Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1038 Compare Versions

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1010 By: Delegate Stein
1111 Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2024
1212 Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
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1414 A BILL ENTITLED
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1616 AN ACT concerning 1
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1818 Motor Vehicles – Emergency Medical Services – Registration Surcharge 2
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2020 FOR the purpose of altering for certain motor vehicles the amount of the annual surcharge 3
2121 supporting emergency medical services in the State to be paid in addition to the 4
2222 annual registration fee; and generally relating to the annual registration surcharge 5
2323 supporting emergency medical services in the State. 6
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2525 BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7
2626 Article – Transportation 8
2727 Section 13–954 9
2828 Annotated Code of Maryland 10
2929 (2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 11
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3131 BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 12
3232 Article – Transportation 13
3333 Section 13–955 14
3434 Annotated Code of Maryland 15
3535 (2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 16
3636
3737 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
3838 That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
3939
4040 Article – Transportation 19
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4242 13–954. 20
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4444 (a) In this section, “motor vehicle” means a: 21
4545
4646 (1) Class A (passenger) vehicle; 22
4747
4848 (2) Class B (for hire) vehicle; 23 2 HOUSE BILL 1038
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5252 (3) Class C (funeral and ambulance) vehicle; 1
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5454 (4) Class D (motorcycle) vehicle; 2
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5656 (5) Class E (truck) vehicle; 3
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5858 (6) Class F (tractor) vehicle; 4
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6060 (7) Class H (school) vehicle; 5
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6262 (8) Class J (vanpool) vehicle; 6
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6464 (9) Class M (multipurpose) vehicle; 7
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6666 (10) Class P (passenger bus) vehicle; 8
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6868 (11) Class Q (limousine) vehicle; 9
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7070 (12) Class R (low speed) vehicle; or 10
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7272 (13) Vehicle within any other class designated by the Administrator. 11
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7474 (b) (1) In addition to the registration fee otherwise required by this title, the 12
7575 owner of any motor vehicle registered under this title shall pay a surcharge of [$17.00] 13
7676 $21.25 per year for each motor vehicle registered. 14
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7878 (2) $2.50 of the surcharge collected under paragraph (1) of this subsection 15
7979 shall be paid into the Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund established under § 16
8080 19–130 of the Health – General Article. 17
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8282 13–955. 18
8383
8484 (a) In this section, “Fund” means the Maryland Emergency Medical System 19
8585 Operations Fund. 20
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8787 (b) (1) There is a Maryland Emergency Medical System Operations Fund. 21
8888
8989 (2) The Comptroller shall administer the Fund, including accounting for 22
9090 all transactions and performing year–end reconciliation. 23
9191
9292 (3) The Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing fund which is not subject to § 24
9393 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. 25
9494
9595 (4) Interest and earnings on the Fund shall be separately accounted for and 26
9696 credited to the Fund, and are not subject to § 6–226(a) of the State Finance and 27
9797 Procurement Article. 28 HOUSE BILL 1038 3
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101101 (c) The Fund consists of: 1
102102
103103 (1) Registration surcharges collected under § 13–954 of this subtitle; 2
104104
105105 (2) All funds, including charges for accident scene transports and 3
106106 interhospital transfers of patients, generated by an entity specified in subsection (e) of this 4
107107 section that is a unit of State government; and 5
108108
109109 (3) Revenues distributed to the Fund from the surcharges collected under 6
110110 § 7–301(f) of the Courts Article. 7
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112112 (d) Expenditures from the Fund shall be made pursuant to an appropriation 8
113113 approved by the General Assembly in the annual State budget or by the budget amendment 9
114114 procedure provided under § 7–209 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, provided 10
115115 that any budget amendment shall be submitted to and approved by the Legislative Policy 11
116116 Committee prior to the expenditure or obligation of funds. 12
117117
118118 (e) The money in the Fund shall be used solely for: 13
119119
120120 (1) Medically oriented functions of the Department of State Police, Special 14
121121 Operations Bureau, Aviation Division; 15
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123123 (2) The Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems; 16
124124
125125 (3) The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of 17
126126 Maryland Medical System; 18
127127
128128 (4) The Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute; 19
129129
130130 (5) The provision of grants under the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, 20
131131 Rescue, and Ambulance Fund in accordance with the provisions of Title 8, Subtitle 1 of the 21
132132 Public Safety Article; and 22
133133
134134 (6) The Volunteer Company Assistance Fund in accordance with the 23
135135 provisions of Title 8, Subtitle 2 of the Public Safety Article. 24
136136
137137 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 25
138138 1, 2024. 26