Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB901 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	hb0901
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 901
8	8	R1 5lr2548
9	9	CF SB 499
10	10	By: Delegate Wells (By Request – Baltimore City Administration)
11	11	Introduced and read first time: January 30, 2025
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	Baltimore City – Highway User Revenues Capital Grants – Calculation 2
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20	20	FOR the purpose of increasing, beginning in a certain fiscal year, the amount of a certain 3
21	21	capital grant calculated based on highway user revenues that is required to be 4
22	22	appropriated to Baltimore City; and generally relating to the distribution of highway 5
23	23	user revenues for Baltimore City. 6
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25	25	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7
26	26	Article – Transportation 8
27	27	Section 8–402 and 8–403(c) 9
28	28	Annotated Code of Maryland 10
29	29	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11
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31	31	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
32	32	Article – Transportation 13
33	33	Section 8–403(b)(5) 14
34	34	Annotated Code of Maryland 15
35	35	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16
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37	37	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
38	38	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
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40	40	Article – Transportation 19
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42	42	8–402. 20
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44	44	(a) There is a Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account in the Transportation 21
45	45	Trust Fund. 22
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47	47	(b) All revenues collected from the following, after deductions provided by law, 23
48	48	shall be credited to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account: 24 2 HOUSE BILL 901
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52	52	(1) All of the motor vehicle fuel tax; 1
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54	54	(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, two–thirds of the vehicle titling 2
55	55	tax; 3
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57	57	(3) Except for revenues collected under Title 13, Subtitle 9, Parts III and 4
58	58	IV of this article, vehicle registration fees; 5
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60	60	(4) The revenue disbursed to this Account under § 2–614 of the Tax – 6
61	61	General Article; and 7
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63	63	(5) 80% of the funds distributed on short–term vehicle rentals under § 8
64	64	2–1302.1 of the Tax – General Article to the Transportation Trust Fund from the sales and 9
65	65	use tax. 10
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67	67	(c) For fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, revenue credited to the 11
68	68	Account shall be used as provided in § 3–216 of this article. 12
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70	70	8–403. 13
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72	72	(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, capital grants shall be appropriated 14
73	73	from the Transportation Trust Fund as provided in § 3–216 of this article based on the 15
74	74	following calculations: 16
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76	76	(5) For fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter: 17
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78	78	(i) An amount equal to [9.5%] 12.2% of funds credited to the 18
79	79	Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to Baltimore City; 19
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81	81	(ii) An amount equal to 3.7% of funds credited to the Gasoline and 20
82	82	Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to the counties to be distributed as 21
83	83	provided in § 8–404 of this subtitle; and 22
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85	85	(iii) An amount equal to 2.4% of funds credited to the Gasoline and 23
86	86	Motor Vehicle Revenue Account shall be appropriated to the municipalities to be 24
87	87	distributed as provided in § 8–405 of this subtitle. 25
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89	89	(c) The capital grants made under this subtitle shall be appropriated only if all 26
90	90	debt service requirements and departmental operating expenses have been funded and 27
91	91	sufficient funds are available to fund the capital program. 28
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93	93	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 29
94	94	1, 2025. 30
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