ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 202

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. The department shall
prepare a report to notify the budget
committees of the proposed changes, 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 not 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 $1,000,000,
whichever is greater, in the total
project cost as reviewed by the General
Assembly during a prior session.

For each change, the report shall identify

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

projects to pay for services provided by
this program. Authorization is hereby
granted to use an amount not to exceed.
$2,000,000 of these receipts as special
funds for operating expenses in this
program provided, however, that
authorizations for capital projects may
not provide more than $1,500,000 for this
purpose.

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