Ch. 18 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2) The Administration shall maintain the county roads in Charles and
Calvert counties.

(b) The cost of the Administration's work under this section for any county,
including related overhead expenses of the Administration, shall be paid by the county
out of:

(1) Its share of highway user revenues;

(2) The proceeds of county transportation bonds or other bonds issued by
or for the county or a municipal corporation in the county for this purpose; or

(3) Any other funds available to the county for this purpose.

(c) (1) The government or road authority of each county to which this section
applies shall recommend to the Administration the roads to be constructed or
reconstructed and the amount to be spent on maintenance.

(2) The Administration shall consider these recommendations and
determine which roads to construct or reconstruct and what amount to spend on
maintenance so that the work will be reasonably appropriate to an integrated secondary
highway system.

(d) The Administration shall construct and reconstruct county roads in
accordance with standards set by the county and approved by the Administration. These
standards may include low cost county road standards.

(e) (1) If any county to which this section applies desires to do its own
construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of its county roads, the county
government shall make a written request to the Administration at least 90 days before
the beginning of the State fiscal year in which the request is desired to take effect.

(2) The Administration shall grant the request and transfer these functions
to the county if the Administration finds that the county has or is likely to have:

(i) Adequate facilities for constructing, reconstructing, and
maintaining its roads; and

(ii) The services of a roads engineer who has either a degree in civil
engineering and experience in constructing roads or at least 10 years practical
experience in constructing roads in a supervisory and executive capacity.

(3) The transfer of functions shall become effective on the first day of the
next State fiscal year following the request by the county. ]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved April 10, 1990.

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