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*hb0073*
HOUSE BILL 73
R2 2lr0751
HB 226/21 – ENT (PRE–FILED)
By: Delegate R. Lewis
Requested: October 14, 2021
Introduced and read first time: January 12, 2022
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Baltimore City – Complete Streets and Safe Routes to School Programs – 2
Funding 3
FOR the purpose of requiring Baltimore City to spend, after recovering costs, the 4
remaining balance of fines collected as a result of violations enforced by certain 5
traffic and vehicle monitoring systems on activities eligible for funding under the 6
State Highway Administration’s Safe Routes to School Program or public safety or 7
transportation infrastructure improvements consistent with the purpose and goals 8
of the Complete Streets Program and the Complete Streets Transportation System; 9
requiring the Department of Transportation to submit a certain report on the 10
Complete Streets Program to the Baltimore City Delegation to the General 11
Assembly; and generally relating to the Complete Streets Program and the Safe 12
Routes to School Program in Baltimore City. 13
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 14
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 15
Section 7–302(e)(4)(i) and (5) 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 18
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 19
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 20
Section 7–302(e)(4)(iv) 21
Annotated Code of Maryland 22
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 23
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 24
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 25
Section 7–302(e)(4)(i) and (5) 26
Annotated Code of Maryland 27 2 HOUSE BILL 73
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 1
(As enacted by Chapter 628 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2021) 2
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 3
Article – Transportation 4
Section 8–908 5
Annotated Code of Maryland 6
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 7
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 8
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 9
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 10
7–302. 11
(e) (4) (i) [From] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (5) OF THIS 12
SUBSECTION, FROM the fines collected by a political subdivision as a result of violations 13
enforced by speed monitoring systems or school bus monitoring cameras, a political 14
subdivision: 15
1. May recover the costs of implementing and administering 16
the speed monitoring systems or school bus monitoring cameras; and 17
2. Subject to subparagraphs (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this 18
paragraph, may spend any remaining balance solely for public safety purposes, including 19
pedestrian safety programs. 20
(iv) 1. From the fines collected by Baltimore City as a result of 21
violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83, any balance remaining 22
after the allocation of fines under subparagraph (i)1 of this paragraph shall be remitted to 23
the Comptroller for distribution to the Baltimore City Department of Transportation to be 24
used solely to assist in covering the cost of roadway improvements on Interstate 83 in 25
Baltimore City. 26
2. Fines remitted to the Baltimore City Department of 27
Transportation under subparagraph (iv)1 of this paragraph are supplemental to and are 28
not intended to take the place of funding that would otherwise be appropriated for uses 29
described under subparagraph (iv)1 of this paragraph. 30
(5) From the fines collected by Baltimore City as a result of violations 31
enforced by A TRAFFIC CONTROL SI GNAL MONITORING SYST EM, A SPEED 32
MONITORING SYSTEM NOT ON INTERSTATE 83, A SCHOOL BUS MONITOR ING 33
CAMERA, OR A vehicle height monitoring [systems] SYSTEM, Baltimore City [may]: 34
HOUSE BILL 73 3
(i) [Recover] MAY RECOVER the costs of implementing and 1
administering [the] A TRAFFIC CONTROL SI GNAL MONITORING SYST EM, A SPEED 2
MONITORING SYSTEM NOT ON INTERSTATE 83, A SCHOOL BUS MONITOR ING 3
CAMERA, OR A vehicle height monitoring [systems] SYSTEM; and 4
(ii) [Spend] SHALL USE the remaining balance [solely on roadway 5
improvements] FOR THE FOLLOWING PU RPOSES: 6
1. INFRASTRUCTURE AND NO NINFRASTRUCTURE 7
ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING UNDER TH E STATE HIGHWAY 8
ADMINISTRATION ’S SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM, AS JOINTLY AGREED ON 9
BY THE BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE BALTIMORE CITY 10
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ; AND 11
2. PUBLIC SAFETY OR TRANSPORTA TION 12
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPRO VEMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE AND GOALS 13
OF THE COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM UNDER § 8–903 OF THE TRANSPORTATION 14
ARTICLE AND THE COMPLETE STREETS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM UNDER 15
ARTICLE 26, § 40–6 OF THE BALTIMORE CITY CODE. 16
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 17
as follows: 18
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 19
7–302. 20
(e) (4) (i) [From] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (5) OF THIS 21
SUBSECTION, FROM the fines collected by a political subdivision as a result of violations 22
enforced by speed monitoring systems or school bus monitoring cameras, a political 23
subdivision: 24
1. May recover the costs of implementing and administering 25
the speed monitoring systems or school bus monitoring cameras; and 26
2. Subject to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, 27
may spend any remaining balance solely for public safety purposes, including pedestrian 28
safety programs. 29
(5) From the fines collected by Baltimore City as a result of violations 30
enforced by A TRAFFIC CONTROL SI GNAL MONITORING SYST EM, A SPEED 31
MONITORING SYSTEM , A SCHOOL BUS MONITOR ING CAMERA, OR A vehicle height 32
monitoring [systems] SYSTEM, Baltimore City [may]: 33
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(i) [Recover] MAY RECOVER the costs of implementing and 1
administering [the] A TRAFFIC CONTROL SI GNAL MONITORING SYST EM, A SPEED 2
MONITORING SYSTEM , A SCHOOL BUS MONITOR ING CAMERA, OR A vehicle height 3
monitoring [systems] SYSTEM; and 4
(ii) [Spend] SHALL USE the remaining balance [solely on roadway 5
improvements] FOR THE FOLLOWING PU RPOSES: 6
1. INFRASTRUCTURE AND NO NINFRASTRUCTURE 7
ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING UNDER TH E STATE HIGHWAY 8
ADMINISTRATION ’S SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM, AS JOINTLY AGREED ON 9
BY THE BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE BALTIMORE CITY 10
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ; AND 11
2. PUBLIC SAFETY OR TRANSPORTA TION 12
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPRO VEMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE AND GOALS 13
OF THE COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM UNDER § 8–903 OF THE TRANSPORTATION 14
ARTICLE AND THE COMPLETE STREETS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM UNDER 15
ARTICLE 26, § 40–6 OF THE BALTIMORE CITY CODE. 16
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 17
as follows: 18
Article – Transportation 19
8–908. 20
(a) On or before December 31 each year, the Department shall submit a report 21
to the Senate Finance Committee, Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, House 22
Appropriations Committee, [and] House Environment and Transportation Committee, 23
AND BALTIMORE CITY DELEGATION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, in accordance 24
with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on the status of the Program. 25
(b) The report required under subsection (a) of this section shall include: 26
(1) The status of any grant projects funded by the Program; and 27
(2) A discussion of whether there is a need to reevaluate the Program to 28
ensure that it is meeting the goals stated in § 8–903(b) of this subtitle. 29
(c) The report required under subsection (a) of this section shall be made 30
available on the Department’s website. 31
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of this Act shall 32
take effect on the taking effect of the termination provision specified in Section 2 of 33 HOUSE BILL 73 5
Chapter 628 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2021. If that termination provision 1
takes effect, Section 1 of this Act, with no further action required by the General 2
Assembly, shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect. This Act may not be 3
interpreted to have any effect on that termination provision. 4
SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to the provisions of 5
Section 4 of this Act, this Act shall take effect October 1, 2022. 6