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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDE D TO EXISTING LAW . |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0263* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 263 |
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| 8 | 8 | | R1 5lr0724 |
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| 9 | 9 | | (PRE–FILED) |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate R. Long |
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| 11 | 11 | | Requested: August 30, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Environment and Transportation |
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| 14 | 14 | | |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Maryland Transportation Authority – Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | – Naming 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | FOR the purpose of requiring that, on completion of a new bridge to replace the collapsed 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Maryland Transportation Authority name the new 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | bridge the Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge; and generally relating to the naming 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | of toll bridges. 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | BY adding to 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Article – Transportation 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 4–408 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Article – Transportation 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Section 4–101(h)(1) and 6–209(c)(2) 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Article – Transportation 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 4–408. 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ON COMPLETION OF A NEW BRIDGE OVER TH E PATAPSCO RIVER AS A 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | REPLACEMENT FOR THE COLLAPSED FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, THE 23 2 HOUSE BILL 263 |
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| 50 | 50 | | AUTHORITY SHALL NAME THE NEW BRIDGE THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY MEMORIAL 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | BRIDGE. 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | as follows: 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | |
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| 56 | 56 | | Article – Transportation 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | |
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| 58 | 58 | | 4–101. 6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (h) “Transportation facilities project” includes: 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (1) The Susquehanna River Bridge, the Harry W. Nice/Thomas “Mac” 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Middleton Potomac River Bridge, the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Chesapeake Bay 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Bridge and parallel Chesapeake Bay Bridge, the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, the Fort 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | McHenry Tunnel, the Francis Scott Key MEMORIAL Bridge, and the John F. Kennedy 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Memorial Highway, together with their appurtenant causeways, approaches, interchanges, 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | entrance plazas, toll stations, and service facilities; 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | |
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| 69 | 69 | | 6–209. 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (c) (2) An authorization issued under this section authorizes gaming on the 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | waters of the State only while the vessel: 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (i) Is underway; 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (ii) Is east of the Francis Scott Key MEMORIAL Bridge; and 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (iii) Is operating under an itinerary that either originates or 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | terminates in a foreign port outside the continental United States. 20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That: 21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (a) Section 2 of this Act is contingent on completion of a new bridge over the 22 |
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| 84 | 84 | | Patapsco River as a replacement for the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge. 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (b) Within 5 days after the new bridge opens to vehicle traffic the Maryland 24 |
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| 87 | 87 | | Transportation Authority shall notify the Department of Legislative Services. 25 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (c) If notice of the opening of the new bridge is received by the Department of 26 |
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| 90 | 90 | | Legislative Services on or before December 31, 2030, Section 2 of this Act shall take effect 27 |
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| 91 | 91 | | on the date the notice is received by the Department of Legislative Services in accordance 28 |
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| 92 | 92 | | with subsection (b) of this section. 29 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (d) If notice is not received by the Department of Legislative Services on or before 30 |
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| 95 | 95 | | December 31, 2030, Section 2 of this Act, with no further action required by the General 31 |
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| 96 | 96 | | Assembly, shall be null and void. 32 HOUSE BILL 263 3 |
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| 100 | 100 | | SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That , subject to Section 3 of this 1 |
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| 101 | 101 | | Act, this Act shall take effect October 1, 2025. 2 |
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