Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 3 - Unspent Balances
Section 7-305 - Capital Expenditures

(a)    In this section, “capital expenditure” includes an expenditure for:
        (1)    acquisition of land, buildings, or equipment; or
        (2)    new construction.
    (b)    At the end of a fiscal year, the unspent part of an appropriation for a capital expenditure made through the State budget or a supplementary appropriation act other than an enabling act for a general obligation loan:
        (1)    does not revert to the General Fund; and
        (2)    with the approval of the Board of Public Works, may be carried in a capital account until it is spent in accordance with subsection (c) of this section or until the authority to spend the appropriation for a project terminates.
    (c)    Money carried in a capital account under subsection (b) of this section may be spent only for a capital purpose.
    (d)    Unless otherwise provided by law, the authority to spend the appropriation for a project terminates:
        (1)    2 years after the effective date of the appropriation act that authorizes the project, if:
            (i)    evidence that a required matching fund will be provided has not been presented to the Board; or
            (ii)    no part of the project is under contract and the Board has not encumbered money for any part of the project;
        (2)    1 year after the latest of abandonment, completion, or acceptance of the project; or
        (3)    except to the extent the Board has encumbered money for a State project or program authorized by an appropriation act, 7 years after the effective date of the appropriation act that authorized the project unless:
            (i)    the appropriation act provides otherwise; or
            (ii)    in an emergency, the Board unanimously grants a temporary exception for 1 year.