FOR the purpose of authorizing a property owner whose property abuts certain State
highways to petition the State Highway Administration (SHA) to sell a right of
access; requiring the SHA to take specified actions in response to a petition
within prescribed times; establishing a State Highway Access Appeals Valuation
Board to review certain decisions of the SHA; providing for the composition of
the Board and requiring SHA to provide staff support to the Board; authorizing
certain persons to appeal certain access decisions to the Board; requiring the
Board to take certain actions in relation to the appeal; specifying certain
substantive and procedural requirements; providing that certain decisions of the
Board are binding on the SHA, but subject to approval of the Board of Public
Works; and generally relating to a process under which certain property owners
may seek a right of access to State highways.

BY adding to

Article — Transportation
Section 8-310

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1993 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

8-310.

(A) IN THIS SECTION, "BOARD" MEANS THE STATE HIGHWAY ACCESS APPEALS
VALUATION BOARD.

(B) (1) THE SECRETARY SHALL ESTABLISH A STATE HIGHWAY ACCESS
APPEALS VALUATION BOARD IN THE ADMINISTRATION.

(2) THE BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF:

(I) THE ADMINISTRATOR OR THE ADMINISTRATOR'S DESIGNEE;

(II) THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF PLANNING OR THE
DIRECTOR'S DESIGNEE; AND

(III) THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR THE SECRETARY'S DESIGNEE.

(3) THE ADMINISTRATOR OR THE ADMINISTRATOR'S DESIGNEE SHALL
SERVE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.

(4) THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE THE TIMES AND LOCATIONS OF ITS
MEETINGS AND SHALL CONDUCT BUSINESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES
ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD.

(5) A MEMBER OF THE BOARD: