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Ch. 443 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Article—Tax—General
Section 2-1303
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2004 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article—Transportation
Section 3-215(b) and 3-216
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article—Transportation
Section 3-401 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 4. Mass Transit Account"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
Preamble
WHEREAS, The Maryland Department of Transportation is studying the future
transit needs of the Baltimore and Washington regions and several major transit
projects are under consideration, including the Red and Green lines in Baltimore City,
the Bi-County Transitway, the Corridor Cities Transitway, and the expansion of the
Washington Metro to BWI-Thurgood Marshall Airport; and
WHEREAS, In January 2005, a Blue Ribbon Panel identified an average annual
shortfall of $300 million in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's
(WMATA) capital funding needs through 2015. In response, legislation was
introduced in Congress to provide a substantial federal commitment to funding
WMATA. contingent on participating state and local governments earmarking funds
from dedicated funding sources for the same purpose; and
WHEREAS, Maryland supports efforts to obtain additional federal assistance
for the operations, maintenance and expansion of WMATA, given the federal
government's reliance on the transit system; and
WHEREAS. Maryland has and will continue to meet its obligation to fund its
share of WMATA's operating and capital needs, as evidenced by the State's
participation in Metro Matters; and
WHEREAS, Maryland has statewide transit funding needs that should be
addressed using a statewide approach that is equitable for all regions: now, therefore,
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND. That:
(a) The Maryland Department of Transportation shall provide an analysis of
operating and capital funding needs for transit in the State over a twenty year
horizon. The analysis shall include a comprehensive, financially unconstrained
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