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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | 5 | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | 6 | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | 7 | amendment. | |
| 8 | - | Italics indicate opposite chamber/conference committee amendments. | |
| 9 | 8 | *hb0632* | |
| 10 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 10 | HOUSE BILL 632 | |
| 12 | - | R2 (2lr0424) | |
| 13 | - | ENROLLED BILL | |
| 14 | - | — Appropriations and Environment and Transportation/Budget and Taxation and | |
| 15 | - | Finance — | |
| 16 | - | Introduced by Delegates Rosenberg, Smith, Attar, and Bridges | |
| 11 | + | R2 2lr0424 | |
| 17 | 12 | ||
| 18 | - | Read and Examined by Proofreaders: | |
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| 20 | - | _______________________________________________ | |
| 21 | - | Proofreader. | |
| 22 | - | _______________________________________________ | |
| 23 | - | Proofreader. | |
| 24 | - | ||
| 25 | - | Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his ap proval this | |
| 26 | - | ||
| 27 | - | _______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M. | |
| 28 | - | ||
| 29 | - | ______________________________________________ | |
| 30 | - | Speaker. | |
| 13 | + | By: Delegates Rosenberg, Smith, Attar, and Bridges | |
| 14 | + | Introduced and read first time: January 31, 2022 | |
| 15 | + | Assigned to: Appropriations and Environment and Transportation | |
| 16 | + | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 17 | + | House action: Adopted | |
| 18 | + | Read second time: March 11, 2022 | |
| 31 | 19 | ||
| 32 | 20 | CHAPTER ______ | |
| 33 | 21 | ||
| 34 | 22 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 35 | 23 | ||
| 36 | 24 | Baltimore East–West Corridor – Transit Study – Requirements 2 | |
| 37 | 25 | ||
| 38 | 26 | FOR the purpose of requiring the State Department of Transportation to complete certain 3 | |
| 39 | 27 | processes and secure a certain decision for the Red Line and a certain MARC rail 4 | |
| 40 | 28 | extension; requiring the Department to prepare a certain plan; requiring, for certain 5 | |
| 41 | 29 | fiscal years, that the Governor include in the annual budget bill certain 6 | |
| 42 | 30 | appropriations for certain purposes, subject to the receipt of certain federal funds; 7 | |
| 43 | 31 | prohibiting the Maryland Transit Administration, under certain circumstances, 8 | |
| 44 | 32 | from acquiring real property; and generally relating to the Baltimore metropolitan 9 | |
| 45 | 33 | area east–west corridor. 10 | |
| 46 | 34 | ||
| 47 | 35 | BY adding to 11 | |
| 48 | 36 | Article – Transportation 12 | |
| 49 | - | Section 7–714 13 2 HOUSE BILL 632 | |
| 37 | + | Section 7–714 13 | |
| 38 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 14 | |
| 39 | + | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 15 | |
| 40 | + | ||
| 41 | + | BY repealing 16 | |
| 42 | + | Chapter 2 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session 17 | |
| 43 | + | Section 2 18 | |
| 44 | + | ||
| 45 | + | BY repealing 19 | |
| 46 | + | Chapter 3 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session 20 | |
| 47 | + | Section 2 21 | |
| 48 | + | 2 HOUSE BILL 632 | |
| 50 | 49 | ||
| 51 | 50 | ||
| 52 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 1 | |
| 53 | - | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 2 | |
| 51 | + | BY repealing 1 | |
| 52 | + | Chapter 2 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session, as 2 | |
| 53 | + | amended by Chapter 570 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2009 3 | |
| 54 | + | Section 1 4 | |
| 54 | 55 | ||
| 55 | - | BY repealing 3 | |
| 56 | - | Chapter 2 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session 4 | |
| 57 | - | Section 2 5 | |
| 58 | - | ||
| 59 | - | BY repealing 6 | |
| 60 | - | Chapter 3 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session 7 | |
| 61 | - | Section 2 8 | |
| 56 | + | BY repealing 5 | |
| 57 | + | Chapter 3 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session, as 6 | |
| 58 | + | amended by Chapter 570 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2009 7 | |
| 59 | + | Section 1 8 | |
| 62 | 60 | ||
| 63 | 61 | BY repealing 9 | |
| 64 | - | Chapter 2 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session, as 10 | |
| 65 | - | amended by Chapter 570 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2009 11 | |
| 66 | - | Section 1 12 | |
| 62 | + | Chapter 570 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2009 10 | |
| 67 | 63 | ||
| 68 | - | BY repealing 13 | |
| 69 | - | Chapter 3 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session, as 14 | |
| 70 | - | amended by Chapter 570 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2009 15 | |
| 71 | - | Section 1 16 | |
| 64 | + | Preamble 11 | |
| 72 | 65 | ||
| 73 | - | BY repealing 17 | |
| 74 | - | Chapter 570 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2009 18 | |
| 66 | + | WHEREAS, The Maryland Transit Administration has undertaken the Baltimore 12 | |
| 67 | + | Corridor Transit Study – Red Line for a proposed 10–mile rapid transit line for the 13 | |
| 68 | + | Baltimore metropolitan area; and 14 | |
| 75 | 69 | ||
| 76 | - | Preamble 19 | |
| 70 | + | WHEREAS, The Red Line transit corridor encompasses a large number of residents, 15 | |
| 71 | + | small and large businesses, schools, churches, and other community institutions, all of 16 | |
| 72 | + | which are deeply concerned about the future of their communities; and 17 | |
| 77 | 73 | ||
| 78 | - | WHEREAS, The Maryland Transit Administration has undertaken the Baltimore 20 | |
| 79 | - | Corridor Transit Study – Red Line for a proposed 10–mile rapid transit line for the 21 | |
| 80 | - | Baltimore metropolitan area; and 22 | |
| 74 | + | WHEREAS, Effective, high–quality public transportation is important to these 18 | |
| 75 | + | communities; and 19 | |
| 81 | 76 | ||
| 82 | - | WHEREAS, | |
| 83 | - | ||
| 84 | - | ||
| 77 | + | WHEREAS, Public transit must be frequently available, reliable, and safe, and must 20 | |
| 78 | + | provide an efficient and economical means to connect community members to major 21 | |
| 79 | + | destinations throughout the Baltimore metropolitan area; and 22 | |
| 85 | 80 | ||
| 86 | - | WHEREAS, Effective, high–quality public transportation is important to these 26 | |
| 87 | - | communities; and 27 | |
| 81 | + | WHEREAS, First and foremost, the Red Line should improve the public 23 | |
| 82 | + | transportation system in the Baltimore metropolitan area and in the communities 24 | |
| 83 | + | surrounding the Red Line transit corridor, and should be planned in a manner to serve 25 | |
| 84 | + | those communities and foster economic development; and 26 | |
| 88 | 85 | ||
| 89 | - | WHEREAS, | |
| 90 | - | ||
| 91 | - | ||
| 86 | + | WHEREAS, It is the intent of the General Assembly that, during the course of 27 | |
| 87 | + | planning and constructing the Red Line project, the Administration adhere to the best 28 | |
| 88 | + | practices of transit planning and implementation; and 29 | |
| 92 | 89 | ||
| 93 | - | WHEREAS, First and foremost, the Red Line should improve the public 31 | |
| 94 | - | transportation system in the Baltimore metropolitan area and in the communities 32 | |
| 95 | - | surrounding the Red Line transit corridor, and should be planned in a manner to serve 33 | |
| 96 | - | those communities and foster economic development; and 34 | |
| 97 | - | HOUSE BILL 632 3 | |
| 90 | + | WHEREAS, It is the intent of the General Assembly that community members 30 | |
| 91 | + | participate in the planning process for the Red Line project and seek to fairly represent the 31 | |
| 92 | + | interests of all community members; now, therefore, 32 | |
| 98 | 93 | ||
| 94 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 33 | |
| 95 | + | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 34 | |
| 99 | 96 | ||
| 100 | - | WHEREAS, It is the intent of the General Assembly that, during the course of 1 | |
| 101 | - | planning and constructing the Red Line project, the Administration adhere to the best 2 | |
| 102 | - | practices of transit planning and implementation; and 3 | |
| 103 | - | ||
| 104 | - | WHEREAS, It is the intent of the General Assembly that community members 4 | |
| 105 | - | participate in the planning process for the Red Line project and seek to fairly represent the 5 | |
| 106 | - | interests of all community members; now, therefore, 6 | |
| 107 | - | ||
| 108 | - | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 7 | |
| 109 | - | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 8 | |
| 110 | - | ||
| 111 | - | Article – Transportation 9 | |
| 112 | - | ||
| 113 | - | 7–714. 10 | |
| 114 | - | ||
| 115 | - | (A) IN THIS SECTION, “RED LINE” MEANS A RAIL TRANSIT FACILITY USING 11 | |
| 116 | - | ONE OR MORE VEHICLES OPERATING IN TANDEM ON A FIXED RAIL IN A 12 | |
| 117 | - | COMBINATION OF AT –GRADE, ELEVATED, AND UNDERGROUND CONF IGURATIONS 13 | |
| 118 | - | THROUGH BALTIMORE CITY AND BALTIMORE COUNTY ALONG A GENERA LLY EAST 14 | |
| 119 | - | TO WEST ALIGNMENT BE TWEEN THE TERMINUS O F SECURITY BOULEVARD ON THE 15 | |
| 120 | - | WEST AND THE JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER ON THE EAST , 16 | |
| 121 | - | CONNECTING AS APPROP RIATE TO OTHER FIXED –ROUTE TRANSIT SERVIC ES. 17 | |
| 122 | - | ||
| 123 | - | (B) (1) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION AND CONTINGENT 18 | |
| 124 | - | ON THE RECEIPT OF FE DERAL FUNDS , THE DEPARTMENT PROMPTLY SHALL : 19 | |
| 125 | - | ||
| 126 | - | (I) UNDERTAKE ALL STEPS N ECESSARY TO COMPLETE 20 | |
| 127 | - | PLANNING, PRELIMINARY ENGINEER ING, AND THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 21 | |
| 128 | - | POLICY ACT PROCESS AND SECUR E A RECORD OF DECISI ON FOR: 22 | |
| 129 | - | ||
| 130 | - | 1. THE RED LINE; AND 23 | |
| 131 | - | ||
| 132 | - | 2. A MARC RAIL EXTENSION TO TH E JOHNS HOPKINS 24 | |
| 133 | - | BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER; AND 25 | |
| 134 | - | ||
| 135 | - | (II) PREPARE A PLAN FOR TH E FUNDING AND FINANC ING OF 26 | |
| 136 | - | THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF : 27 | |
| 137 | - | ||
| 138 | - | 1. THE RED LINE; AND 28 | |
| 139 | - | ||
| 140 | - | 2. A MARC RAIL EXTENSION TO TH E JOHNS HOPKINS 29 | |
| 141 | - | BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER. 30 | |
| 142 | - | ||
| 143 | - | (2) IN PLANNING THE RED LINE AND MARC RAIL EXTENSION , THE 31 | |
| 144 | - | DEPARTMENT SHALL : 32 4 HOUSE BILL 632 | |
| 97 | + | Article – Transportation 35 HOUSE BILL 632 3 | |
| 145 | 98 | ||
| 146 | 99 | ||
| 147 | 100 | ||
| 148 | - | ||
| 101 | + | 7–714. 1 | |
| 149 | 102 | ||
| 150 | - | (II) STUDY THE ECONOMIC AN D EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS OF 2 | |
| 151 | - | CONSTRUCTING AND OPE RATING THE RED LINE AND MARC RAIL EXTENSION; 3 | |
| 103 | + | (A) IN THIS SECTION, “RED LINE” MEANS A RAIL TRANSIT FACILITY USING 2 | |
| 104 | + | ONE OR MORE VEHICLES OPERATING IN TANDEM ON A FIXED RAIL IN A 3 | |
| 105 | + | COMBINATION OF AT –GRADE, ELEVATED, AND UNDERGROUND CONF IGURATIONS 4 | |
| 106 | + | THROUGH BALTIMORE CITY AND BALTIMORE COUNTY ALONG A GENERA LLY EAST 5 | |
| 107 | + | TO WEST ALIGNMENT BE TWEEN THE TERMINUS O F SECURITY BOULEVARD ON THE 6 | |
| 108 | + | WEST AND THE JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER ON THE EAST , 7 | |
| 109 | + | CONNECTING AS APPROP RIATE TO OTHER FIXED –ROUTE TRANSIT SERVIC ES. 8 | |
| 152 | 110 | ||
| 153 | - | (III) CONSIDER MEASURES TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE 4 | |
| 154 | - | PHYSICAL AND ECONOMI C WELL–BEING OF THE RESIDEN TS OF THE STUDY AREA ; 5 | |
| 155 | - | AND 6 | |
| 111 | + | (B) (1) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION AND CONTINGENT 9 | |
| 112 | + | ON THE RECEIPT OF FE DERAL FUNDS , THE DEPARTMENT PROMPTLY S HALL: 10 | |
| 156 | 113 | ||
| 157 | - | (IV) MAKE ITS FINDINGS PUB LICLY AVAILABLE . 7 | |
| 114 | + | (I) UNDERTAKE ALL STEPS N ECESSARY TO COMPLETE 11 | |
| 115 | + | PLANNING, PRELIMINARY ENGINEER ING, AND THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 12 | |
| 116 | + | POLICY ACT PROCESS AND SECUR E A RECORD OF DECISI ON FOR: 13 | |
| 158 | 117 | ||
| 159 | - | (3) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL GIVE DUE CONSIDERATION TO 8 | |
| 160 | - | PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED ENGINEERIN G AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. 9 | |
| 118 | + | 1. THE RED LINE; AND 14 | |
| 161 | 119 | ||
| 162 | - | (C) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , IN EACH OF 10 | |
| 163 | - | FISCAL YEARS 2024 THROUGH 2027, THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE 11 | |
| 164 | - | ANNUAL BUDGET BILL A N APPROPRIATION FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST 12 | |
| 165 | - | FUND OF AT LEAST $5,000,000, CONTINGENT ON THE RE CEIPT OF FEDERAL FUN DS 13 | |
| 166 | - | TO BE USED TO PROVID E MATCHING FUNDS NEE DED TO CONDUCT AN 14 | |
| 167 | - | ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY UNDER THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 15 | |
| 168 | - | ACT FOR: 16 | |
| 120 | + | 2. A MARC RAIL EXTENSION TO TH E JOHNS HOPKINS 15 | |
| 121 | + | BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER; AND 16 | |
| 169 | 122 | ||
| 170 | - | (I) THE RED LINE; AND 17 | |
| 123 | + | (II) PREPARE A PLAN FOR TH E FUNDING AND FINANC ING OF 17 | |
| 124 | + | THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF : 18 | |
| 171 | 125 | ||
| 172 | - | (II) A MARC RAIL EXTENSION TO THE JOHNS HOPKINS 18 | |
| 173 | - | BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER. 19 | |
| 126 | + | 1. THE RED LINE; AND 19 | |
| 174 | 127 | ||
| 175 | - | (2) AN APPROPRIATION REQU IRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 20 | |
| 176 | - | SUBSECTION MAY BE RE DUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF THE TOTAL AUTHORI ZED IN THE 21 | |
| 177 | - | PRIOR FISCAL YEAR TO CONDUCT THE ENVIRONM ENTAL IMPACT STUDY . 22 | |
| 128 | + | 2. A MARC RAIL EXTENSION TO TH E JOHNS HOPKINS 20 | |
| 129 | + | BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER. 21 | |
| 178 | 130 | ||
| 179 | - | (D) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION AND 23 | |
| 180 | - | CONTINGENT ON THE RE CEIPT OF FEDERAL FUN DS TO BE USED TO PRO VIDE 24 | |
| 181 | - | MATCHING FUNDS , FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER , 25 | |
| 182 | - | THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL BUDG ET BILL AN APPROPRIA TION 26 | |
| 183 | - | FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND OF $200,000 TO THE BALTIMORE CITY 27 | |
| 184 | - | MAYOR’S OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT FOR WORKF ORCE 28 | |
| 185 | - | DEVELOPMENT AND SMAL L, MINORITY, AND WOMEN –OWNED BUSINESS 29 | |
| 186 | - | DEVELOPMENT . 30 | |
| 131 | + | (2) IN PLANNING THE RED LINE AND MARC RAIL EXTENSION , THE 22 | |
| 132 | + | DEPARTMENT SHALL : 23 | |
| 187 | 133 | ||
| 188 | - | (2) IT IS THE INTENT OF T HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT THE FUN DS 31 | |
| 189 | - | APPROPRIATED TO THE BALTIMORE CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT 32 | |
| 190 | - | DEVELOPMENT SHALL SUP PLEMENT, AND NOT SUPPLANT , FUNDS OTHERWISE 33 HOUSE BILL 632 5 | |
| 134 | + | (I) SEEK TO AVOID ANY RES IDENTIAL DISPLACEMEN T; 24 | |
| 191 | 135 | ||
| 136 | + | (II) STUDY THE ECONOMIC AN D EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS OF 25 | |
| 137 | + | CONSTRUCTING AND OPE RATING THE RED LINE AND MARC RAIL EXTENSION; 26 | |
| 192 | 138 | ||
| 193 | - | AVAILABLE FOR THE BALTIMORE CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT 1 | |
| 194 | - | DEVELOPMENT . 2 | |
| 139 | + | (III) CONSIDER MEASURES TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE 27 | |
| 140 | + | PHYSICAL AND ECONOMI C WELL–BEING OF THE RESIDEN TS OF THE STUDY AREA ; 28 | |
| 141 | + | AND 29 | |
| 195 | 142 | ||
| 196 | - | (E) IN CONDUCTING THE RED LINE TRANSIT PROJECT , THE 3 | |
| 197 | - | ADMINISTRATION MAY NO T ACQUIRE ANY REAL P ROPERTY FOR PLANNING , 4 | |
| 198 | - | CONSTRUCTION , OPERATION, OR MAINTENANCE OF TH E RED LINE IF THE 5 | |
| 199 | - | ACQUISITION WOULD RE SULT IN INVOLUNTARY RESIDENTIAL DISPLACE MENT. 6 | |
| 200 | - | ||
| 201 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the General 7 | |
| 202 | - | Assembly that the Maryland Transit Administration, in cooperation with the local 8 | |
| 203 | - | governments in the Baltimore metropolitan area and appropriate State agencies, develop 9 | |
| 204 | - | and implement workforce development strategies that maximize participation by residents 10 | |
| 205 | - | in the east–west corridor in jobs created by and for east–west corridor transit projects. 11 | |
| 206 | - | ||
| 207 | - | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the General 12 | |
| 208 | - | Assembly that the Maryland Congressional Delegation be requested to advocate changes 13 | |
| 209 | - | in federal law and policy that will: 14 | |
| 210 | - | ||
| 211 | - | (1) increase the level of federal funding for and formula participation in 15 | |
| 212 | - | New Starts transit projects to a level consistent with other surface transportation 16 | |
| 213 | - | investments; and 17 | |
| 214 | - | ||
| 215 | - | (2) reduce biases in the federal New Starts funding formula against the 18 | |
| 216 | - | northeastern and industrial regions of the United States that have smaller public 19 | |
| 217 | - | rights–of–way and higher utility relocation and environmental hazard mitigation costs. 20 | |
| 218 | - | ||
| 219 | - | SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the General 21 | |
| 220 | - | Assembly that the Maryland Department of Transportation coordinate any existing study of 22 | |
| 221 | - | the Baltimore East–West Corridor with the activities required under § 7–714 of the 23 | |
| 222 | - | Transportation Article, as enacted by Section 1 of this Act, in a manner that maximizes State 24 | |
| 223 | - | resources and avoids unnecessary steps or duplication of efforts. 25 | |
| 224 | - | ||
| 225 | - | SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the General 26 | |
| 226 | - | Assembly that, unless it causes undue delay, the activities required under § 7–714 of the 27 | |
| 227 | - | Transportation Article, as enacted by Section 1 of this Act, include extending the Red Line 28 | |
| 228 | - | to the east from the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center into Baltimore County. 29 | |
| 229 | - | ||
| 230 | - | SECTION 4. 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 2 of Chapter 2 of 30 | |
| 231 | - | the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session be repealed. 31 | |
| 232 | - | ||
| 233 | - | SECTION 5. 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 2 of Chapter 3 of 32 | |
| 234 | - | the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session be repealed. 33 | |
| 235 | - | ||
| 236 | - | SECTION 6. 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 1 of Chapter 2 of 34 | |
| 237 | - | the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session, as amended by Chapter 570 35 | |
| 238 | - | of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2009, be repealed. 36 6 HOUSE BILL 632 | |
| 143 | + | (IV) MAKE ITS FINDINGS PUB LICLY AVAILABLE . 30 4 HOUSE BILL 632 | |
| 239 | 144 | ||
| 240 | 145 | ||
| 241 | 146 | ||
| 242 | - | SECTION 7. 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 1 of Chapter 3 of 1 | |
| 243 | - | the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session, as amended by Chapter 570 2 | |
| 244 | - | of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2009, be repealed. 3 | |
| 147 | + | (3) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL GIVE DUE CONSIDERATION TO 1 | |
| 148 | + | PREVIOUSLY COMPLE TED ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIE S. 2 | |
| 245 | 149 | ||
| 246 | - | SECTION 8. 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Chapter 570 of the Acts 4 | |
| 247 | - | of the General Assembly of 2009 be repealed. 5 | |
| 150 | + | (C) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , IN EACH OF 3 | |
| 151 | + | FISCAL YEARS 2024 THROUGH 2027, THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE 4 | |
| 152 | + | ANNUAL BUDGET BILL A N APPROPRIATION FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST 5 | |
| 153 | + | FUND OF AT LEAS T $5,000,000, CONTINGENT ON THE RE CEIPT OF FEDERAL FUN DS 6 | |
| 154 | + | TO BE USED TO PROVID E MATCHING FUNDS NEE DED TO CONDUCT AN 7 | |
| 155 | + | ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY UNDER THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 8 | |
| 156 | + | ACT FOR: 9 | |
| 248 | 157 | ||
| 249 | - | SECTION 9. 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 6 | |
| 250 | - | July 1, 2022. 7 | |
| 158 | + | (I) THE RED LINE; AND 10 | |
| 159 | + | ||
| 160 | + | (II) A MARC RAIL EXTENSION TO TH E JOHNS HOPKINS 11 | |
| 161 | + | BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER. 12 | |
| 162 | + | ||
| 163 | + | (2) AN APPROPRIATION REQU IRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 13 | |
| 164 | + | SUBSECTION MAY BE RE DUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF THE TOTAL AUTHORI ZED IN THE 14 | |
| 165 | + | PRIOR FISCAL YEAR TO CONDUCT THE ENVIRONM ENTAL IMPACT STUDY . 15 | |
| 166 | + | ||
| 167 | + | (D) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION AND 16 | |
| 168 | + | CONTINGENT ON THE RE CEIPT OF FEDERAL FUN DS TO BE USED TO PRO VIDE 17 | |
| 169 | + | MATCHING FUNDS , FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER , 18 | |
| 170 | + | THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL BUDG ET BILL AN APPROPRIA TION 19 | |
| 171 | + | FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND OF $200,000 TO THE BALTIMORE CITY 20 | |
| 172 | + | MAYOR’S OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT FOR WORKF ORCE 21 | |
| 173 | + | DEVELOPMENT AND SMAL L, MINORITY, AND WOMEN –OWNED BUSINESS 22 | |
| 174 | + | DEVELOPMENT . 23 | |
| 175 | + | ||
| 176 | + | (2) IT IS THE INTENT OF T HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT THE FUN DS 24 | |
| 177 | + | APPROPRIATED TO THE BALTIMORE CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT 25 | |
| 178 | + | DEVELOPMENT SHALL SUP PLEMENT, AND NOT SUPPLANT , FUNDS OTHERWISE 26 | |
| 179 | + | AVAILABLE FOR THE BALTIMORE CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT 27 | |
| 180 | + | DEVELOPMENT . 28 | |
| 181 | + | ||
| 182 | + | (E) IN CONDUCTING THE RED LINE TRANSIT PROJECT , THE 29 | |
| 183 | + | ADMINISTRATION MAY NO T ACQUIRE ANY REAL P ROPERTY FOR PLANNING , 30 | |
| 184 | + | CONSTRUCTION , OPERATION, OR MAINTENANCE OF TH E RED LINE IF THE 31 | |
| 185 | + | ACQUISITION WOULD RE SULT IN INVOLUNTARY RESIDENTIAL DISPLACE MENT. 32 | |
| 186 | + | ||
| 187 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the General 33 | |
| 188 | + | Assembly that the Maryland Transit Administration, in cooperation with the local 34 | |
| 189 | + | governments in the Baltimore metropolitan area and appropriate State agencies, develop 35 HOUSE BILL 632 5 | |
| 190 | + | ||
| 191 | + | ||
| 192 | + | and implement workforce development strategies that maximize participation by residents 1 | |
| 193 | + | in the east–west corridor in jobs created by and for east–west corridor transit projects. 2 | |
| 194 | + | ||
| 195 | + | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the General 3 | |
| 196 | + | Assembly that the Maryland Congressional Delegation be requested to advocate changes 4 | |
| 197 | + | in federal law and policy that will: 5 | |
| 198 | + | ||
| 199 | + | (1) increase the level of federal funding for and formula participation in 6 | |
| 200 | + | New Starts transit projects to a level consistent with other surface transportation 7 | |
| 201 | + | investments; and 8 | |
| 202 | + | ||
| 203 | + | (2) reduce biases in the federal New Starts funding formula against the 9 | |
| 204 | + | northeastern and industrial regions of the United States that have smaller public 10 | |
| 205 | + | rights–of–way and higher utility relocation and environmental hazard mitigation costs. 11 | |
| 206 | + | ||
| 207 | + | SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 2 of Chapter 2 of 12 | |
| 208 | + | the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session be repealed. 13 | |
| 209 | + | ||
| 210 | + | SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 2 of Chapter 3 of 14 | |
| 211 | + | the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session be repealed. 15 | |
| 212 | + | ||
| 213 | + | SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 1 of Chapter 2 of 16 | |
| 214 | + | the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session, as amended by Chapter 570 17 | |
| 215 | + | of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2009, be repealed. 18 | |
| 216 | + | ||
| 217 | + | SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACT ED, That Section(s) 1 of Chapter 3 of 19 | |
| 218 | + | the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2006 Special Session, as amended by Chapter 570 20 | |
| 219 | + | of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2009, be repealed. 21 | |
| 220 | + | ||
| 221 | + | SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Chapter 570 of the Acts of the 22 | |
| 222 | + | General Assembly of 2009 be repealed. 23 | |
| 223 | + | ||
| 224 | + | SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 24 | |
| 225 | + | 1, 2022. 25 | |
| 251 | 226 | ||
| 252 | 227 | ||
| 253 | 228 | ||
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| 257 | - | Approved: | |
| 258 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 259 | - | Governor. | |
| 260 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 261 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 262 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 263 | - | President of the Senate. |