WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 8

budget shall be subject to the State Finance
and Procurement Article, Section 7-236 and
the Rule of 50.

It is the intent of the General Assembly that
funds dedicated to the Transportation Trust
Fund shall be applied to purposes bearing
direct relation to the State Transportation
program, unless directed otherwise by
legislation. To implement this intent for the
Department of Transportation in FY 1995,
no commitment of funds in excess of
$250,000 may be made nor may such an
amount be transferred, by budget
amendment or otherwise, for any project or
purpose not normally arising in connection
with the ordinary ongoing operation of the
department and not contemplated in the
budget approved or the last published
Consolidated Transportation Program
without review and comment of the budget
committees.

Provided that no funds may be expended for
the purpose of providing benefits to
contractual employees persons hired as
contractual employees by the Department of
Transportation on or after March 17, 1994
shall be provided with benefits at the cost of
the department in the absence of a statewide
policy of providing similar benefits to
contractual employees.

No funds appropriated for the Department of
Transportation may be expended for the
purpose of providing a grant for the
Cambridge Sailwinds Park.

It is the intent of the General Assembly that
projects and funding levels appropriated for
capital projects, as well as total estimated
project costs within the Consolidated
Transportation Program (CTP), shall be
expended in accordance with the plan
approved during the legislative session. In
the event the department modifies the
program:

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