Highway Administration, State
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Entrance to State Highway - Permit Process [HB-621]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to consider whether a proposed entrance to a State highway is consistent with the comprehensive plan when determining whether to grant or deny a permit for the entrance; requiring the Administration to determine whether to grant or deny a permit based on a preponderance of specified evidence; requiring the Administration to grant or deny a permit request on or before a specified date; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/23/2015
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State Highway Administration - Evaluation of Urban Highways - Classifications and Speed Limits [HB-539]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to evaluate the classifications of and speed limits for specified urban State highways; requiring the Administration to review development activity along specified State highways for classification purposes and assess each highway segment for which the classification is updated to determine if the speed limit should be altered; requiring the Administration to complete the evaluation on or before January 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred Carr
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/01/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Transportation - Dedication of Structures (Hero's Highway Act) [HB-466]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish a process by which a member of the General Assembly, another elected official, or any member of the general public may request that the Department dedicate a bridge or another appropriate structure under the jurisdiction of the Department to a specified deceased member of the armed forces or an emergency responder who died in the line of duty; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 53 on 04/14/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Bicycle and Pedestrian Priority Areas [HB-450]
Requiring the State Highway Administration, under specified circumstances, to make a determination on whether to designate specified areas as bicycle and pedestrian priority areas by specified dates; clarifying that the Administration and a local government each must make a specified designation before a specified plan is required to be implemented; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Calvert and St. Mary's Counties - Scenic Byways - Signs [HB-286]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to issue a permit for an outdoor sign along or near a scenic byway on a federal-aid primary highway in Calvert County or St. Mary's County in conformance with federal law if the sign was erected on or before January 1, 2008, or is a directional sign for a facility that sells principally local agricultural or aquacultural products and is located within a 5-mile radius of the sign; establishing specified standards for a sign erected under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Fisher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 83 on 04/14/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Procurement - Contracts for Pretreatment and Removal of Snow and Ice [HB-1224]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to enter into procurement contracts for snow and ice removal operations as required or permitted under specified provisions of law; requiring the State Highway Administration, beginning on June 30, 2016, and no later than June 30 of each succeeding year, to report to the Board of Public Works on the operation and effectiveness of the procurement contracts; authorizing the Board, in consultation with the State Highway Administration, to adopt regulations to carry out the requirements of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 303 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Signs Along State Highways - Public Libraries [HB-1153]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to place a sign along a specified State highway indicating the presence of a public library if there is a public library within one-half mile of an exit ramp on the highway.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Proctor
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/20/2015
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Department of Transportation - Highway Needs Inventory - Four-Lane Highways [SB-900]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to include in the highway needs inventory a highway with two or more lanes in each direction for any county that did not have, as of January 1, 2014, a four-lane highway that fully bisects the county; and requiring the Administration to engage project planning for a highway with two or more lanes in each direction in the highway needs inventory for any county that did not have, as of January 1, 2014, a four-lane highway that fully bisects the county.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/19/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Size, Weight, and Axle Load Limits [SB-86]
Exempting vehicles owned by or under contract with the State or a political subdivision of the State engaged in emergency snow or ice removal from provisions of law governing size, weight, and axle load limits; repealing a provision of law that authorizes the State Highway Administration to issue limited duration special vehicle permits in exceptional cases of vehicles exceeding size or weight limits; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 127 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Compost and Compost-Based Products - Specification [SB-814]
Establishing that the use of compost and compost-based products in State highway construction projects is a best management practice for specified pollution mitigation strategies; requiring the State Highway Administration to establish a specification for the acquisition and use of compost and compost-based products for specified pollution mitigation strategies on or before December 30, 2014; requiring the Administration to update the specification as necessary; requiring the Administration to post the specification on its Web site; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James DeGrange
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Exceptional Milk Hauling Permit - Establishment [SB-771]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to issue an exceptional milk hauling permit that authorizes an axle configuration of not less than six axles and a front-to-rear centerline axle spacing of not less than 50 feet and specified increased weight limitations; requiring the Administration to enter into an agreement with the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association to collect specified data; requiring specified data to be compiled in an annual report; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Safety - Highway Work Zones - Off-Duty Law Enforcement Officers Required [SB-677]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to require a contractor or other person that requires a work zone to be established on a highway to retain, under specified circumstances, an off-duty law enforcement officer to perform specified services in the work zone; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/10/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Divided Highways - Crosswalks [SB-1001]
Providing that, on a divided highway that has traffic lights located in specified areas, each intersection that has a traffic light may also have a crosswalk through the divided highway.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/03/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Safety - Highway Work Zones - Off-Duty Law Enforcement Officers Required [HB-911]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to require a contractor or other person that requires a work zone to be established on a highway to retain, under specified circumstances, an off-duty law enforcement officer to perform specified services in the work zone; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/03/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Compost and Compost-Based Products - Specification [HB-878]
Establishing that the use of compost and compost-based products in State highway construction projects is a best management practice for specified pollution mitigation strategies; requiring the State Highway Administration to establish a specification for the acquisition and use of compost and compost-based products for specified pollution mitigation strategies on or before December 30, 2014; requiring the Administration to update the specification as necessary; requiring the Administration to post the specification on its Web site; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 430 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Divided Highways - Speed Limits and Crosswalks [HB-873]
Providing that, on a divided highway that has traffic lights located in specified areas, each intersection that has a traffic light may also have a crosswalk through the divided highway; altering the maximum speed limit on specified divided highways in specified areas; requiring the State Highway Administration or a local jurisdiction to give specified notice to specified members of the General Assembly before increasing the speed limit above a specified threshold on specified highways; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Senate Refuses To Recede on 04/07/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Highways - Scenic Byways - Signs [HB-852]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to issue a permit for an outdoor sign along or near a scenic byway located on a federal-aid primary highway if the sign was erected on or before January 1, 2008.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony O'Donnell
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Road Rage Reduction Act of 2014 [HB-247]
Providing that on a roadway that has two or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction, when safe and practicable, the driver of a vehicle being overtaken in the far left lane shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle unless the vehicle is preparing for a left turn or the vehicle is in a high occupancy vehicle lane under specified circumstances; and requiring the State Highway Administration to erect specified signs, at specified intervals, along specified roadways.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hogan
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Winter Driving Safety Act [HB-1454]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to establish a specified public information campaign on the importance of snow and ice removal from exposed vehicle surfaces; prohibiting a person from operating or towing a vehicle without removing from exposed vehicle surfaces specified snow and ice; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act and penalties for a violation of the Act that contributes to an accident under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Exceptional Milk Hauling Permit - Establishment [HB-1246]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to issue an exceptional milk hauling permit that authorizes an axle configuration of not less than six axles and a front-to-rear centerline axle spacing of not less than 50 feet and specified increased weight limitations; requiring the Administration to enter into an agreement with the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association to collect specified data; requiring specified data to be compiled in an annual report; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 450 on 05/05/2014