Transportation - Highways
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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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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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Third Generation-Electronic Toll Collection System [SB-536]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority, on or before December 31 each year, to submit a specified report to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on the procurement and implementation of the Third Generation-Electronic Toll Collection System, including information related to efforts to review and analyze the location of specified toll plazas for specified purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/06/2017
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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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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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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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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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Pollinator Habitat Plans - Plan Contents - Requirements and Prohibition [SB-386]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Animals ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a specified pollinator habitat plan to include specified best management practices for the designation of specified habitat areas; requiring that a specified pollinator habitat plan established by the Department of Natural Resources, the Maryland Environmental Service, and the State Highway Administration be as protective of pollinators as the Department of Agriculture's managed pollinator protection plan; prohibiting, with specified exceptions, the use of specified pesticides, seeds, or plants in a specified area; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2018
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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 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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Maryland Transportation Authority - Third Generation-Electronic Toll Collection System [HB-290]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority, on or before December 31 each year, to submit a specified report to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on the procurement and implementation of the Third Generation-Electronic Toll Collection System, including information related to efforts to review and analyze the location of specified toll plazas for specified purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 719 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Public School Buses - Exemption From Tolls [HB-259]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority, beginning on or before January 1, 2020, to exempt school buses owned and operated by county boards of education from tolls, fees, or any other charges for the use of transportation facilities projects; requiring the Authority to renegotiate the trust agreement with its bondholders to allow a school bus owned and operated by a county board of education to use a transportation facilities project without paying a toll, a fee, or any other charge; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/01/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Transportation - Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, Fort McHenry Tunnel, and Francis Scott Key Bridge - Annual Pass Study [SB-292]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to study the feasibility of offering motorists, for specified toll transportation facilities projects, an option to pay a flat fee for an annual pass to use the toll transportation facilities projects; requiring the study to include a cost-benefit analysis covering the potential for benefit to consumers, the programming and other costs associated with implementation of the annual pass option, and the impact on specified toll revenues; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2017
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Dorchester County - Authorized Use of Highway User Revenues - Highway Lighting [HB-264]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing Dorchester County to use specified local highway user revenues for costs incurred to light specified highways.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dorchester County Delegation
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2017
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Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act - Application and Evaluation [SB-307]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the definition of "major transportation project"; requiring the Department to develop a model that uses a specified project-based scoring system to rank specified projects and to make the model available to the public; requiring the Department to use the model to rank specified projects; requiring the Department to include specified rankings and scores in an appendix to the Consolidated Transportation Program and on the Department's Web site; establishing the Workgroup on the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 30 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Public School Buses - Exemption From Tolls [SB-264]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority, beginning on or before January 1, 2020, to exempt school buses owned and operated by county boards of education from tolls, fees, or any other charges for the use of transportation facilities projects; requiring the Authority to renegotiate the trust agreement with its bondholders to allow a school bus owned and operated by a county board of education to use a transportation facilities project without paying a toll, a fee, or any other charge; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Toll Collection [HB-49]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to implement a procedure at the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Chesapeake Bay Bridge by July 1, 2027, that requires all tolls to be paid by an electronic means that allows vehicles to pass through the toll plaza without stopping at a toll booth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 02/13/2017