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SENATE BILL 755
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By: Senators Hester and Rosapepe
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Infrastructure Grants – Federal Infrastructure Investment and Coordination 2
Unit – Established 3
FOR the purpose of establishing a Federal Infrastructure Investment and Coordination 4
Unit in the Governor’s Grants Office for the purpose of tracking federal 5
infrastructure grants and assisting State agencies in the award of the grants under 6
certain federal legislation; and generally relating to the Federal Infrastructure 7
Investment and Coordination Unit in the Governor’s Grants Office. 8
BY adding to 9
Article – State Finance and Procurement 10
Section 2–211 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2021 Replacement Volume) 13
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15
Article – State Finance and Procurement 16
2–211. 17
(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 18
INDICATED. 19
(2) “ACT” MEANS THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND 20
JOBS ACT OF 2021. 21
(3) “UNIT” MEANS THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT 22
AND COORDINATION UNIT ESTABLISHED UNDE R THIS SECTION. 23 2 SENATE BILL 755
(B) THERE IS A FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND 1
COORDINATION UNIT IN THE GOVERNOR’S GRANTS OFFICE. 2
(C) (1) (I) THE HEAD OF THE UNIT IS THE CHIEF INFRASTRUCTURE 3
OFFICER. 4
(II) THE CHIEF INFRASTRUCTURE OFFICER SHALL RECEIVE 5
THE SALARY PROVIDED IN THE STATE BUDGET . 6
(2) THE STATE BUDGET SHALL PR OVIDE SUFFICIENT MON EY FOR 7
THE UNIT TO EMPLOY A STAFF OF AT LEAST TWO INDIVIDUAL S AND TO RETAIN AND 8
HIRE EXPERTS IN THE APPROPRIATE FIELDS FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPO RT. 9
(D) THE UNIT SHALL: 10
(1) TRACK THE ALLOCATION TO THE STATE OF FEDERAL FUNDS 11
UNDER THE ACT AND ASSIST STATE AGENCIES IN BIDDING FOR COMPE TITIVE 12
GRANT FUNDS UNDER THE ACT; 13
(2) TRACK NONCOMPETITIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE 14
UNDER THE ACT WHILE ENSURING ALIGNMENT WI TH STATE PRIORITIES; 15
(3) PROJECT STATE AND LOCAL MATCH ING REQUIREMENTS FOR 16
FUNDING UNDER THE ACT; 17
(4) COORDINATE, WITH RESPECT TO THE ALLOCATION OF FEDERA L 18
FUNDS UNDER THE ACT, WITH FEDERAL AGENCIE S, THE FEDERAL SENIOR ADVISOR 19
TO THE PRESIDENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE COORDINATION , MARYLAND’S 20
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGA TION, AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND 21
(5) DEVELOP AN INITIAL ST RATEGY AND GUIDING CRITERION FO R 22
THE USE OF FEDERAL F UNDS UNDER THE ACT, SUBJECT TO THE APPRO VAL OF THE 23
SENATE BUDGET AND TAXATION COMMITTEE AND THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS 24
COMMITTEE, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON : 25
(I) HOW THE FUNDS UNDER THE ACT WILL BE ALLOCATED 26
ACROSS THE STATE; 27
(II) HOW THE FUNDS CAN BE ST BE USED TO ADVANCE EXISTI NG 28
STATE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED IN RECENT LEGISLATION PASSED B Y THE GENERAL 29
ASSEMBLY RELATED TO THE ENVIR ONMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT , HISTORIC 30
PRESERVATION , AND SOCIOECONOMIC AN D RACIAL JUSTICE GOA LS; AND 31 SENATE BILL 755 3
(III) SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT ARE EARMARKED TO THE STATE 1
UNDER THE ACT. 2
(E) THE CHIEF INFRASTRUCTURE OFFICER SHALL: 3
(1) ESTABLISH A N ONLINE DASHBOARD FUNCTIONING AS A 4
“ONE–STOP SHOP” OVERVIEW OF THE INFR ASTRUCTURE GRANTS UNDER THE ACT 5
AND SUBSEQUENT PROJE CTS FUNDED IN PART OR EN TIRELY UNDER THE ACT FOR 6
REVIEW BY INTERESTED PARTIES DESCRIBED IN SUBSECT ION (D)(4) OF THIS 7
SECTION; AND 8
(2) ON OCTOBER 1 EACH YEAR, REPORT TO THE STATE TREASURER 9
AND, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, THE 10
GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON: 11
(I) THE UNIT’S ACTIVITY IN THE IMMEDIATELY P RECEDING 12
CALENDAR YEAR ; 13
(II) METRICS TO TRACK AND EVALUATE THE OVERALL 14
EFFECTIVENESS OF TH E UNIT; 15
(III) THE NUMBER AND AMOUN T OF INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 16
APPLIED FOR AND THE SUCCESS RATE OF GRANT AWARDS UNDER THE ACT; AND 17
(IV) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT FUNDS 18
AWARDED. 19
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, within 5 days after 20
determining the schedule on which funds under the federal Infrastructure Investment and 21
Jobs Act of 2021 will be allocated to the State, the Chief Infrastructure Officer, established 22
in § 2–211 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, as enacted by Section 1 of this 23
Act, shall notify the Department of Legislative Services. 24
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 25
1, 2022. It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years after the date on which funds under 26
the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 are scheduled to be allocated to 27
the State and, after that 2–year period, with no further action required by the General 28
Assembly, this Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect. 29