Ch. 13

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Consolidated Transportation Program
without review and comment by the budget
committees.

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 Section 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

(2) Change the scope of a project in the
construction program or development and
evaluation program meeting the definition
of "major project" under Section 2-103.1 of
the Transportation Article, which will result
in an increase of more than 10% or $1.0
million, whichever is greater, in the total
project cost as reviewed by the General
Assembly during a prior session, the
department shall prepare a report to notify
the budget committees of the proposed
changes. For each change, the report shall
identify the project title, justification for
adding the new project or modifying the
scope of the existing project, current year
funding levels and the total project cost
estimate as approved by the General
Assembly during the prior session compared
with the proposed current year funding and
total project cost estimate resulting from the
project addition or change in scope.

Notification of changes in scope shall be made
to the General Assembly concurrent with
the submission of the draft and final CTP.

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