# Transportation (GTR)

## Title 3. Financing by Department

### Subtitle 2. Consolidated Transportation Bonds

#### Section 3-217

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

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Md. Code Ann., Transp. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)