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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="8-507" title_number="8" title_name="Highways" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Federal Highway Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Municipality” means any municipal corporation in this State that is entitled to receive federal-aid urban funds.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Urban area” means an area with boundaries fixed by the Administration that includes and is adjacent to a municipality or other urban place having a population of at least 5,000, as determined by the latest federal census.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a County Highway Construction Fund in the Transportation Trust Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>There is a Municipality-Urban Area Highway Construction Fund in the Transportation Trust Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In accordance with this section and Part II of Title 7, Subtitle 2 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, and with the consent of the Secretary, the Administration in any fiscal year may allocate from the Transportation Trust Fund:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>To the County Highway Construction Fund, an amount equal to the amount of federal-aid secondary highway funds that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Are available to the Administration from the Federal Highway Administration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Are allocated by the Administration to the counties; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The counties later release to the Administration for use on the State highway system; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To the Municipality-Urban Area Highway Construction Fund, with the approval of the releasing municipalities or urban areas, an amount equal to the amount of federal-aid urban highway funds that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Are available to the Administration from the Federal Highway Administration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Are allocated by the Administration to the municipalities and urban areas; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The municipalities or urban areas later release to the Administration for use on the State highway system.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Administration may apportion the amounts in each fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each county, municipality, or urban area that participates in a program under this section shall furnish matching construction amounts.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The County Highway Construction Fund, the Municipality-Urban Area Highway Construction Fund, and the matching amounts required by this section may be spent only for highway construction and reconstruction under rules and regulations adopted by the Administration.</text>
  </level>
</section>
