Ch. 7

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

State Finance and Procurement Article, §
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 1996,
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 by the budget.
committees.

Provided that no 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 state in the absence of a statewide policy
of providing similar benefits to contractual
employees.

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 to:

(1) Add a new project to the construction
program or development and evaluation
program meeting the definition of "major
project" under § 2-103.1 of the
Transportation Article, which was never
previously contained within a plan reviewed
in a prior year by the General Assembly,
and will result in the need to expend funds
in the current budget year; or

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