ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- A bill that authorizes Maryland to study whether to build a new D.C. United soccer stadium in Prince George's County has taken a step backward.
The measure is back in the House Appropriations Committee after House of Delegates staffers found constitutional problems with an amendment approved Monday by the committee.
Committee members amended the bill to allow the state to pay up to $200,000 for the study but require stadium authority officials to return to legislative budget committees to brief them on study results before they could get approval to coordinate design.
It is unconstitutional for the legislature to have veto power over the work of the Maryland Stadium Authority, staffers said. The problems can be fixed, bill sponsor Melony Griffith said.
