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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 31 – Dockless Vehicles">
  <section prefix="§" num="31-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Director.">“Director” means the Director of the Department of Finance or the Director’s designee.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Dockless vehicle for hire.">“Dockless vehicle for hire” has the meaning stated in City Code &lt;cite data-path="|31|§38-1|(c)"&gt;Article 31, § 38-1(c) {“Definitions: Dockless vehicle for hire”}&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Provider.">“Provider” has the meaning stated in City Code &lt;cite data-path="|31|§38-1|(h)"&gt;Article 31, § 38-1(h) {“Definitions: Provider”}&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-251</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="31-2" heading="Tax imposed.">
    <text>An excise tax is levied and imposed upon every provider of dockless vehicles for hire.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-251</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="31-3" heading="Amount of tax.">
    <text>The amount of the tax is 10 cents per dockless-vehicle-for-hire rental.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-251</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="31-4" heading="Remittance and reports.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Remittance.">A provider shall remit the tax imposed by this subtitle to the Director on or before the 1st day of January and the 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; day of July of each year.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Reports.">
      <para num="(1)">Each remittance must be accompanied by a report of all service transactions for the period reported.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The report must be in the form and contain the information that the Director requires.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-251</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="31-5" heading="Rules and regulations.">
    <text>Subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, the Director must adopt rules and regulations to carry out this subtitle.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-251</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Text Conformed 02/25/21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">By authority of Ordinance 20-431, Section 5, the Director of Legislative Reference, in consultation with the Law Department, has conformed this section to refer expressly to and reflect the requirements of the recently-enacted Administrative Procedure Act that, effective January 15, 2021, governs the proposal, adoption, and publication of administrative rules and regulations.</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
