Section 8-507 - County and municipal urban area highway construction funds. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-507. County and municipal urban area highway construction funds.
 

(a)  Definitions.-  

(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)  Funds established.-  

(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)  Composition of funds.- 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)  Conditions on allocation.-  

(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)  Uses of county and municipality-urban area funds.- 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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 89B, § 32; 1977, ch. 13, § 2; 1985, ch. 717, § 1.]