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§ 8-408. Use of distributed highway user revenues

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: July 1, 2022

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation
Title 8. Highways (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 4. Highway User Revenues (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2022
MD Code, Transportation, § 8-408
§ 8-408. Use of distributed highway user revenues
Currentness
Revenues distributed to Baltimore City and Kent County
(a) Highway user revenues distributed to Baltimore City and Kent County may be used only to pay or finance:
(1) Costs incurred in the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of its highways and streets;
(2)(i) As to Baltimore City, costs incurred for carrying out traffic functions and enforcing the traffic laws; and
(ii) As to Kent County, costs incurred by its police department for carrying out traffic functions and enforcing the traffic laws;
(3) Costs incurred in its other highway related activities for:
(i) Lighting the highways;
(ii) Stormwater drainage of the highways; and
(iii) Street cleaning, but not including the cost of collection of garbage, trash, and refuse;
(4) The payment of its debt service on bonds or other evidences of obligation for:
(i) The construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of its highways and streets; and
(ii) Any other of its highway activities, including lighting the highways and providing stormwater drainage;
(5) The cost of transportation facilities, as defined in § 3-101 of this article; or
(6) As to Kent County:
(i) The cost of maintaining county owned boat landings; and
(ii) Costs incurred in providing traffic crossing guards.
Revenues distributed to counties other than Kent County
(b) The net share of highway user revenues distributed for a county other than Kent County may be used only:
(1) First, to pay debt service on outstanding bonds or other evidences of obligation issued before June 1, 1947, by or for the county or any municipality in the county to finance construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of roads or streets, to the extent that gasoline tax revenues have been lawfully dedicated, pledged, or otherwise committed to that debt service, so that the dedication, pledge, or commitment remains unimpaired and continues as a charge against the county's share of the gasoline tax to the same extent that it was a charge against any gasoline tax revenues under prior laws; and
(2) Then, as to the remainder of the county's share, to pay or finance:
(i) The cost of transportation facilities, as defined in § 3-101 of this article;
(ii) For Talbot County, maintenance of private roads as authorized in § 12-539 of the Local Government Article;
(iii) The construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of county roads; and
(iv) Debt service on bonds or other evidences of obligation that, for the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of county roads, are lawfully issued on or after June 1, 1947, by or for the county or by or for a municipality in the county that is not receiving its own share under § 8-407 of this subtitle.
Revenues distributed to municipality
(c) The net share of highway user revenues distributed for a municipality may be used only to pay or finance:
(1) The cost of transportation facilities, as defined in § 3-101 of this article;
(2) The construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of roads or streets; and
(3) Debt service on bonds or other evidences of obligation lawfully issued by or for the municipality for the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of roads or streets.
Repealed
(d) Repealed by Acts 2014, c. 638, § 1, eff. July 1, 2014.

Credits

Added by Acts 1977, c. 13, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1977, c. 521; Acts 1979, c. 195; Acts 1988, c. 319; Acts 1990, c. 470; Acts 1992, c. 215; Acts 1996, c. 665, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1997, c. 628, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, c. 386, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2001, c. 730, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2001; Acts 2006, c. 513, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2007, c. 5, § 1, eff. March 22, 2007; Acts 2013, c. 43, § 5; Acts 2014, c. 638, § 1, eff. July 1, 2014; Acts 2022, c. 592, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2022, c. 593, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.
Formerly Art. 89B, §§ 33, 34.
MD Code, Transportation, § 8-408, MD TRANS § 8-408
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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