EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
*hb0637*
HOUSE BILL 637
R1 5lr2010
By: Delegate Allen
Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2025
Assigned to: Appropriations and Environment and Transportation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Transportation – Highway User Revenue s Capital Grants – Calculation 2
FOR the purpose of altering the amounts of certain capital grants calculated based on 3
highway user revenues that are required to be appropriated to Baltimore City, 4
counties, and municipalities in certain fiscal years; and generally relating to revenue 5
for and distributions of highway user revenues. 6
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7
Article – Transportation 8
Section 8–402 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
Article – Transportation 13
Section 8–403 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
Article – Transportation 19
8–402. 20
(a) There is a Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account in the Transportation 21
Trust Fund. 22
(b) All revenues collected from the following, after deductions provided by law, 23
shall be credited to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account: 24 2 HOUSE BILL 637
(1) All of the motor vehicle fuel tax; 1
(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, two–thirds of the vehicle titling 2
tax; 3
(3) Except for revenues collected under Title 13, Subtitle 9, Parts III and 4
IV of this article, vehicle registration fees; 5
(4) The revenue disbursed to this Account under § 2–614 of the Tax – 6
General Article; and 7
(5) 80% of the funds distributed on short–term vehicle rentals under § 8
2–1302.1 of the Tax – General Article to the Transportation Trust Fund from the sales and 9
use tax. 10
(c) For fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, revenue credited to the 11
Account shall be used as provided in § 3–216 of this article. 12
8–403. 13
(a) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, for fiscal years 2020 through 2023, 14
capital grants shall be appropriated from the Transportation Trust Fund as provided in § 15
3–216 of this article based on the following calculations: 16
(1) An amount equal to 8.3% of funds credited to the Gasoline and Motor 17
Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to Baltimore City; 18
(2) An amount equal to 3.2% of funds credited to the Gasoline and Motor 19
Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to the counties to be distributed as provided 20
in § 8–404 of this subtitle; and 21
(3) An amount equal to 2.0% of funds credited to the Gasoline and Motor 22
Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to the municipalities to be distributed as 23
provided in § 8–405 of this subtitle. 24
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, capital grants shall be appropriated 25
from the Transportation Trust Fund as provided in § 3–216 of this article based on the 26
following calculations: 27
(1) For fiscal year 2024: 28
(i) An amount equal to 9.5% of funds credited to the Gasoline and 29
Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to Baltimore City; 30
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(ii) An amount equal to 3.7% of funds credited to the Gasoline and 1
Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to the counties to be distributed as 2
provided in § 8–404 of this subtitle; and 3
(iii) An amount equal to 2.4% of funds credited to the Gasoline and 4
Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to the municipalities to be 5
distributed as provided in § 8–405 of this subtitle; 6
(2) For fiscal year 2025: 7
(i) An amount equal to 11% of funds credited to the Gasoline and 8
Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to Baltimore City; 9
(ii) An amount equal to 4.3% of funds credited to the Gasoline and 10
Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to the counties to be distributed as 11
provided in § 8–404 of this subtitle; and 12
(iii) An amount equal to 2.7% of funds credited to the Gasoline and 13
Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to the municipalities to be 14
distributed as provided in § 8–405 of this subtitle; AND 15
(3) [For fiscal year 2026: 16
(i) An amount equal to 12.2% of funds credited to the Gasoline and 17
Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to Baltimore City; 18
(ii) An amount equal to 4.8% of funds credited to the Gasoline and 19
Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to the counties to be distributed as 20
provided in § 8–404 of this subtitle; and 21
(iii) An amount equal to 3.0% of funds credited to the Gasoline and 22
Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to the municipalities to be 23
distributed as provided in § 8–405 of this subtitle; 24
(4) For fiscal year 2027: 25
(i) An amount equal to 12.2% of funds credited to the Gasoline and 26
Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to Baltimore City; 27
(ii) An amount equal to 4.8% of funds credited to the Gasoline and 28
Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to the counties to be distributed as 29
provided in § 8–404 of this subtitle; and 30
(iii) An amount equal to 3.0% of funds credited to the Gasoline and 31
Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to the municipalities to be 32
distributed as provided in § 8–405 of this subtitle; and 33
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(5)] For fiscal year [2028] 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter: 1
(i) An amount equal to [9.5%] 12.1% of funds credited to the 2
Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to Baltimore City; 3
(ii) An amount equal to [3.7%] 15.3% of funds credited to the 4
Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to the counties to be 5
distributed as provided in § 8–404 of this subtitle; and 6
(iii) An amount equal to [2.4%] 2.6% of funds credited to the Gasoline 7
and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to the municipalities to be 8
distributed as provided in § 8–405 of this subtitle. 9
(c) The capital grants made under this subtitle shall be appropriated only 10
if all debt service requirements and departmental operating expenses have been funded 11
and sufficient funds are available to fund the capital program. 12
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 13
1, 2025. 14