# State Finance and Procurement (GSF)

## Title 7. Appropriations

### Subtitle 1. State Operating Budget

#### Section 7-113

(a) The purposes of this section are to:

  (1) carry out the purposes of the laws relating to motor vehicle licensing and motor vehicle fuel taxes; and

  (2) prevent diversions of revenues that those laws generate.

(b) In a budget bill, the Governor may use the revenues that are generated by motor vehicle licensing and by motor vehicle fuel taxes, including fines and penalties, only to:

  (1) construct, reconstruct, and maintain bridges, highways, roads, and streets;

  (2) pay the interest on and principal of bonds that have been issued to finance the construction of bridges, highways, roads, and streets; or

  (3) enforce those laws.

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Md. Code Ann., State Fin. & Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)