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Ch. 717 2024 LAWS OF MARYLAND

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(G) BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 2026, THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUDE AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION TO THE FUND OF AT LEAST $16,500,000.

Article – Public Utilities

10–408.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.

(2) “SHARED PASSENGER TRIP” MEANS A PREARRANGED RIDE FOR WHICH THE PASSENGER AGREES, AT THE TIME THE PASSENGER REQUESTS THE RIDE THROUGH A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY’S DIGITAL NETWORK APPLICATION, TO BE TRANSPORTED WITH ANOTHER PASSENGER WHO HAS SEPARATELY REQUESTED A PREARRANGED RIDE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANOTHER PASSENGER IS TRANSPORTED.

(3) “TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY IMPACT FEE” MEANS THE FEE IMPOSED BY THE STATE UNDER THIS SECTION ON EACH TRANSPORTATION NETWORK SERVICE THAT INCLUDES A PASSENGER TRIP DURING TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COVERAGE PERIOD THREE AS DESCRIBED IN § 10–101(N)(1)(III) OF THIS TITLE.

(B) (1) THERE IS A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY IMPACT FEE ON PASSENGER TRIPS THAT ORIGINATE IN THE STATE.

(2) A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY SHALL COLLECT THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY IMPACT FEE.

(3) (I) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (4) OF THIS SUBSECTION AND EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (II) AND (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY IMPACT FEE IS 75 CENTS FOR EACH PASSENGER TRIP.

(II) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (4) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY IMPACT FEE FOR A PASSENGER TRIP PROVIDED USING A FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLE OR A PLUG–IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN TITLE 11, SUBTITLE 1 OF THE TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE, IS 50 CENTS FOR EACH PASSENGER TRIP.