PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                            H.B. 728

May 24, 1995

The Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis MD 21401

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed House Bill 728.

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to provide annual grants equal to 100
percent of the cost of providing paratransit services as determined by the Department or
the Federal Transit Administration in compliance with the federal Americans with
Disabilities Act. The bill allows a nonprofit organization which operates transportation
for elderly, handicapped or low-income individuals to apply for a motor vehicle fuel tax
refund.

Senate Bill 489, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on May 9,
1995, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House
Bill 728.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

House Bill No. 728

AN ACT concerning

Transportation Funding— Grants for Local Paratransit Service and Motor Fuel Tax
Refunds for Nonprofit Transportation Services - Fiscal Assistance

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Transportation to provide annual
grants grants for a certain fiscal year to local jurisdictions for paratransit service
that complements complement complements fixed route service in compliance with
the federal Americans with Disabilities Act; requiring the amount of the grants to
be determined in accordance with certain paratransit plans and to fully cover the
coot of providing paratransit services in compliance with the federal Act;; limiting
the total amount of the grants that may be provided statewide; altering and making
applicable statewide a provision making refundable certain motor fuel tax paid on
certain motor fuel used by certain nonprofit organizations that operate a system of
transportation for elderly, handicapped, or low income individuals; providing for the
termination of part of this Act; and generally relating to grants for a certain fiscal
year for local paratransit services and a refund of motor fuel tax paid on certain
motor fuel used by certain nonprofit organizations for certain purposes certain fiscal
assistance for certain transportation services.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation

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