2004 - Legislative Session

NEW LAWS PASSED

HB 228 - Motor Fuel Tax - Refunds - Concrete Pump Trucks

Allowing a refund of 35 percent of the motor fuel tax paid on fuel that is used by a concrete pump truck.

TG, Section 13-901(f)(1)(ii)4. and (2)-amended
Effective July 1, 2004
Chapter 161

HB 829 - Business Regulation - Registration of Service Station Dealers and Sale of Gasoline Products

Extending to October 1, 2009, the expiration date of the conditional prohibition against the Comptroller of Maryland on the issuance of a certificate of registration to a retail service station dealer who markets motor fuel through a retail service station that has been altered, enlarged, or structurally modified.

BR, Sections 10-304 and 10-312-amended Effective October 1, 2004 Chapter 380

FAILED LEGISLATION

SB 21 Motor Fuel Tax - Exemption for Biodiesel Fuel - Queen Anne's County

Exempting biodiesel fuel purchased for use in Queen Anne's County government vehicles and school buses from the state motor fuel tax; and providing for the termination of the Act in three years.

Unfavorable Report, B&T

HB 128 Motor Fuel Taxes - Display at Retail Service Stations

Requiring all dispensing equipment at retail service stations to be marked to show the combined amount of federal and state motor fuel taxes imposed per gallon of motor fuel.

Unfavorable Report, W&M

HB 395 Motor Fuel Tax - Exemption for Biodiesel Fuel - Queen Anne's County (Companion to SB 21)

Exempting biodiesel fuel purchased for use in Queen Anne's County government vehicles and school buses from the state motor fuel tax; and providing for the termination of the Act in three years.

Unfavorable Report, W&M

HB 700 Motor Fuel Tax - Rates

Increasing the motor fuel tax rates for gasoline, special fuel, and clean-burning fuel by 10 cents per gallon; increasing the motor fuel tax rates for aviation gasoline and turbine fuel by 3 cents per gallon.

Hearing 3/5 - No action