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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb1137* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 1137 |
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| 8 | 8 | | R2 5lr1124 |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB 1221/23 – ENT CF 5lr1125 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates Rosenberg and Ruff |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 5, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Environment and Transportation |
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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 | | Maryland Transit Administration – Baltimore East–West Corridor – Property 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Acquisition 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Maryland Transit Administration, in conducting the 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Red Line transit project, from acquiring any real property for planning, construction, 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | operation, or maintenance of the Red Line if the acquisition would result in 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | involuntary residential displacement; and generally relating to the Maryland 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Transit Administration and the Baltimore metropolitan area east–west corridor. 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | BY adding to 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Article – Transportation 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 7–718 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Article – Transportation 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7–718. 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) IN THIS SECTION, “RED LINE” MEANS A RAIL TRANSIT FACILITY USING 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ONE OR MORE VEHICLES OPERATING IN TANDEM ON A FIXED RAIL IN A 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | COMBINATION OF AT –GRADE, ELEVATED, AND UNDERGROUND CONF IGURATIONS 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | THROUGH BALTIMORE CITY AND BALTIMORE COUNTY ALONG A GENERA LLY 21 |
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| 44 | 44 | | EAST–TO–WEST ALIGNMENT BETWE EN THE TERMINUS OF SECURITY BOULEVARD 22 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ON THE WEST AND THE JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER ON THE EAST , 23 |
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| 46 | 46 | | CONNECTING AS APPROP RIATE TO OTHER FIXED –ROUTE TRANSIT SERVIC ES. 24 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 1137 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) IN CONDUCTING THE RED LINE TRANSIT PROJECT , THE 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ADMINISTRATION MAY NO T ACQUIRE ANY REAL P ROPERTY FOR PLANNING , 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, OR MAINTENANCE OF TH E RED LINE IF THE 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ACQUISITION WOULD RE SULT IN INVOLUNTARY RESIDENTIAL DISPLACE MENT. 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 5 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 1, 2025. 6 |
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