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MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-407 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 4 - Highway User Revenues|Section 8-407 - Manner of Disbursement of Funds for Counties and Municipalities

    (a)    (1)    If a county’s or municipality’s road construction, reconstruction, or maintenance is performed by the Administration, the county’s or municipality’s share of highway user revenues shall be credited to the account of the Administration to be spent on warrants of the State Comptroller.        (2)    If a county has paid any debt service on bonds or other evidences of obligation issued by a municipality in the county for the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of roads or streets, an amount sufficient to reimburse the county for these payments shall be paid to the county from the municipality’s share of highway user revenues.        (3)    In all other cases, a county’s or municipality’s share of highway user revenues shall be paid to or on the order of:            (i)    The proper official of the county or municipality designated by local law; or            (ii)    If no designation is made, the county or municipality.    (b)    Payments of a county’s or municipality’s share of highway user revenues shall be made:        (1)    At monthly intervals; or        (2)    At other appropriate times reasonably requested.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-409 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 4 - Highway User Revenues|Section 8-409 - Establishment and Maintenance of Footpaths, Bridle Paths or Horse Trails, and Bicycle Trails

    (a)    It is the policy of this State that bicycle trails are important and their construction is encouraged wherever feasible.    (b)    To establish and maintain footpaths, bridle paths or horse trails, and bicycle trails:        (1)    Baltimore City, any county, or any municipality that receives highway user revenues may spend a reasonable part of its net share for these purposes; and        (2)    The Administration, Baltimore City, any county, or any municipality that receives highway user revenues may credit a part of them to a financial reserve or a special fund to be used within 10 years for these purposes.    (c)    Highway user revenues may not be used for footpaths, bridle paths or horse trails, or bicycle trails if:        (1)    Their establishment would be contrary to public safety;        (2)    Their cost would be too great considering their need or probable use; or        (3)    The sparseness of population, the existence of other available ways, or other factors show that there is no need for them.    (d)    (1)    If requested by a local government, the Administration shall provide technical assistance and advice on carrying out the purposes of this section.        (2)    The Administration shall recommend construction standards for footpaths, bridle paths or horse trails, and bicycle trails and shall establish a uniform system of signs for all the footpaths, bridle paths or horse trails, and bicycle trails constructed under this section, whether construction is undertaken by the Administration or by the local government.    (e)    Unless the Administration or local government specifically approves other uses, as provided in subsection (g) of this section, footpaths and bicycle trails may be used only by pedestrians, nonmotorized vehicles, and electric personal assistive mobility devices as defined in § 21–101(j) of this article.    (f)    Unless the Administration or local government specifically approves other uses, as provided in subsection (g) of this section, bridle paths or horse trails may be used only by pedestrians, horses, or horse drawn vehicles.    (g)    If the Administration or local government specifically approves the use of footpaths and bicycle trails by other than pedestrians and nonmotorized vehicles, or of bridle paths or horse trails by other than pedestrians, horses, or horse drawn vehicles, the Administration or local government shall post signs on the paths or trails indicating the uses specifically approved.    (h)    A person may not operate a moped on a footpath, bicycle trail, bridle path, or horse trail unless the path or trail is posted with signs in accordance with subsection (g) of this section specifically approving the use of mopeds.    (i)    Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the use of footpaths and bicycle trails shall be denied to sports cycles, trail bikes, and minibikes.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-410 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 4 - Highway User Revenues|Section 8-410 - Approval Required for Construction or Reconstruction by County or Municipality

    A road or street may not be constructed or reconstructed by a county or municipality under § 8-408 of this subtitle unless the Administration first has approved the proposed location, plans, and specifications for the construction or reconstruction. Approval shall be granted if, in the Administration’s judgment, the road or street, when constructed or reconstructed, will be reasonably adequate and appropriate to an existing or potential integrated secondary highway system.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-411 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 4 - Highway User Revenues|Section 8-411 - Information to Be Furnished to Administration

    (a)    The purpose of this section is to enable the Administration to make the computations required by this subtitle.    (b)    On or before December 31 of each year, each municipality that has requested its share of highway user revenues and each county shall make a report to the Administration in the form that it requires. This report shall show the mileage of county roads added to or removed from the county road system in the county or municipality during the 12 months ending on December 1 of that year.    (c)    The Motor Vehicle Administration and each county shall give the Administration any other information that the Administration requires for purposes of this subtitle.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-412 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 4 - Highway User Revenues|Section 8-412 - Account of Expenditures of Highway User Revenues

    (a)    (1)    On or before January 1 of each year, Baltimore City, each county, and each eligible municipality that received highway user revenues in the preceding fiscal year shall submit to the Administration an accounting report that:            (i)    Shows the actual costs of the preceding fiscal year;            (ii)    Shows the expenditure budget of the current fiscal year;            (iii)    As to items (i) and (ii) of this paragraph, accurately identifies the costs for specific projects authorized in § 8–408 or § 8–409 of this subtitle;            (iv)    Shows the amount of funds diverted from the general fund of the county or municipality to pay for specific projects authorized in § 8–408 or § 8–409 of this subtitle during the preceding fiscal year; and            (v)    Lists specific projects authorized in § 8–408 or § 8–409 of this subtitle that have been delayed due to a lack of funding.        (2)    On or before December 1 of each year, the Administration shall provide Baltimore City, each county, and each eligible municipality with an electronic copy of an accounting report form to be used to submit the information reported under paragraph (1) of this subsection.    (b)    The Administration shall compile, summarize, and analyze the information reported by Baltimore City and each county and municipality under subsection (a)(1) of this section in a single report that the Administration shall submit, on or before February 1 of each year, to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, the House Environment and Transportation Committee, and the House Ways and Means Committee.    (c)    The Administration may not make a disbursement of highway user revenues under § 8–407 of this subtitle to any jurisdiction that has not submitted a report to the Administration as required under subsection (a)(1) of this section.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-413 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 4 - Highway User Revenues|Section 8-413 - Report of Administration to Counties and Baltimore City

    Within 45 days after the end of each month, the Administration shall send to each county and Baltimore City a statement that shows, segregated according to the classifications adopted for its records:         (1)    The expenditures made from the highway user revenue funds allocated for each of the counties and Baltimore City and held by the Administration;        (2)    The purposes for which the expenditures were made, such as for construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of county or Baltimore City roads or for debt service;        (3)    The total receipts credited in each month;        (4)    The disbursements from the Account;        (5)    The balance remaining to the credit of the county or Baltimore City at the end of each month; and        (6)    The amount, if any, of this balance that is encumbered and for what purpose.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 5 - Federal Highway Programs|Section 8-501 - "Federal Acts" Defined

    In this subtitle, “federal acts” means:         (1)    The federal-aid highway acts of the United States Congress;        (2)    The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970; and        (3)    Any rule or regulation adopted under any of these acts.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 5 - Federal Highway Programs|Section 8-502 - Legislative Policy

    The purpose of this subtitle is to assist the national recovery and promote the general welfare by enabling this State and its political subdivisions to provide matching funds for and secure the benefits of any federal funds available under the federal acts for the construction and reconstruction of State highways and county roads and for related State or local projects.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 5 - Federal Highway Programs|Section 8-503 - Power of Administration and Political Subdivisions to Comply With Federal Acts

    (a)    The General Assembly of Maryland assents to the federal acts.    (b)    The Administration, for itself or for any political subdivision of this State, and each political subdivision of this State may do anything necessary or desirable to comply with any term, condition, or provision and to obtain the benefits of any of the federal acts.    (c)    The Administration may:        (1)    Accept any federal funds available to this State under the federal acts, for the use of this State or any of its political subdivisions;        (2)    In accordance with the federal acts, allocate and apportion these federal funds to itself and to the political subdivisions of this State;        (3)    Represent any political subdivision of this State for the purpose of negotiating, contracting, or dealing with the federal government as to construction and reconstruction under the federal acts;        (4)    Undertake all contracts, plans, specifications, and estimates relating to this construction and reconstruction; and        (5)    Supervise directly the construction and reconstruction work done under the federal acts.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 5 - Federal Highway Programs|Section 8-504 - Sources of Matching Funds for Federal Acts

    (a)    (1)    Each political subdivision of this State may raise funds to obtain the benefits of the federal acts by:            (i)    Issuing bonds, interim certificates, and other evidences of debt or obligation; and            (ii)    Taxation.        (2)    Bonds may be issued under this subsection notwithstanding any debt or other limitation set by any other law.    (b)    If federal funds available to this State under the federal acts are allocable to a political subdivision of this State, but the political subdivision has not provided for necessary matching funds in any other manner permitted by this subtitle, the Administration, the State Treasurer, and the State Comptroller may authorize the political subdivision to use its share of highway user revenues to provide the matching funds necessary to secure these federal funds.    (c)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, if any federal funds available for a State highway project require matching State funds, the Administration may provide the necessary matching funds by using any State funds it is authorized by law to use for State highway projects.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 5 - Federal Highway Programs|Section 8-505 - Use of Federal Funds by Administration

    (a)    In addition to its other powers, the Administration, with funds received from the federal government or any federal agency, may:        (1)    Construct, reconstruct, improve, and maintain the State highway system; and        (2)    For this purpose, as agreed to by the Administration and any affected railroad company, subject to compliance with § 8-639 of this title:            (i)    Construct, reconstruct, alter, repair, or relocate any railroad grade separation; and            (ii)    Otherwise eliminate any highway hazard at a railroad grade crossing.    (b)    All federal funds accepted under this section shall be accepted and spent by the Administration on the terms and conditions that the federal government requires.    (c)    (1)    Except as otherwise provided by federal law, the total cost of any project undertaken with federal funds shall be borne entirely by those funds to the extent that they are available.        (2)    If federal funds for a project are insufficient or unavailable to pay the total cost of the project, the excess of the total cost over the federal funds received shall be borne as provided by law.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-506 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 5 - Federal Highway Programs|Section 8-506 - Payment for Relocation of Publicly Owned Utility Facilities

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Publicly owned utility” means a utility owned or operated by a political subdivision of this State or by a public agency created under the laws of this State.        (3)    “Relocate” includes realign, raise, lower, rebuild, or remove.    (b)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if, as a result of the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of an interstate highway, it is necessary to relocate any facility of a publicly owned utility, the Administration shall pay to the owner of the facility, without regard to the governmental function of the utility, the cost to the utility of the relocation, less any increase in the value of the new facility and the salvage value of the old facility.        (2)    The Administration is required to make this payment for relocation only:            (i)    If federal funds are available to this State under §§ 108 (e) and 111 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 for reimbursement of all or part of the payment; and            (ii)    If the payment otherwise would be required for relocation of a facility of a nonpublicly owned utility.    (c)    The regulations and orders of the Administration:        (1)    May not prohibit or be construed to constitute a contract prohibiting any payment required by this section; and        (2)    Are expressly waived to the extent necessary to authorize any payment required by this section.    (d)    This section does not relieve the owner of any utility from any legal or contractual obligation to comply promptly with any order or request of the Administration to perform the work necessary to relocate its facilities.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-507 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 5 - Federal Highway Programs|Section 8-507 - County and Municipal Urban Area Highway Construction Funds

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Municipality” means any municipal corporation in this State that is entitled to receive federal-aid urban funds.        (3)    “Urban area” means an area with boundaries fixed by the Administration that includes and is adjacent to a municipality or other urban place having a population of at least 5,000, as determined by the latest federal census.    (b)    (1)    There is a County Highway Construction Fund in the Transportation Trust Fund.        (2)    There is a Municipality-Urban Area Highway Construction Fund in the Transportation Trust Fund.    (c)    In accordance with this section and Part II of Title 7, Subtitle 2 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, and with the consent of the Secretary, the Administration in any fiscal year may allocate from the Transportation Trust Fund:        (1)    To the County Highway Construction Fund, an amount equal to the amount of federal-aid secondary highway funds that:            (i)    Are available to the Administration from the Federal Highway Administration;            (ii)    Are allocated by the Administration to the counties; and            (iii)    The counties later release to the Administration for use on the State highway system; and        (2)    To the Municipality-Urban Area Highway Construction Fund, with the approval of the releasing municipalities or urban areas, an amount equal to the amount of federal-aid urban highway funds that:            (i)    Are available to the Administration from the Federal Highway Administration;            (ii)    Are allocated by the Administration to the municipalities and urban areas; and            (iii)    The municipalities or urban areas later release to the Administration for use on the State highway system.    (d)    (1)    The Administration may apportion the amounts in each fund.        (2)    Each county, municipality, or urban area that participates in a program under this section shall furnish matching construction amounts.    (e)    The County Highway Construction Fund, the Municipality-Urban Area Highway Construction Fund, and the matching amounts required by this section may be spent only for highway construction and reconstruction under rules and regulations adopted by the Administration.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-508 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 5 - Federal Highway Programs|Section 8-508 - Highway or Capital Transit Construction Training and Support Services

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Board” means the Governor’s Workforce Development Board.        (3)    “Highway or capital transit construction” means actual construction, preliminary engineering, planning and research, or any other work or activity to implement federal laws for the administration of federal aid for highways or capital transit projects.        (4)    “Workforce development area” has the meaning stated in § 11–503(n) of the Labor and Employment Article.    (b)    The Department shall use the maximum feasible amount of federal funds available to the State under 23 U.S.C. § 140(b) to develop, conduct, and administer highway or capital transit construction training and supportive services, including skill improvement programs.    (c)    The Department shall administer the training programs under subsection (b) of this section in collaboration with the Board to ensure that highway or capital transit construction training and supportive services are provided to the greatest extent feasible to individuals in each relevant workforce development area.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-801 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 8 - Junk and Scrap Yards|Section 8-801 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Automobile graveyard” means an establishment or place of business that is maintained, operated, or used for storing wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts.    (c)    “Automotive dismantler and recycler facility” means an establishment or place of business that is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts. All requirements in any statute, rule, or regulation applicable to automobile graveyards also apply to automobile dismantler and recycler facilities.    (d)    “Junk” means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, iron, steel, and any other old or scrap material.    (e)    “Junkyard” means an establishment or place of business that is maintained, operated, or used:        (1)    For storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk;        (2)    For an automobile graveyard; or        (3)    As a garbage dump or sanitary fill.    (f)    “Main traveled way” has the meaning stated in § 8–701 of this title.    (g)    “Primary highway” means any State highway that is designated under this title as a primary highway and approved by the United States Secretary of Transportation under Title 23 of the United States Code.    (h)    “Scrap metal processing facility” means an establishment:        (1)    That has facilities for processing iron, steel, or nonferrous scrap metal; and        (2)    The principal product of which is scrap iron, scrap steel, or nonferrous scrap for sale only for resmelting purposes.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-802 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 8 - Junk and Scrap Yards|Section 8-802 - Legislative Policy

    The General Assembly of Maryland finds and declares that, to promote the public safety, health, welfare, convenience, and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investments in highways, and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways:         (1)    It is in the public interest to regulate and restrict the establishment, operation, and maintenance of automotive dismantler or recycler facilities, scrap metal processing facilities, and junkyards near the interstate and primary highways in this State; and        (2)    Junkyards, automotive dismantler or recycler facilities, and scrap metal processing facilities are to conform to the requirements of this subtitle.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  8-803 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 8 - Highways|Subtitle 8 - Junk and Scrap Yards|Section 8-803 - License Required for Junkyard or Certain Facilities

    (a)    A person may not establish, operate, or maintain any new junkyard, automotive dismantler and recycler facility, or scrap metal processing facility or expand the area of any existing junkyard or automotive dismantler and recycler facility, if any part of the junkyard or facility is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or primary highway and is visible from the main traveled way of that highway, unless the person is licensed by the Administration under this subtitle.    (b)    This section does not apply to any junkyard or facility that was in existence on or before January 1, 1968, unless the area of its operation is expanded.