3556                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 760

Every person, club, corporation or association holding,
TRANSMITTING, or showing any boxing, sparring or wrestling
matches on a closed circuit telecast or subscription television
viewed within this State, whether originating within this State
or another state[,] AND FOR WHICH TICKETS ARE SOLD OR IF NO
TICKETS ARE SOLD FOR WHICH AN ADDITIONAL FEE IS CHARGED TO A
VIEWER ON A PER EVENT OR PER OCCASION BASIS shall furnish the
Commission a written report, under oath, stating the exact number
of tickets sold OR NUMBER OF PERSONS PAYING THE ADDITIONAL FEE
for such showing OR VIEWING and the amount of gross proceeds
thereof, and such other matters as the Commission may prescribe,
and shall, within 72 hours after the showing of said contest, pay
to the said Commission a [license fee] TAX of [ten per centum
(10%)] 10 PERCENT of its total gross receipts from the sale of
tickets FOR THE SHOWING OR 10 PERCENT OF ITS TOTAL GROSS RECEIPTS
FROM THE ADDITIONAL FEES CHARGED FOR THE VIEWING [for the
showing] of said boxing, sparring or wrestling match. HOWEVER,
THE TAX DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY MATCH SHOWN OR TRANSMITTED FOR
WHICH NEITHER TICKETS ARE SOLD NOR AN ADDITIONAL FEE ON A PER
EVENT OR PER OCCASION BASIS IS CHARGED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 761
(House Bill 458)
AN ACT concerning

State Highway Administration

Transportation - Specific Information or

Business Signs

FOR the purpose of repealing altering a provision prohibiting the
State Highway Administration from participating in the cost
of procuring or installing certain business signs along
interstate highways; providing that the State Highway
Administration and the Maryland Transportation Authority may
place certain signs along interstate certain highways in

certain counties, expressways, or primary highways, ;

providing for the termination of certain parts of this Act
after a certain date; requiring certain signs to be placed
in a certain manner; requiring the Administration to adopt
certain rules and regulations; requiring the Administration
to consult with a certain group prior to drafting rules and
regulations; and requiring certain businesses to pay the
Administration the and the Authority the full administrative
and operational cost of procurement, installation, and