for: 13 |
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120 | 120 | | (1) Medically oriented functions of the Department of State Police, Special 14 |
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121 | 121 | | Operations Bureau, Aviation Division; 15 |
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123 | 123 | | (2) The Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems; 16 |
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125 | 125 | | (3) The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of 17 |
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126 | 126 | | Maryland Medical System; 18 |
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128 | 128 | | (4) The Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute; 19 |
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130 | 130 | | (5) The provision of grants under the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, 20 |
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131 | 131 | | Rescue, and Ambulance Fund in accordance with the provisions of Title 8, Subtitle 1 of the 21 |
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132 | 132 | | Public Safety Article; and 22 |
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134 | 134 | | (6) The Volunteer Company Assistance Fund in accordance with the 23 |
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135 | 135 | | provisions of Title 8, Subtitle 2 of the Public Safety Article. 24 |
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137 | 137 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 25 |
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138 | 138 | | 1, 2024. 26 |
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