§ 3-217. Restriction on transferring funds in Transportation Trust Fund to General Fund or special fund; repayment.

   (a) In general. -- Any funds in the Transportation Trust Fund transferred or diverted from that Fund to the General Fund or a special fund shall be repaid within 5 years after the transfer or diversion as follows:

   (1) At least 10 percent of a transfer or diversion in a fiscal year shall be repaid in the first fiscal year after the transfer or diversion;

   (2) A cumulative total of at least 30 percent of a transfer or diversion in a fiscal year shall be repaid within 2 fiscal years after the transfer or diversion;

   (3) A cumulative total of at least 55 percent of a transfer or diversion in a fiscal year shall be repaid within 3 fiscal years after the transfer or diversion;

   (4) A cumulative total of at least 80 percent of a transfer or diversion in a fiscal year shall be repaid within 4 fiscal years after the transfer or diversion; and

   (5) A cumulative total of 100 percent of a transfer or diversion in a fiscal year shall be repaid within 5 fiscal years after the transfer or diversion.

(b) Exclusions. -- This section does not apply to a distribution of highway user revenues to counties, municipalities, and Baltimore City under § 8-403 of this article.

HISTORY: 2011, ch. 397, § 1; 2013, ch. 429, § 3.