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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-502.1" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Pedestrians' Rights and Rules">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Fund” means the Pedestrian Safety Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Pedestrian Safety Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Secretary shall administer the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund which is not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately, and the Comptroller shall account for the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Fund consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The fines collected under § 21–502(e) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Money appropriated in the State budget for the Fund;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any interest earnings of the Fund; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any other money from any source accepted for the benefit of the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Fund may be used only for enhancing the safety and quality of pedestrian and bicycle transportation, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Developing and providing educational programming for bicyclists, motorists, and pedestrians that raises awareness of their joint responsibility to follow the rules of the road;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Physical design changes that calm traffic, minimize conflicts among street users, and protect bicyclists, motorists, and pedestrians, including design changes such as:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Lane narrowing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Establishment of bicycle ways;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Sidewalk construction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Pedestrian control signal upgrades;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Speed bumps;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Curb extensions; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Safety zones; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Increasing enforcement of existing rules of the road, such as by using radar speed display signs in areas where pedestrian crashes have occurred.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Treasurer shall invest the money of the Fund in the same manner as other State money may be invested.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any investment earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
