PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 3

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
Maryland Department of Transportation in
Fiscal Year 1998. 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.

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 percent 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

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