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*hb1055*
HOUSE BILL 1055
R2, F1 2lr2701
By: Delegate Smith Delegates Smith and Lierman
Introduced and read first time: February 10, 2022
Assigned to: Appropriations and Ways and Means
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 13, 2022
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Transportation – Student Transportation – Transit Buses and Carpooling 2
Baltimore City – Maryland Transit Administration – Transit Services for Public 3
School Students and Youth Workers 4
FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to provide middle 5
school and high school students in Baltimore City with a tangible and digital student 6
transit pass and student transit identification card; authorizing a student who loses 7
a student transit pass or student transit identification card and appears to be under 8
a certain age to ride a transit bus without charge; prohibiting the Administration 9
from imposing any restrictions on the use of a student transit pass; establishing a 10
Student Carpool Incentive Program; requiring the State Department of 11
Transportation to provide a certain amount to schools and carpool drivers 12
participating in the Program; requiring the Administration on or before a certain 13
date for certain years, to increase bus driver pay by a certain amount per hour; 14
requiring the Administration, on or before a certain date for certain years, to add a 15
certain number of transit buses to the Baltimore City weekday fleet; requiring a 16
transit bus to stop for certain individuals; and generally relating to student 17
transportation and bus transit certain services to certain students of the Baltimore 18
City Public School System and youth workers in the Baltimore City YouthWorks 19
program; prohibiting the Maryland Transit Administration from seeking certain fees 20
or reimbursement; and generally relating to the Maryland Transit Administration 21
and free ridership for Baltimore City Public School System students and youth 22
workers. 23
BY adding to 24 2 HOUSE BILL 1055
Article – Education 1
Section 7–810 and 7–811 2
Annotated Code of Maryland 3
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 4
BY adding to 5
Article – Transportation 6
Section 7–710 and 7–714 7
Annotated Code of Maryland 8
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 9
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 10
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 11
Article – Education 12
7–810. 13
(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN BALTIMORE CITY. 14
(B) (1) THE MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION SHALL PROVIDE 15
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HI GH SCHOOL STUDENTS W ITH A TANGIBLE AND D IGITAL: 16
(I) STUDENT TRANSIT PASS ; AND 17
(II) STUDENT TRANSIT IDENT IFICATION CARD. 18
(2) A STUDENT WHO LOSES A STUDENT TRANSIT PASS OR STUDENT 19
TRANSIT IDENTIFICATI ON CARD AND APPEARS TO BE UNDER THE AGE OF 22 YEARS 20
MAY RIDE A TRANSIT B US WITHOUT CHARGE . 21
(C) THE ADMINISTRATION MAY NO T IMPOSE ANY RES TRICTIONS, 22
INCLUDING TEMPORAL R ESTRICTIONS, ON THE USE OF A STUD ENT TRANSIT PASS . 23
7–811. 24
(A) THERE IS A STUDENT CARPOOL INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 25
(B) THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR : 26
(1) SCHOOLS TO ENCOURAGE CARPOOLING ; AND 27
(2) PARENTS OR GUARDIANS TO TRANSPORT STUDENT S USING 28
CARPOOLS. 29
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(C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CREA TE AND PUBLISH ON IT S WEBSITE A 1
REGISTRATION PORTAL FOR THE PROGRAM. 2
(D) (1) TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, A PARENT OR GUARDIAN 3
SHALL REGISTER THE C ARPOOL ON THE PROGRAM PORTAL , INCLUDING 4
INFORMATION ON THE S CHOOL THAT A PARTICI PATING STUDENT ATTEN DS. 5
(2) A PARENT OR GUARDIAN M AY DESIGNATE ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL 6
AS A CARPOOL DRIVER . 7
(E) FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, EACH YEAR THE STATE 8
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL PRO VIDE: 9
(1) $1,000 TO A PARTICIPATING S CHOOL FOR EACH CARPO OL 10
TRANSPORTING FOUR OR MORE STUDENTS FROM T HREE OR MORE HOUSEHO LDS; 11
AND 12
(2) $300 TO THE REGISTERED CA RPOOL DRIVER FOR EAC H 13
REGISTERED STUDENT . 14
Article – Transportation 15
7–710. 16
(A) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2023, AND EACH JULY 1 THEREAFTER THROUGH 17
2027, THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL INCREASE BUS DRIVER PAY BY $1 PER HOUR. 18
(B) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2023, AND EACH JULY 1 THEREAFTER THROUGH 19
2026, THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL ADD 100 TRANSIT BUSES TO THE BALTIMORE 20
CITY WEEKDAY FLEET . 21
7–714. 22
A TRANSIT BUS SHALL ST OP FOR: 23
(1) PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS ; 24
(2) MOTHERS WITH YOUNG CH ILDREN; AND 25
(3) INDIVIDUALS WHO APPEA R TO BE UNDER THE AG E OF 22 YEARS. 26
Article – Transportation 27
7–710. 28
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(A) THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL PROVIDE RIDERSHIP ON TRANSIT 1
VEHICLES TO ANY ELIG IBLE: 2
(1) STUDENT OF A PUBLIC S CHOOL OF BALTIMORE CITY; AND 3
(2) YOUTH WORKER IN THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTHWORKS 4
PROGRAM. 5
(B) THE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER SUBSECTIO N (A) OF THIS SECTION 6
SHALL BE PROVIDED ON LY FOR: 7
(1) A STUDENT OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN BALTIMORE CITY: 8
(I) BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 5 A.M. AND 8 P.M.; AND 9
(II) FOR SCHOOL –RELATED OR EDUCATION AL 10
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTI VITIES ON AND OFF CA MPUS; OR 11
(2) A YOUTH WORKER IN THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTHWORKS 12
PROGRAM: 13
(I) DURING THE YOUTHWORKS SUMMER JOB PERI OD; AND 14
(II) FOR PURPOSES OF ENGAG ING IN YOUTHWORKS–RELATED 15
ACTIVITIES. 16
(C) THE ADMINISTRATION MAY NO T COLLECT FEES OR RE IMBURSEMENT 17
FOR SERVICES PROVIDED UN DER THIS SECTION . 18
(D) THE ADMINISTRATION , IN CONJUNCTION WITH BALTIMORE CITY 19
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE MAYOR’S OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT , 20
SHALL ADOPT REGULATI ONS THAT ESTABLISH T HE ELIGIBILITY CRITE RIA FOR 21
STUDENTS AND YOUTH W ORKERS RECEIVING A STUDE NT TRANSIT PASS FOR THE 22
USE OF SERVICES PROV IDED UNDER THIS SECT ION. 23
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 24
1, 2022. 25