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§ 8-405. Request by municipality for highway user revenues

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: July 1, 2018

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation
Title 8. Highways (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 4. Highway User Revenues (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2018
MD Code, Transportation, § 8-405
§ 8-405. Request by municipality for highway user revenues
Currentness
Municipalities authorized to construct or maintain streets or roads
(a) An eligible municipality may request its share of the highway user revenues provided under this subtitle from the Administration. The request shall be made in writing at least 6 months before the start of the fiscal year in which the funds are desired.
Allocation of highway user revenues
(b) Highway user revenues shall be allocated to the eligible municipalities:
(1) One half on a municipal road mileage basis, as provided in subsection (c)(1) of this section; and
(2) One half on a motor vehicle registration basis, as provided in subsection (c)(2) of this section.
Special improvement districts in Prince George’s County
(c) The Administration shall allocate for the account of each eligible municipality, out of the highway user revenues to be distributed to the municipalities under § 8-403 of this subtitle the eligible municipality's share, to be determined by adding:
(1) The amount that results from applying to one half of the available revenues the ratio that, as of December 1 of the preceding calendar year, the total mileage of county roads in the eligible municipality bears to the total mileage of county roads located in eligible municipalities in the State; and
(2) The amount that results from applying to one half of the available revenues the ratio that, as of December 1 of the preceding calendar year, the total number of motor vehicles registered to owners having addresses in the eligible municipality bears to the total number of motor vehicles registered to owners having addresses in eligible municipalities in the State.
Mileage formula distributions
(d) For purposes of the mileage formula distributions under this section, each special improvement district in Prince George's County in existence in January, 1953, shall be treated as a municipality, but the amounts distributed shall be:
(1) Paid to the county and retained by it as credits to the district; and
(2) Applied to the cost of maintaining the streets and roads in the district so long as the district has any indebtedness.

Credits

Added by Acts 1977, c. 13, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1978, c. 510; Acts 1979, c. 367; Acts 1979, c. 489; Acts 1980, c. 287; Acts 1980, c. 376; Acts 1980, c. 712, § 2; Acts 1981, c. 629; Acts 1987, c. 291, § 4; Acts 2010, c. 484, § 10, eff. June 1, 2010; Acts 2018, c. 330, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2018, c. 331, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018.
Formerly Art. 89B, § 34.
MD Code, Transportation, § 8-405, MD TRANS § 8-405
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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