§ 17-206. Distribution of money

   (a) Applicability. -- This section does not apply to:

   (1) a console machine license, pinball machine license, Wicomico County pinball machine license, or Garrett County amusement device license issued under Subtitle 4 of this title;

   (2) a Calvert County peddler license or magazine seller license issued under Subtitle 9 of this title;

   (3) a junk dealer or scrap metal processor license, agent license, or Calvert County junk dealer or scrap metal processor license issued under Subtitle 10 of this title;

   (4) a license to keep a storage warehouse issued under Subtitle 12 of this title;

   (5) a State juke box license or Harford County juke box license issued under Subtitle 13 of this title;

   (6) a promoter license issued under Subtitle 14 of this title;

   (7) a vending machine license issued under Subtitle 19 of this title; or

   (8) a license to do business as a trading stamp issuer issued under Subtitle 20 of this title.

(b) In general. -- Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section or otherwise in this title, each clerk shall account for and distribute the fees received for licenses issued under this title as follows:

   (1) the clerk shall pay into the General Fund of the State:

      (i) the percentage of license fees authorized by law as a fee of the office;

      (ii) the additional issuance fee now allowed; and

      (iii) 3% of license fees to defray the expenses of the State License Bureau; and

   (2) except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the clerk shall distribute the remaining license fees:

      (i) to the municipal corporation where the licensed business or activity is located, if the licensed business or activity is located in a municipal corporation; or

      (ii) to the county where the licensed business or activity is located, if the licensed business or activity is not located in a municipal corporation.

(c) Levy and certification by county or municipal corporation required. --

   (1) For purposes of this subsection, per capita revenue shall be computed by using the population figures from the later of:

      (i) the most recent federal census; or

      (ii) an official local census.

   (2) The clerk may not distribute license fees to a county or municipal corporation unless the county or municipal corporation:

      (i) levies, in its current fiscal year, taxes sufficient to collect at least $ 1.00 per capita in revenue; and

      (ii) certifies to the Comptroller a copy of the levy.

   (3) The clerk shall pay into the General Fund of the State any money that is not distributed at the end of the fiscal year of a county or municipal corporation because the county or municipal corporation failed to make the levy and certification required by paragraph (2) of this subsection.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 56, § 3, 4; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; ch. 26, § 4; 1997, ch. 32; 1998, ch. 21, § 1.