Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB904 Compare Versions

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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	hb0904
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 904
8	8	F2 4lr1073
9	9	HB 654/23 – APP CF SB 407
10	10	By: Delegate Hinebaugh
11	11	Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024
12	12	Assigned to: Appropriations
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14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
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16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	Community Colleges – Capital Projects – State Share Adjustment 2
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20	20	FOR the purpose of providing for a certain adjustment to the State share percentage for a 3
21	21	community college or regional community college capital project under certain 4
22	22	circumstances; and generally relating to the grant program for community college 5
23	23	capital projects. 6
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25	25	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7
26	26	Article – Education 8
27	27	Section 11–105(j) 9
28	28	Annotated Code of Maryland 10
29	29	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 11
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31	31	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
32	32	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13
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34	34	Article – Education 14
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36	36	11–105. 15
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38	38	(j) (1) In this subsection, “community college” includes the Carroll County 16
39	39	Community College and the Calvert County and St. Mary’s County branch campuses of the 17
40	40	College of Southern Maryland established under the authority granted by § 16–103(l) of 18
41	41	this article, and does not include the Baltimore City Community College. 19
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43	43	(2) The Commission shall administer the general public junior or 20
44	44	community college and regional community college construction program in accordance 21
45	45	with this section and regulations approved by the Board of Public Works. 22
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47	47	(3) (i) Whenever a county desires, or whenever the counties that 23
48	48	support a regional community college desire, to participate in the financial assistance 24 2 HOUSE BILL 904
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51	51	provided by the State for the general public junior or community college and regional 1
52	52	community college construction program, the jurisdiction or jurisdictions shall file with the 2
53	53	Commission a petition and such information as the Commission requires, together with a 3
54	54	complete proposal for each project for which financial assistance is desired. 4
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56	56	(ii) The Commission shall submit to the Department of Budget and 5
57	57	Management a copy of each petition and project proposal. 6
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59	59	(4) On receipt of the recommendations of the Department of Budget and 7
60	60	Management on each petition and project proposal, the Commission shall make a written 8
61	61	report to the Board of Public Works describing the request or requests for financial 9
62	62	assistance received and recommending a disposition for each request. 10
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64	64	(5) The Board of Public Works shall approve each grant and shall certify 11
65	65	the amount of the grant to the Treasurer and the Comptroller. The Comptroller shall issue 12
66	66	a warrant to the Treasurer to pay the grant to or on behalf of the petitioning jurisdiction or 13
67	67	jurisdictions, when needed, for design and construction or the acquisition of real property 14
68	68	or interests in land. The decision of the Board of Public Works shall be in such form as the 15
69	69	Board deems advisable and shall be final and conclusive. 16
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71	71	(6) (I) The amount of the grant shall be a percentage of total design and 17
72	72	construction costs, including site acquisition and development costs, as follows: 18
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74	74	[(i)] 1. For a regional community college established under § 19
75	75	16–202 of this article, 75 percent; or 20
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77	77	[(ii)] 2. For a public junior or community college that is not a 21
78	78	regional community college, the greater of: 22
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80	80	[1.] A. A percentage equal to that percentage of the 23
81	81	foundation program that the State pays to the petitioning jurisdiction under [§ 5–202(b)] § 24
82	82	5–213(A) of this article up to a maximum of 70 percent; or 25
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84	84	[2.] B. 50 percent. 26
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86	86	(II) 1. A COUNTY IS ELIGIBLE F OR AN ADJUSTMENT TO T HE 27
87	87	STATE SHARE PERCENTAG E FOR A COMMUNITY CO LLEGE CAPITAL PROJEC T IF: 28
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89	89	A. A COUNTY’S MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD I NCOME IS IN THE 29
90	90	BOTTOM QUARTILE IN T HE STATE; AND 30
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92	92	B. THE STATE SHARE PERCENTAG E FOR A COMMUNITY 31
93	93	COLLEGE CAPITAL PROJ ECT IS 50%. 32
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97	97	2. A. THE LOCAL SHARE OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1
98	98	CAPITAL PROJECT SHAL L BE REDUCED TO EQUA L THE LOCAL SHARE OF THE 2
99	99	ADJACENT COMMUNITY C OLLEGE OR REGIONAL C OMMUNITY COLLEGE THA T IS 3
100	100	LESS THAN 50%, BUT CLOSEST TO 50%. 4
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102	102	B. THE STATE SHARE OF A COMM UNITY COLLEGE 5
103	103	CAPITAL PROJECT SHAL L BE INCREASED BY A PERCENTAGE THAT IS E QUAL TO THE 6
104	104	REDUCTION UNDER SUBS UBSUBPARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBSUBPARAGR APH. 7
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106	106	(7) The Commission shall adopt regulations in accordance with Title 10, 8
107	107	Subtitle 1 of the State Government Article concerning the administration of the general 9
108	108	public junior or community college and regional community college construction program. 10
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110	110	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 11
111	111	1, 2024. 12