PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 598

[(f)] (G) Except as required by this section for property from an abandoned
project, this section does not prevent the Administration, with the approval of the Board
of Public Works, from conveying any of its surplus land to any State or local agency that:

(1)     Needs the property for a public purpose; and

(2)     Pays the Administration an amount equal to the lesser of:

(i) The appraised value of the land; or

(ii) The consideration that the Administration or Commission
originally paid for the land, plus simple interest at the fair market rate calculated from
the time of acquisition to the time of disposition and administrative costs.

[(g)] (H) (1) If the land is not to be used for any other public purpose by a State
or local agency, the person from whom unimproved land was acquired shall have the first
right of refusal to lease back the property at the fair market rent established by the
acquiring agency.

(2) (i) The person from whom an owner-occupied residential property
was acquired shall have the first right of refusal to lease back the property at the fair
market rent established by the acquiring agency.

(ii) On the exercise of the right to lease back the property, the period
of eligibility for an additional payment as authorized under § 12-202 of the Real Property
Article shall be calculated as provided in § 12-203(1) of the Real Property Article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Maryland Department of
Transportation shall, in accordance with § 2-1312 of the State Government Article, submit a
report to the House Commerce and Government Matters Committee, the House
Appropriations Committee, and the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee every 6 months,
beginning December 1, 1995, that lists the parcels that have been obtained and disposed of
through the process established under § 8-309(e) of the Transportation Article as enacted by
this Act. The report shall identify the value of and include a description of each parcel that has
been exchanged between the State Highway Administration and any other public or private
entities.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1995.

Approved May 25, 1995.

CHAPTER 598
(House Bill 1317)

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