EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTING LA W.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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SENATE BILL 297
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By: Senator McKay
Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2023
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Community Colleges – Capital Projects – State Share Adjustment 2
FOR the purpose of providing for a certain adjustment to the State share percentage for a 3
community college capital project under certain circumstances; and generally 4
relating to the grant program for community college capital projects. 5
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
Article – Education 7
Section 11–105(j) 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2022 Replacement Volume) 10
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12
Article – Education 13
11–105. 14
(j) (1) In this subsection, “community college” includes the Carroll County 15
Community College and the Calvert County and St. Mary’s County branch campuses of the 16
College of Southern Maryland established under the authority granted by § 16–103(l) of 17
this article, and does not include the Baltimore City Community College. 18
(2) The Commission shall administer the general public junior or 19
community college and regional community college construction program in accordance 20
with this section and regulations approved by the Board of Public Works. 21
(3) (i) Whenever a county desires, or whenever the counties that 22
support a regional community college desire, to participate in the financial assistance 23
provided by the State for the general public junior or community college and regional 24 2 SENATE BILL 297
community college construction program, the jurisdiction or jurisdictions shall file with the 1
Commission a petition and such information as the Commission requires, together with a 2
complete proposal for each project for which financial assistance is desired. 3
(ii) The Commission shall submit to the Department of Budget and 4
Management a copy of each petition and project proposal. 5
(4) On receipt of the recommendations of the Department of Budget and 6
Management on each petition and project proposal, the Commission shall make a written 7
report to the Board of Public Works describing the request or requests for financial 8
assistance received and recommending a disposition for each request. 9
(5) The Board of Public Works shall approve each grant and shall certify 10
the amount of the grant to the Treasurer and the Comptroller. The Comptroller shall issue 11
a warrant to the Treasurer to pay the grant to or on behalf of the petitioning jurisdiction or 12
jurisdictions, when needed, for design and construction or the acquisition of real property 13
or interests in land. The decision of the Board of Public Works shall be in such form as the 14
Board deems advisable and shall be final and conclusive. 15
(6) (I) The amount of the grant shall be a percentage of total design and 16
construction costs, including site acquisition and development costs, as follows: 17
[(i)] 1. For a regional community college established under § 18
16–202 of this article, 75 percent; or 19
[(ii)] 2. For a public junior or community college that is not a 20
regional community college, the greater of: 21
[1.] A. A percentage equal to that percentage of the 22
foundation program that the State pays to the petitioning jurisdiction under [§ 5–202(b)] § 23
5–213(A) of this article up to a maximum of 70 percent; or 24
[2.] B. 50 percent. 25
(II) 1. A COUNTY IS ELIGIBLE F OR AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE 26
STATE SHARE PE RCENTAGE FOR A COMMU NITY COLLEGE CAPITAL PROJECT IF: 27
A. A COUNTY’S MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD I NCOME IS IN THE 28
BOTTOM QUARTILE IN T HE STATE; AND 29
B. THE STATE SHARE PERCENTAG E FOR A COMMUNITY 30
COLLEGE CAPITAL PROJ ECT IS 50%. 31
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2. A. THE LOCAL SHARE OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1
CAPITAL PROJECT SHAL L BE REDUCED TO EQUA L THE LOCAL SHARE OF THE 2
ADJACENT COUNTY THAT IS LESS THAN 50% BUT CLOSEST TO 50%. 3
B. THE STATE SHARE OF A COMM UNITY COLLEGE 4
CAPITAL PROJECT SHAL L BE INCREASED BY A PERCENTAGE THAT IS E QUAL TO THE 5
REDUCTION UNDER SUBS UBSUBPARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBSUBPARAGR APH. 6
(7) The Commission shall adopt regulations in accordance with Title 10, 7
Subtitle 1 of the State Government Article concerning the administration of the general 8
public junior or community college and regional community college construction program. 9
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 10
1, 2023. 11