WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 670

CHAPTER 670

(House Bill 670)

AN ACT concerning

Transportation - Disposition of Property

FOR the purpose of altering the payment that certain State or
local agencies, certain counties or municipalities and
certain persons are required to make to acquire certain land
from the State Highway Administration.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Transportation
Section 8-309(a) and (b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1977 Volume and 1987 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation

Section 8-309(f) 8-309(b) and (f)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1977 Volume and 1987 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

8-309,

(a)  The purpose of this section is to return unneeded land
to the tax rolls of the counties and to make this land available
for use by a county or municipality for any transportation
purpose.

(b)  (1) Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary,
if land acquired under this subtitle is not needed for present or
future State, county, or municipal transportation purpose or
other public purposes, the Administration shall dispose of the
land as soon as practicable after the completion or abandonment
of the project for which the land was acquired.

(2) (i) If the land is from a project that was
abandoned, and the Secretary determines that the property is no
longer needed for any State transportation purpose, a county or
municipality may acquire the land for a transportation purpose,

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