Transportation - Highways
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Intercounty Connector - Public School Bus - Exemption From Toll [HB-73]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Exempting a school bus used to transport public school students from any toll, fee, or other charge for the use of the Intercounty Connector.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/17/2016
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Transportation - Highway User Revenues - Distribution to Municipalities [HB-723]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Altering the authorized uses of highway user revenues; repealing obsolete distributions of highway user revenues to Baltimore City, counties, and municipalities for specified fiscal years; requiring that specified additional distributions of highway user revenues be made under specified circumstances to municipalities in specified fiscal years for specified purposes; requiring that specified additional distributions of highway user revenues be allocated among municipalities in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/25/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Transportation - Harry W. Nice Memorial Potomac River Bridge - Replacement [HB-672]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the State and the Maryland Transportation Authority to finance a replacement bridge for the Harry W. Nice Memorial Potomac River Bridge; specifying requirements for the replacement bridge; stating the intent of the General Assembly; establishing the Harry W. Nice Memorial Potomac River Bridge Replacement Fund and requiring the Authority to make a deposit to the Fund in fiscal years, as specified; requiring the Authority to submit an annual report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Y Jameson
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/01/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Counties - Transportation Adequate Public Facility Law - State Highway Intersection [HB-442]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting a county from amending or repealing a transportation adequate public facility law in effect on January 1, 2016; requiring that the level of traffic congestion at a State highway intersection be determined by the State Highway Administration for the purpose of determining whether development is allowed under a county transportation adequate public facility law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 02/22/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Toll Collection [HB-35]
[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, 2026, 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 02/29/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Vehicle Not Using Bridge - Toll Prohibited [HB-296]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Prohibiting the Maryland Transportation Authority from charging a toll at a toll plaza adjacent to a bridge that is a transportation facilities project for a vehicle that does not traverse the bridge.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/17/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Highways - Electronic Map of State Roads by State Legislative District [HB-234]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to develop and make available to the public on its Web site in an accessible and searchable electronic format a map that includes all State roads; requiring that the map be subdivided by State legislative district and include specified information; requiring the map to be updated or audited in a specified manner and according to a specified schedule; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 04/08/2016
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Transportation - Highways - Heroes Highway [HB-1624]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to dedicate the portion of Maryland Route 924 (Emmorton Road) between its intersections with Maryland Route 24 and Singer Road as Heroes Highway.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 526 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Watkins Mill Road Interchange Project [HB-1562]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Construction ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to undertake all steps necessary to complete the Watkins Mill Road Interchange Project; specifying specified 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 of each year, a report on the status of the Watkins Mill project to specified committees of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/31/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Decreases in Tolls or Other Charges - Notice and Public Comment [HB-1394]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to provide an opportunity for public review and comment at one or more public meetings before the Authority adopts a decrease in tolls or other charges; requiring the Authority to hold a meeting for public comment in each county in which a major capital project is located that would be canceled or altered due to a proposed decrease in tolls or other charges; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ellis Hixson
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/05/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Highway Work Permittees - Notice of Sidewalk Closure [HB-118]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a person that obtains a specified permit from the State Highway Administration that authorizes a sidewalk to be closed or that does the work associated with the permit to post a notice at the work site stating the expected period during which the sidewalk will be closed and the contact information for the person to whom the permit was issued or by whom the work is done.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 02/22/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Solicitation of Money or Donations From Occupants of Vehicles - Prohibitions and Permit Program [HB-102]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Altering a prohibition, in Anne Arundel County, on a person standing in a specified highway to solicit money or donations; authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County or of a municipal corporation in the county to enact a specified permit program to allow individuals, of at least 18 years of age, or representatives of specified qualified organizations, who are 18 years old, to stand in a roadway, median divider, or an intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle under specified conditions: etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Arundel County Delegation
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/07/2016
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
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Transportation - Dedication of Structures (Hero's Highway Act) [SB-802]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Safety ]
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. John C Astle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 52 on 04/14/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Electric Vehicles - Use of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes - Reciprocity With Virginia [SB-682]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
Requiring, under specified circumstances, that electric vehicles registered in Virginia that qualify for the use of high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in Virginia be allowed to use HOV lanes in Maryland; requiring the State Highway Administration to adopt specified regulations; making the Act subject to a specified contingency related to enactment of a similar Act in Virginia providing for reciprocity for electric vehicles registered in Maryland; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/09/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Entrance to State Highway - Permit Process [SB-656]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
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: Sen. Richard S Madaleno
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/23/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Transportation - Highway User Revenues - Phased Restoration [SB-591]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Increasing 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; and repealing obsolete language.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Membership [SB-377]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Altering the membership of the Maryland Transportation Authority to include specified members of the General Assembly as nonvoting members of the Authority serving in an advisory capacity only; specifying criteria concerning the appointment, tenure, and compensation of the legislative members of the Authority; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2015
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State Highway Administration - Bicycle and Pedestrian Priority Areas [SB-371]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 28 on 04/14/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Transportation - Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge - Discounted Variable Toll Rate for Commuters [SB-275]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to establish discounted variable toll rate for specified commuters who cross the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. daily; requiring specified persons to register with the Authority and present documentation and other information to qualify for the discounted variable toll rate; authorizing the Authority to adopt regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Relocation of Water and Sewer Lines - Payment of Costs [HB-920]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to pay to a publicly owned utility the cost of relocating water and sewer lines due to specified highway projects financed in whole or in part by federal funds; requiring payments made by the Administration under the Act to be considered part of the cost of specified highway projects and to be included in the Consolidated Transportation Program; and defining specified terms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Y Jameson
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/20/2015