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*sb1125*
SENATE BILL 1125
R2, B1 4lr3474
CF HB 950
By: Senator Jackson
Introduced and read first time: February 9, 2024
Assigned to: Rules
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Maryland Transit Administration – Locally Operated Transit Systems – 2
Mandatory Funding 3
FOR the purpose of requiring, beginning in a certain fiscal year, the Governor to include in 4
the annual budget bill an appropriation from the Transportation Trust Fund of at 5
least a certain amount for the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program; and 6
generally relating to the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
Article – Transportation 9
Section 4–322(a)(1) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 12
BY adding to 13
Article – Transportation 14
Section 4–322(c) 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 17
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19
Article – Transportation 20
4–322. 21
(a) (1) There is a Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program. 22
(C) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER , THE 23 2 SENATE BILL 1125
GOVERNOR S HALL INCLUDE IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET BILL A N APPROPRIATION 1
FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND OF AT LEAST $80,533,314 TO THE 2
PROGRAM FOR STATEWID E PROGRAM OPERATIONS . 3
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 4
1, 2024. 5