{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-transportation-8-206","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Transportation § 8–206","heading":"","body":"The Administration shall keep its accounts relating to State highway construction, reconstruction, and maintenance so as to make readily obtainable information on expenditures for the following:\n(1) Preliminary work, including: preliminary engineering surveys; preliminary plans and estimates; preliminary engineering investigations and studies; subsoil investigations and borings; test piles; traffic studies; and traveling, transportation, and subsistence expenses of personnel assigned to preliminary work;\n(2) Acquisition of rights–of–way, including: property surveys; legal costs in connection with property acquisition; cost of property acquired; appraisals; traveling, transportation, and subsistence expenses of personnel assigned to rights–of–way; and any other costs incurred in the acquisition of property;\n(3) Construction, including: payments made to contractors, builders, and materialmen, including payments for all labor and material for the construction of the project; demolition; machinery; and equipment;\n(4) Engineering, including: preparation of contract plans and specifications; estimates; supervision of construction; inspection of workmanship and materials; mill and shop inspection; tests of materials; control surveys; traveling, transportation, and subsistence expenses of engineers assigned to the design and preparation of contract plans and specifications, surveys, supervision of construction, and inspection of construction work;\n(5) Administrative and legal services, including: accounting; supervision; legal expenses; traveling, transportation, and subsistence expenses of personnel; and other administrative expenses, including any parts of the general administrative expenses of the Administration allocated or prorated to the project; and\n(6) Miscellaneous expenses, including: any other item of expense not otherwise covered by this section.","path":["Article - Transportation"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gtr\u0026section=8-206","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T20:01:38Z","sha256":"2bad6699899cd2b73e78694dbe2a31f030d8f93c66a5eb4cea11101febea9b3c","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-transportation-8-205","next":"us-md/md.-code-transportation-8-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}