Ch. 6

2007 Laws of Maryland

(a) On or before February 1, 2008, the Maryland Department of
Transportation shall submit a report for the proposed projects included include in the
2008 through 2013 Consolidated Transportation Program. The report shall a separate
section to:

(1)       include:

(i) the specific major, minor, and system preservation
transportation capital projects, along with a listing of fund source by project; and

(ii) an estimate of the cash flow for each project for each of fiscal
years 2009 through 2013; and

(2)       demonstrate how the major projects contribute toward a
comprehensive approach to meeting the State's overall transportation needs; and

(3) be provided to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the
House Appropriation Committee, and the House Committee on Ways and Means.

(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that:

(1) any additional revenue dedicated to the Transportation Trust
Fund through enactment of legislation during the Special Session of 2007 - not be
programmed by the Department in fiscal years 2008 or 2009 in the Consolidated
Transportation Program or appropriated in either of the fiscal years 2008 or 2009
State budgets, except for projects needed:

(i) to respond to an act of God or natural disaster;

(ii) to respond to acts of terrorism;

(iii) to implement critical system preservation projects;

(iv) to implement repair or replacement of structurally deficient
or functionally obsolete bridges; or

(v) for any other purpose to insure the public safety and
economic interests of the State.

(2) (i) the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House
Appropriations Committee shall review the report in subsection (a) of this section
during the fiscal 2009 budget hearings for the Department; and

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