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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Local Infrastructure Fast Track for Maryland Act [SB-586] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ] [Construction ]
Authorizing the Office of Legislative Audits to perform an audit of local governments that receive a distribution of highway user revenues; increasing, over 7 fiscal years, the portion of highway user revenues that is distributed to local governments; altering the allocation of the local share of highway user revenues among Baltimore City, counties, and municipalities; requiring, if distributions to municipalities do not equal $26,400,000, that additional distributions of highway user revenues be made to specified municipalities; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Transportation - Highway User Revenues - Distribution to Municipalities [SB-563] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Infrastructure ] [Funding ]
Altering the authorized uses of highway user revenues; requiring that specified additional distributions of highway user revenues be made in specified fiscal years to Baltimore City and, under specified circumstances, municipalities; requiring that specified additional distributions of highway user revenues be allocated among municipalities in a specified manner; repealing obsolete distributions and transfers of highway user revenues for specified fiscal years; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Highway Dedication - Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr. Highway [SB-535] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to dedicate a specified portion of highway in Baltimore County as the Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr. Highway.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Transportation - Highway User Revenues - Distribution to Municipalities [SB-564] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Use of Crosswalks [HB-527] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Public Safety ]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn J B Howard Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/14/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring, Work Zone Speed Control, and Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems - Repeal [HB-536] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/06/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

State Highway Administration - Watkins Mill Road Interchange Project [HB-543] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Construction ]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2017

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2017 Regular Session

Designates a portion of La. Highway 1 within the city limits of Simmesport, Louisiana, as "Joe Simon Boulevard" [HB-100] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Designates a portion of La. Highway 1 within the city limits of Simmesport, Louisiana, as "Joe Simon Boulevard"

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert A. Johnson Effective Date: 08/01/17. on 06/12/2017

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2017 Regular Session

Designates portions of certain Louisiana Highways [HB-40] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Designates portions of certain Louisiana Highways

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank A. Howard Effective Date: 08/01/17. on 06/12/2017

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2017 Regular Session

Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport as the "Deacon Cleophus Banks, Jr. Memorial Highway" [HB-18] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport as the "Deacon Cleophus Banks, Jr. Memorial Highway"

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cedric B. Glover Effective Date: 08/01/17. on 06/12/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

State Highway Administration - Sale or Lease of Naming Rights for Rest Areas and Welcome Centers [SB-430] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Safety ]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2017 Regular Session

Designates a portion of Highway 171 in Anacoco, La., as the "Sergeant James Edward Martin Memorial Highway" [HB-29] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Military ]
Designates a portion of Highway 171 in Anacoco, La., as the "Sergeant James Edward Martin Memorial Highway"

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John R. Smith Effective Date: 08/01/17. on 06/12/2017

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2017 Regular Session

Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 377 in Vernon Parish as the "Corporal Leonard Carroll Bond Memorial Highway" [HB-39] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Military ]
Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 377 in Vernon Parish as the "Corporal Leonard Carroll Bond Memorial Highway"

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dorothy Sue Hill Effective Date: 08/01/17. on 06/12/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Transportation - State Highway Administration - Sale or Lease of Highway Naming Rights [SB-431] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Infrastructure ]
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

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

State Highway Administration - Traffic Control Devices - Installation at Large Continuing Care Retirement Communities [SB-418] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Senior Citizens ] [Public Safety ] [Housing ]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James Brochin Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2017 Regular Session

Designates a portion of I-49 North from I-220 to La. Highway 1 as the T.J. Hawkins, Craig E. Lear, Cooper Road USA Expressway [HB-611] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Designates a portion of I-49 North from I-220 to La. Highway 1 as the T.J. Hawkins, Craig E. Lear, Cooper Road USA Expressway

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cedric B. Glover Effective Date: See Act. on 06/12/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Repeal of the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act of 2016 (Road Kill Bill Repeal) [HB-402] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/03/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

State Highway Administration - Traffic Control Devices - Installation at Large Continuing Care Retirement Communities [HB-411] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Senior Citizens ] [Public Safety ]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Susan L.M. Aumann Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/18/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

State Highways - Dedication - Henrietta Lacks Way [SB-328] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to dedicate a specified portion of Maryland Route 695A in Baltimore County as Henrietta Lacks Way.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley Approved By The Governor - Chapter 555 on 05/04/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Vehicle Laws - Bicycles and Pedestrians - Use of Crosswalks [SB-337] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Public Safety ]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/09/2017

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