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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="3-217" title_number="3" title_name="Financing by Department" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Consolidated Transportation Bonds">
  <level label="a">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>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</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to a distribution of highway user revenues to counties, municipalities, and Baltimore City under § 8–403 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
