Transportation - Highway User Revenues - Distribution to Municipalities [SB-564]
Altering the percentages of highway user revenues that are required to be distributed to Baltimore City and municipalities in specified fiscal years; altering the percentages in specified fiscal years of highway user revenues that are required to be used as authorized under the Transportation Trust Fund; repealing obsolete distributions and transfers of highway user revenues for specified fiscal years; etc.
SB-564: Transportation - Highway User Revenues - Distribution to Municipalities
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2017
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Use of Crosswalks [HB-527]
Authorizing a person to ride a bicycle in or through a crosswalk in a place where a person may not lawfully ride a bicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area; providing that a person riding a bicycle in or through a crosswalk is subject to specified traffic control signals; prohibiting a person riding a bicycle in or through a crosswalk from suddenly leaving the curb or other place of safety and moving into the path of a vehicle that is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield; etc.
HB-527: Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Use of Crosswalks
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/14/2017
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring, Work Zone Speed Control, and Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems - Repeal [HB-536]
Repealing the authority of counties and municipalities in the State to use speed monitoring systems to enforce highway speed laws; repealing the authority to use work zone speed control systems to enforce highway speed laws within work zones; repealing the authority to use traffic control signal monitoring systems to enforce traffic control signal laws; requiring the publishers of the Annotated Code to correct any references that are rendered incorrect by the Act; etc.
HB-536: Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring, Work Zone Speed Control, and Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems - Repeal
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/06/2017
State Highway Administration - Watkins Mill Road Interchange Project [HB-543]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to promptly undertake all steps necessary to complete the Watkins Mill Road Interchange Project; specifying the requirements for the Project; requiring the Governor to appropriate a specified amount of funding for the Project; stating the intent of the General Assembly; requiring the Administration to submit, on or before December 1 each year, a report on the status of the Watkins Mill Project to specified committees of the General Assembly; etc.
HB-543: State Highway Administration - Watkins Mill Road Interchange Project
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2017
State Highway Administration - Sale or Lease of Naming Rights for Rest Areas and Welcome Centers [SB-430]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to sell or lease to a private entity the naming rights for rest areas and welcome centers, as specified; prohibiting the sale or lease of rest area and welcome center naming rights unless the Administration makes specified determinations; requiring the term of a contract for the sale or lease of naming rights to be at least 1 year; requiring the proceeds from the sale or lease of naming rights for rest areas and welcome centers be credited to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc.
SB-430: State Highway Administration - Sale or Lease of Naming Rights for Rest Areas and Welcome Centers
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017
Transportation - State Highway Administration - Sale or Lease of Highway Naming Rights [SB-431]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to sell or lease to a private entity the naming rights for all or part of a State highway; prohibiting the sale or lease of highway naming rights unless the Administration makes specified determinations; requiring the term of a contract for the sale or lease of naming rights to be at least 1 year; requiring the proceeds from the sale or lease of naming rights for all or part of a State highway be credited to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc
SB-431: Transportation - State Highway Administration - Sale or Lease of Highway Naming Rights
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017
State Highway Administration - Traffic Control Devices - Installation at Large Continuing Care Retirement Communities [SB-418]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to place and maintain traffic control devices at specified entrances and exits of large continuing care retirement communities that serve at least 100 residents and are located along highways under the Administration's jurisdiction; requiring the Administration to provide a specified notice to the owner or manager of the large continuing care retirement community at least 30 days before installation of the traffic control device is scheduled to begin; etc.
SB-418: State Highway Administration - Traffic Control Devices - Installation at Large Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Sponsored by: Sen. James Brochin
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017
Repeal of the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act of 2016 (Road Kill Bill Repeal) [HB-402]
Repealing specified State transportation goals; repealing a requirement that the Department of Transportation score the extent to which specified transportation projects satisfy the goals; repealing a requirement that the Department develop a specified scoring system and promulgate specified regulations; repealing a requirement that the Department, in accordance with the specified scoring system, rank major transportation projects for inclusion in the draft and final Consolidated Transportation Program; etc.
HB-402: Repeal of the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act of 2016 (Road Kill Bill Repeal)
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/03/2017
State Highway Administration - Traffic Control Devices - Installation at Large Continuing Care Retirement Communities [HB-411]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to place and maintain traffic control devices at specified entrances and exits of large continuing care retirement communities, those serving at least 100 residents, and located along highways under the Administration's jurisdiction; requiring the Administration to provide a specified notice to the owner or manager of the large continuing care retirement community at least 30 days before installation of the traffic control device is scheduled to begin; etc.
HB-411: State Highway Administration - Traffic Control Devices - Installation at Large Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Aumann
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/18/2017
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles and Pedestrians - Use of Crosswalks [SB-337]
Requiring the driver of a vehicle to come to a stop when a pedestrian or bicycle is stopped on a curb, a median divider, or any other place of safety, waiting to cross the roadway in a crosswalk; authorizing a person to ride a bicycle in or through a crosswalk in a place where a person may not lawfully ride a bicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area; providing that a person riding a bicycle in or through a crosswalk is subject to specified traffic control signals; etc.
SB-337: Vehicle Laws - Bicycles and Pedestrians - Use of Crosswalks
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/09/2017
Montgomery County - Maximum Speed Limit in Business and Residential Districts MC 22-17 [HB-337]
Altering, in Montgomery County, the maximum authorized speed limit on all highways in a business district and undivided highways in a residential district from 30 miles an hour to between 20 and 30 miles an hour; and exempting the local authority in Montgomery County from the requirement to conduct an engineering and traffic investigation when conforming maximum speed limits to the maximum speed limit established under the Act.
HB-337: Montgomery County - Maximum Speed Limit in Business and Residential Districts MC 22-17
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/20/2017