HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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No. 21

(House Joint Resolution No. 20)

A House Joint Resolution concerning

Distribution and Allocation of Transportation Related Revenues
in the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account and the
Revenue Sharing Account

FOR the purpose of determining that no change be made in the
manner of distribution and allocation of transportation
related revenues between the Department of Transportation,
Baltimore City, the counties, and the municipalities in the
Gasoline and Motor Vehicle. Revenue Account and the Revenue
Sharing Account of the Transportation Trust Fund.

WHEREAS, Over the past 5 years State transportation issues
have generated intense public interest resulting in many special
study groups; and

WHEREAS, Significant changes in the transportation sector
such as declining- motor fuel sales, fluctuating motor fuel
prices, and increasing costs in mass transportation have produced
different thoughts on how to best maintain and construct the
State's transportation system and infrastructure; and

WHEREAS, The Subcommittee on Transportation of the Task
Force to Study State-Local Fiscal Relationships met during the
1979 Interim to focus attention on revenue producing mechanisms
to finance transportation programs and to review State and local
funding subsidies for mass transit in the Washington and
Baltimore metropolitan areas; and

WHEREAS, The Joint Oversight Committee on Transportation met
during the 1981 Interim to conduct an extensive review of
Maryland transportation issues including a review of the fiscal
posture of the Department of Transportation, impact of federal
funding changes, review of mass transit policy, review of
methodology in reviewing the budget, and development with the
Department of Transportation of a new program presentation
format; and

WHEREAS, Chapter 238, Laws of 1982, increased the motor fuel
tax on June 1, 1982 and June 1, 1983 and provided for an increase
on July 1, 1984 and every 6 months thereafter if the average
wholesale value per gallon of motor fuel exceeds $1.35; and

WHEREAS, Chapter 238, Laws of 1982, created the
Transportation Revenue Stabilization Account in the
Transportation Trust Fund; and