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7	7	SENATE BILL 1043
8	8	R2, Q4 5lr3552
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10	10	By: Senator Benson
11	11	Introduced and read first time: February 15, 2025
12	12	Assigned to: Rules
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14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
15	15
16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
17	17
18	18	Transportation Trust Fund – Revenue and Distribution 2
19	19	(Maryland Mobility Act of 2025) 3
20	20
21	21	FOR the purpose of imposing a transportation trust fund surcharge on certain sales or uses 4
22	22	in the State; providing that the annual budget request, submitted by the Secretary 5
23	23	of Transportation, for the Maryland Transit Administration and the State Highway 6
24	24	Administration may not exceed a certain amount; requiring that the Governor 7
25	25	include in the annual budget bill certain appropriations for certain modal units of 8
26	26	the Department of Transportation and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 9
27	27	Authority; altering the definition of “transportation facilities project” to include 10
28	28	projects included in the Consolidated Transportation Program; requiring the 11
29	29	Maryland Transportation Authority to identify methods to use public–private 12
30	30	partnerships and toll revenue to fund transportation improvements in the State; 13
31	31	requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to identify certain needs as part of a 14
32	32	certain assessment; requiring the State Highway Administration to assess the 15
33	33	ongoing, unconstrained needs of the Administration; and generally relating to 16
34	34	financing transportation projects in the State. 17
35	35
36	36	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 18
37	37	Article – Tax – General 19
38	38	Section 2–1303 and 11–102 20
39	39	Annotated Code of Maryland 21
40	40	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 22
41	41
42	42	BY adding to 23
43	43	Article – Tax – General 24
44	44	Section 11–104(l) 25
45	45	Annotated Code of Maryland 26
46	46	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 27
47	47
48	48	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 28 2 SENATE BILL 1043
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50	50
51	51	Article – Transportation 1
52	52	Section 2–103(a)(1), 4–101(a), 4–204, 4–205(a), and 4–312(a)(2) 2
53	53	Annotated Code of Maryland 3
54	54	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 4
55	55
56	56	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 5
57	57	Article – Transportation 6
58	58	Section 2–103(a)(2), 4–101(h), 4–205(f) and (g), and 7–309 7
59	59	Annotated Code of Maryland 8
60	60	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 9
61	61
62	62	BY adding to 10
63	63	Article – Transportation 11
64	64	Section 2–114, 4–205(f), 8–209, and 10–205(h) 12
65	65	Annotated Code of Maryland 13
66	66	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14
67	67
68	68	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15
69	69	Article – Transportation 16
70	70	Section 7–205 17
71	71	Annotated Code of Maryland 18
72	72	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 19
73	73	(As enacted by Chapter 150 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2021 and Chapters 20
74	74	11 and 20 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2021 Special Session) 21
75	75
76	76	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 22
77	77	Chapter 351 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2018, as amended by Chapters 23
78	78	11 and 20 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2021 Special Session 24
79	79	Section 9 25
80	80
81	81	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 26
82	82	Chapter 352 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2018, as amended by Chapters 27
83	83	11 and 20 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the 2021 Special Session 28
84	84	Section 9 29
85	85
86	86	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 30
87	87	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 31
88	88
89	89	Article – Tax – General 32
90	90
91	91	2–1303. 33
92	92
93	93	After making the distributions required under §§ 2–1301 through 2–1302.4 of this 34
94	94	subtitle, the Comptroller shall pay: 35
95	95	SENATE BILL 1043 3
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97	97
98	98	(1) revenues from the hotel surcharge into the Dorchester County 1
99	99	Economic Development Fund established under § 10–130 of the Economic Development 2
100	100	Article; 3
101	101
102	102	(2) REVENUES FROM THE TR ANSPORTAT ION TRUST FUND 4
103	103	SURCHARGE ESTABLISHE D UNDER § 11–102(C) OF THIS ARTICLE INTO THE 5
104	104	TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED UNDE R § 3–216 OF THE 6
105	105	TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE; 7
106	106
107	107	[(2)] (3) to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Fund established under 8
108	108	§ 5–206 of the Education Article, the following percentage of the remaining sales and use 9
109	109	tax revenues: 10
110	110
111	111	(i) for fiscal year 2023, 9.2%; 11
112	112
113	113	(ii) for fiscal year 2024, 11.0%; 12
114	114
115	115	(iii) for fiscal year 2025, 11.3%; 13
116	116
117	117	(iv) for fiscal year 2026, 11.7%; and 14
118	118
119	119	(v) for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, 12.1%; and 15
120	120
121	121	[(3)] (4) the remaining sales and use tax revenue into the General Fund 16
122	122	of the State. 17
123	123
124	124	11–102. 18
125	125
126	126	(a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a tax is imposed on: 19
127	127
128	128	(1) a retail sale in the State; and 20
129	129
130	130	(2) a use, in the State, of tangible personal property, a digital code, a digital 21
131	131	product, or a taxable service. 22
132	132
133	133	(b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, in addition to the tax 23
134	134	imposed under subsection (a) of this section, a hotel surcharge is imposed in Dorchester 24
135	135	County on the sale of a right to occupy a room or lodgings as a transient guest in an 25
136	136	establishment that offers at least 380 rooms. 26
137	137
138	138	(2) The hotel surcharge imposed under paragraph (1) of this subsection 27
139	139	may not be imposed if the Maryland Economic Development Corporation certifies to the 28
140	140	Comptroller that the bonds issued by the Maryland Economic Development Corporation 29
141	141	secured by the Dorchester County Economic Development Fund established under § 30
142	142	10–130 of the Economic Development Article have been paid in full. 31
143	143	4 SENATE BILL 1043
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145	145
146	146	(c) IN ADDITION TO THE TA X IMPOSED UNDER SUBS ECTION (A) OF THIS 1
147	147	SECTION, A TRANSPORTATION TRU ST FUND SURCHARGE IS IMPOSED ON: 2
148	148
149	149	(1) A RETAIL SALE IN THE STATE; AND 3
150	150
151	151	(2) A USE, IN THE STATE, OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY , A 4
152	152	DIGITAL CODE, A DIGITAL PRODUCT , OR A TAXABLE SERVICE . 5
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154	154	(D) (1) A county, municipal corporation, special taxing district, or other 6
155	155	political subdivision of the State may not impose any retail sales or use tax except: 7
156	156
157	157	(i) a sales tax or use tax that was in effect on January 1, 1971; 8
158	158
159	159	(ii) a tax on the sale or use of: 9
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161	161	1. fuels; 10
162	162
163	163	2. utilities; 11
164	164
165	165	3. space rentals; or 12
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167	167	4. any controlled dangerous substance, as defined in § 5–101 13
168	168	of the Criminal Law Article, unless the sale is made by a person who registers under and 14
169	169	complies with Title 5, Subtitle 3 of the Criminal Law Article; or 15
170	170
171	171	(iii) a tax imposed by a code county on the sale or use of food and 16
172	172	beverages authorized under § 20–602 of the Local Government Article. 17
173	173
174	174	(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection may not be construed as conferring 18
175	175	authority to impose a sales and use tax. 19
176	176
177	177	11–104. 20
178	178
179	179	(L) THE RATE OF THE TRANS PORTATION TRUST FUND SURCHARGE 21
180	180	IMPOSED UNDER § 11–102(C) OF THIS SUBTITLE IS 1%. 22
181	181
182	182	Article – Transportation 23
183	183
184	184	2–103. 24
185	185
186	186	(a) (1) The Secretary is responsible for the budget of the Office of the Secretary 25
187	187	and for the budget of each unit in the Department. 26
188	188
189	189	(2) (I) The budget request that the Secretary submits for the 27
190	190	Department shall contain, for each modal administration, separate items for: 28
191	191	SENATE BILL 1043 5
192	192
193	193
194	194	[(i)] 1. Capital expenditures; and 1
195	195
196	196	[(ii)] 2. [Operating] SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS 2
197	197	PARAGRAPH , OPERATING expenditures. 3
198	198
199	199	(II) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR 4
200	200	THEREAFTER , THE OPERATING EXPEND ITURES INCLUDED IN THE BUDG ET REQUEST 5
201	201	REQUIRED UNDER SUBPA RAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH FOR THE MARYLAND 6
202	202	TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AND THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION MAY NOT 7
203	203	EXCEED THE AMOUNT INCLUDED IN T HE IMMEDIATELY PRECE DING FISCAL YEAR 8
204	204	INCREASED BY 3%. 9
205	205
206	206	2–114. 10
207	207
208	208	FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER , THE 11
209	209	GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL BUDG ET BILL AN APPROPRIA TION TO 12
210	210	THE DEPARTMENT EQUAL TO T HE AMOUNT NECESSARY TO SATISFY THE STATE 13
211	211	MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR ANY N EW CAPITAL PROJECT I NCLUDED IN THE 14
212	212	CURRENT YEAR CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM THAT IS ELIGI BLE 15
213	213	FOR FEDERAL FUNDING . 16
214	214
215	215	4–101. 17
216	216
217	217	(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. 18
218	218
219	219	(h) “Transportation facilities project” includes: 19
220	220
221	221	(1) The Susquehanna River Bridge, the Harry W. Nice/Thomas “Mac” 20
222	222	Middleton Potomac River Bridge, the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Chesapeake Bay 21
223	223	Bridge and parallel Chesapeake Bay Bridge, the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, the Fort 22
224	224	McHenry Tunnel, the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and the John F. Kennedy Memorial 23
225	225	Highway, together with their appurtenant causeways, approaches, interchanges, entrance 24
226	226	plazas, toll stations, and service facilities; 25
227	227
228	228	(2) A vehicle parking facility located in a priority funding area as defined 26
229	229	in § 5–7B–02 of the State Finance and Procurement Article; 27
230	230
231	231	(3) Any other project for transportation facilities that the Authority 28
232	232	authorizes to be acquired or constructed; [and] 29
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234	234	(4) Any additions, improvements, or enlargements to any of these projects, 30
235	235	whenever authorized; AND 31
236	236
237	237	(5) ANY PROJECT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT CONSOLIDATED 32
238	238	TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. 33 6 SENATE BILL 1043
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240	240
241	241
242	242	4–204. 1
243	243
244	244	(a) Acting on behalf of the Department, the Authority has those powers and 2
245	245	duties relating to the supervision, financing, construction, operation, maintenance, and 3
246	246	repair of transportation facilities projects as are granted to it by this title or any other 4
247	247	provisions of law. 5
248	248
249	249	(b) The Authority has general supervision over all transportation facilities 6
250	250	projects. 7
251	251
252	252	(c) The Authority shall finance, construct, operate, repair, and maintain in good 8
253	253	order all transportation facilities projects. 9
254	254
255	255	4–205. 10
256	256
257	257	(a) Subject to § 4–306 of this title and in addition to the powers otherwise 11
258	258	specifically granted by law, the Authority has the powers described in this section. 12
259	259
260	260	(F) THE AUTHORITY SHALL IDENTIFY METHODS TO USE PUBLIC–PRIVATE 13
261	261	PARTNERSHIP INVESTME NTS OR TOLL REVENUES TO FUND TRANSPORTATI ON 14
262	262	IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STATE. 15
263	263
264	264	[(f)] (G) The Authority may adopt rules and regulations to carry out the 16
265	265	provisions of this title. 17
266	266
267	267	[(g)] (H) The Authority may do anything else necessary or convenient to carry 18
268	268	out the powers granted in this title. 19
269	269
270	270	4–312. 20
271	271
272	272	(a) (2) As to all or any part of any transportation facilities project, the 21
273	273	Authority may: 22
274	274
275	275	(i) Fix, revise, charge, and collect rentals, rates, fees, tolls, and other 23
276	276	charges and revenues for its use or for its services; and 24
277	277
278	278	(ii) Contract with any person who desires its use for any purpose and 25
279	279	fix the terms, conditions, rentals, rates, fees, tolls, or other charges or revenues for this use. 26
280	280
281	281	7–205. 27
282	282
283	283	(a) In this section, “state of good repair needs” includes the capital needs 28
284	284	identified by the Administration in the assessment required under § 7–309 of this article. 29
285	285
286	286	(b) For fiscal year 2020, the Governor shall include in the State budget an 30
287	287	appropriation from the Transportation Trust Fund for the operation of the Administration 31 SENATE BILL 1043 7
288	288
289	289
290	290	that is equal to the appropriation for the operation of the Administration in the fiscal year 1
291	291	2019 State budget as introduced, increased by at least 4.4%. 2
292	292
293	293	(c) For fiscal year 2021, the Governor shall include in the State budget an 3
294	294	appropriation from the Transportation Trust Fund for the operation of the Administration 4
295	295	that is equal to the appropriation for the operation of the Administration in the State 5
296	296	budget for the immediately preceding fiscal year, increased by at least 4.4%. 6
297	297
298	298	(d) For each of fiscal years 2023 through 2029, the Governor shall include in the 7
299	299	State budget an appropriation from the Transportation Trust Fund for the operation of the 8
300	300	Administration that may not be less than the fiscal year 2022 appropriation for the 9
301	301	operation of the Administration. 10
302	302
303	303	(e) For fiscal year 2022, the Governor shall include in the State budget an 11
304	304	appropriation from the Transportation Trust Fund for the operation of the Administration 12
305	305	that may not be less than the fiscal year 2021 appropriation for the operation of the 13
306	306	Administration. 14
307	307
308	308	(f) (1) For each of fiscal years 2020 through 2022, the Governor shall include 15
309	309	in the State budget an appropriation for the capital needs of the Administration of at least 16
310	310	$29,100,000 from the revenues available for the State capital program in the 17
311	311	Transportation Trust Fund. 18
312	312
313	313	(2) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Governor shall include 19
314	314	in the State budget an appropriation for the state of good repair needs of the Administration 20
315	315	in the following amounts from the revenues available for the State capital program in the 21
316	316	Transportation Trust Fund: 22
317	317
318	318	(i) For fiscal year 2023, at least $402,037,183; 23
319	319
320	320	(ii) For fiscal year 2024, at least $502,081,501; 24
321	321
322	322	(iii) For fiscal year 2025, at least $450,000,000; 25
323	323
324	324	(iv) For fiscal year 2026, at least $450,000,000; 26
325	325
326	326	(v) For fiscal year 2027, at least $450,000,000; 27
327	327
328	328	(vi) For fiscal year 2028, at least $450,000,000; and 28
329	329
330	330	(vii) For fiscal year 2029, at least $318,558,000. 29
331	331
332	332	(3) (i) Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, an appropriation 30
333	333	required under paragraph (2) of this subsection may be reduced if the total appropriation 31
334	334	for state of good repair needs in a prior fiscal year exceeded the amount specified under 32
335	335	paragraph (2) of this subsection for that fiscal year. 33
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337	337
338	338
339	339	(ii) A reduction authorized under subparagraph (i) of this 1
340	340	paragraph: 2
341	341
342	342	1. May be applied only to one fiscal year; and 3
343	343
344	344	2. May not exceed the difference between the total 4
345	345	appropriation for state of good repair needs for the prior fiscal year and the amount 5
346	346	specified under paragraph (2) of this subsection for that fiscal year. 6
347	347
348	348	(4) (i) The appropriation required under paragraph (1) of this 7
349	349	subsection may not supplant any other capital funding otherwise available for the 8
350	350	Administration. 9
351	351
352	352	(ii) The appropriations required under paragraph (2) of this 10
353	353	subsection shall be in addition to any funds appropriated for the capital planning, 11
354	354	engineering, right–of–way acquisition, or construction of the Purple Line in Montgomery 12
355	355	County and Prince George’s County. 13
356	356
357	357	(G) (1) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER , 14
358	358	THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE STATE BUDGET AN APPROPRIATIO N OF AT 15
359	359	LEAST $400,000,000 FROM THE REVENUES AV AILABLE FOR THE STATE CAPITAL 16
360	360	PROGRAM IN THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND FOR THE FOLLOWIN G NEEDS NOT 17
361	361	PRIORITIZED UNDER TH E CURRENT CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM: 18
362	362
363	363	(I) STATE OF GOOD R EPAIR NEEDS OF THE ADMINISTRATION ; 19
364	364
365	365	(II) THE CAPITAL PLANNING , ENGINEERING , RIGHT–OF–WAY 20
366	366	ACQUISITION, OR CONSTRUCTION OF T HE PROPOSED RED LINE IN BALTIMORE CITY 21
367	367	AND BALTIMORE COUNTY; AND 22
368	368
369	369	(III) ANY OTHER TRANSIT PRO JECT. 23
370	370
371	371	(2) (I) IN THIS PARAGRAPH , “CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ALL 24
372	372	URBAN CONSUMERS” MEANS THE INDEX PUBL ISHED MONTHLY BY THE BUREAU OF 25
373	373	LABOR STATISTICS OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THAT IS THE U.S. CITY 26
374	374	AVERAGE OF ALL ITEMS IN A BASKET OF CONSU MER GOODS AND SERVIC ES. 27
375	375
376	376	(II) THE PERCENTAGE GROWTH IN THE CONSUMER PRICE 28
377	377	INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY COMPARING THE 29
378	378	AVERAGE OF THE INDEX FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING ON THE PRECEDING JUNE 30 30
379	379	TO THE AVERAGE OF TH E INDEX FOR THE PRIO R 12 MONTHS. 31
380	380
381	381	(III) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2028 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR 32
382	382	THEREAFTER , THE APPROPRIATIONS R EQUIRED UNDER PARAGR APH (1) OF THIS 33 SENATE BILL 1043 9
383	383
384	384
385	385	SUBSECTION SHALL BE INCREASED BY THE AMO UNT THAT EQUALS THE PRODUCT 1
386	386	OF MULTIPLYING : 2
387	387
388	388	1. THE AMOUNT REQUIRED U NDER THIS SUBSECTION TO 3
389	389	BE INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET BI LL FOR THE PRIOR FIS CAL YEAR; AND 4
390	390
391	391	2. THE PERCENTAGE GROWTH IN THE CONSUMER 5
392	392	PRICE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS. 6
393	393
394	394	[(g)] (H) This Act may not be construed to limit the authority of the 7
395	395	Administrator to use available funds appropriated to the Administration to increase the 8
396	396	State investment in locally operated transit agencies. 9
397	397
398	398	7–309. 10
399	399
400	400	(a) The Administration shall, at least every 3 years, assess the ongoing, 11
401	401	unconstrained capital needs of the Administration. 12
402	402
403	403	(b) In undertaking the assessment required under subsection (a) of this section, 13
404	404	the Administration shall: 14
405	405
406	406	(1) Compile and prioritize capital needs without regard to cost; 15
407	407
408	408	(2) Identify the backlog of repairs and replacements needed to achieve a 16
409	409	state of good repair for all Administration assets, including a separate analysis of these 17
410	410	needs over the following 10 years; [and] 18
411	411
412	412	(3) Identify the needs to be met in order to enhance service and achieve 19
413	413	system performance goals; AND 20
414	414
415	415	(4) IDENTIFY THE NEEDS TO BE MET IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE GOALS 21
416	416	RELATED TO MAINTENAN CE NEEDS AND STATE OF GOOD RE PAIR NEEDS THAT ARE 22
417	417	NOT FUNDED UNDER THE CURRENT CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM 23
418	418	WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION . 24
419	419
420	420	(c) On or before July 1, 2019, and on or before July 1 every 3 years thereafter, the 25
421	421	Administration shall, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, submit 26
422	422	the assessment required under subsection (a) of this section to the Senate Budget and 27
423	423	Taxation Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the House Environment 28
424	424	and Transportation Committee. 29
425	425
426	426	(d) On or before January 20, 2022, and on or before January 20 each year 30
427	427	thereafter, the Administration shall, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government 31
428	428	Article, submit an accounting of the capital funds programmed, appropriated, and 32
429	429	expended on each of the projects identified in the assessment required under subsection (a) 33
430	430	of this section for the prior fiscal year to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the 34 10 SENATE BILL 1043
431	431
432	432
433	433	House Appropriations Committee, and the Ho use Environment and Transportation 1
434	434	Committee. 2
435	435
436	436	8–209. 3
437	437
438	438	(A) (1) THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL , AT LEAST EVERY 3 YEARS, ASSESS 4
439	439	THE ONGOING , UNCONSTRAINED NEEDS OF THE ADMINISTRATION . 5
440	440
441	441	(2) IN UNDERTAKING THE AS SESSMENT REQUIRED UN DER 6
442	442	PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL : 7
443	443
444	444	(I) COMPILE AND PRIORITIZ E CAPITAL NEEDS WITH OUT 8
445	445	REGARD TO COST ; AND 9
446	446
447	447	(II) IDENTIFY THE BACKLOG OF REPAIRS AND REPLA CEMENTS 10
448	448	NEEDED TO ACHIEVE A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR FOR ALL ADMINISTRATION ASSETS , 11
449	449	INCLUDING A SEPARA TE ANALYSIS OF THE N EEDS OVER THE FOLLOW ING 10 YEARS. 12
450	450
451	451	(3) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2026, AND ON OR BEFORE JULY 1 EVERY 13
452	452	3 YEARS THEREAFTER , THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL , IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 14
453	453	2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, SUBMIT THE ASSESSMEN T 15
454	454	REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION T O THE SENATE BUDGET 16
455	455	AND TAXATION COMMITTEE, THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, AND THE 17
456	456	HOUSE ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. 18
457	457
458	458	(B) (1) IN THIS SUBSECTION , “STATE OF GOOD REPAIR NEEDS” INCLUDES 19
459	459	THE CAPITAL NEEDS IDENTIFIED BY THE ADMINISTRATION IN THE ASSESSMENT 20
460	460	REQUIRED UNDER SUBSE CTION (A) OF THIS SECTION. 21
461	461
462	462	(2) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER , 22
463	463	THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE STATE BUDGET AN APPRO PRIATION FROM 23
464	464	THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND FOR: 24
465	465
466	466	(I) THE CAPITAL NEEDS OF THE ADMINISTRATION THAT 25
467	467	EQUALS OR EXCEEDS TH E AMOUNT OF CAPITAL FU NDING FOR THE 26
468	468	ADMINISTRATION INCLUD ED IN THE FISCAL YEA R 2024 STATE BUDGET AS ENACT ED 27
469	469	BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND 28
470	470
471	471	(II) THE STATE OF GOOD REP AIR NEEDS OF THE 29
472	472	ADMINISTRATION AND BR IDGE REPLACEMENT PRO JECTS THAT ARE NOT I NCLUDED 30
473	473	IN THE CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FOR THE CURRE NT FISCAL 31
474	474	YEAR THAT EQUALS OR EXCEEDS $400,000,000. 32
475	475	SENATE BILL 1043 11
476	476
477	477
478	478	(3) (I) IN THIS PARAGRAPH , “CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ALL 1
479	479	URBAN CONSUMERS” MEANS THE INDEX PUBL ISHED MONTHLY BY THE BUREAU OF 2
480	480	LABOR STATISTICS OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THAT IS THE U.S. CITY 3
481	481	AVERAGE OF ALL ITEMS IN A BASKET OF CONSUMER G OODS AND SERVICES . 4
482	482
483	483	(II) THE PERCENTAGE GROWTH IN THE CONSUMER PRICE 5
484	484	INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY COMPARING THE 6
485	485	AVERAGE OF THE INDEX FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING ON THE PRECEDING JUNE 30 7
486	486	TO THE AVERAGE OF TH E INDEX FOR THE PRIOR 12 MONTHS. 8
487	487
488	488	(III) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2028 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR 9
489	489	THEREAFTER , THE APPROPRIATIONS R EQUIRED UNDER PARAGR APH (2) OF THIS 10
490	490	SUBSECTION SHALL BE INCREASED B Y THE AMOUNT THAT EQ UALS THE PRODUCT 11
491	491	OF MULTIPLYING : 12
492	492
493	493	1. THE AMOUNT REQUI RED UNDER THIS SUBSE CTION TO 13
494	494	BE INCLUDED IN THE A NNUAL BUDGET BILL FO R THE PRIOR FISCAL Y EAR; AND 14
495	495
496	496	2. THE PERCENTAGE GROWTH IN THE CONSUMER 15
497	497	PRICE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS. 16
498	498
499	499	10–205. 17
500	500
501	501	(H) (1) FOR FISCAL YEARS 2027 THROUGH 2032, THE GOVERNOR SHALL 18
502	502	INCLUDE IN THE ANNUA L BUDGET BILL AN APP ROPRIATION FOR THE P URPOSES 19
503	503	SPECIFIED UNDER PARA GRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION O F $160,000,000 FROM 20
504	504	THE REVENUES AVAILAB LE FOR THE STATE CAPITAL PROGRAM IN THE 21
505	505	TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND. 22
506	506
507	507	(2) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PRO VIDE AN ANNUAL GRANT OF AT 23
508	508	LEAST $160,000,000 TO THE WASHINGTON SUBURBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT TO PAY 24
509	509	THE CAPITAL COSTS OF THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT 25
510	510	AUTHORITY’S DMVMOVES CAPITAL INVESTM ENT INITIATIVE. 26
511	511
512	512	(3) (I) IN THIS PARAGRAPH , “CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ALL 27
513	513	URBAN CONSUMERS” MEANS THE INDEX PUBL ISHED MONTHLY BY THE BUREAU OF 28
514	514	LABOR STATISTICS OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THAT IS THE U.S. CITY 29
515	515	AVERAGE OF ALL ITEMS IN A BASKET OF CONSU MER GOODS AND SERVIC ES. 30
516	516
517	517	(II) THE PERCENTAGE GROWTH IN THE CONSUMER PRICE 31
518	518	INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY COMPARING THE 32
519	519	AVERAGE OF THE INDEX FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING ON THE PRECEDING JUNE 30 33
520	520	TO THE AVERAGE OF TH E INDEX FOR THE PRIO R 12 MONTHS. 34
521	521	12 SENATE BILL 1043
522	522
523	523
524	524	(III) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2028 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR 1
525	525	THEREAFTER , THE APPROPRIATION AN D GRANT REQUIRED UND ER PARAGRAPHS 2
526	526	(1) AND (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION S HALL BE INCREASED BY THE AMOUNT THAT 3
527	527	EQUALS THE PRODUCT O F MULTIPLYING : 4
528	528
529	529	1. THE AMOUNT REQUIRED U NDER THIS SUBSECTION TO 5
530	530	BE INCLUDED IN THE A NNUAL BUDGET BILL FOR THE PR IOR FISCAL YEAR; AND 6
531	531
532	532	2. THE PERCENTAGE GROWTH IN THE CONSUMER 7
533	533	PRICE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS. 8
534	534
535	535	Chapter 351 of the Acts of 2018, as amended by Chapters 11 and 20 of the Acts of 9
536	536	the 2021 Special Session 10
537	537
538	538	SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to Section 4 of this 11
539	539	Act, this Act shall take effect June 1, 2018. [Section 2 of this Act shall remain effective for 12
540	540	a period of 11 years and 1 month and, at the end of June 30, 2029, Section 2 of this Act, 13
541	541	with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and of no 14
542	542	further force and effect.] 15
543	543
544	544	Chapter 352 of the Acts of 2018, as amended by Chapters 11 and 20 of the Acts of 16
545	545	the 2021 Special Session 17
546	546
547	547	SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER EN ACTED, That, subject to Section 4 of this 18
548	548	Act, this Act shall take effect June 1, 2018. [Section 2 of this Act shall remain effective for 19
549	549	a period of 11 years and 1 month and, at the end of June 30, 2029, Section 2 of this Act, 20
550	550	with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and of no 21
551	551	further force and effect.] 22
552	552
553	553	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That , on or before December 1, 23
554	554	2026, the Department of Transportation shall submit a report to the Governor and, subject 24
555	555	to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly identifying the cost 25
556	556	savings from delaying any new transit projects administered by each modal administration 26
557	557	until maintenance, safety, and state of good repair needs for those projects are met. 27
558	558
559	559	SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 28
560	560	1, 2025. 29