Abandoned Property
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Project Restore Program - Establishment [SB-235]
Establishing the Project Restore Program within the Department of Housing and Community Development; authorizing the Department to distribute Program funds to certain place-based community development organizations and units of local governments; requiring certain recipients of Program funds to distribute subgrants to certain qualified entities; and specifying the eligible uses of Program funds.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing Canceled on 01/15/2025
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Gettr Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding [SB-1142]
Requiring the Comptroller, for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, to distribute $500,000 from the remaining net abandoned property funds after certain distributions to the Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget, for fiscal year 2026 and each year thereafter, an appropriation of $800,000 for the CASH Campaign of Maryland to award grants for providing certain tax assistance through certain on-demand and mobile tax clinics; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 804 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore County – Property Taxes – Authority to Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property [HB-1477]
Authorizing the governing body of Baltimore County to set a special property tax rate for a vacant lot or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use on a housing or building violation notice; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Property Taxes - Authority to Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property [SB-1119]
Authorizing the governing body of Baltimore County to set a special property tax rate for a vacant lot or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use on a housing or building violation notice.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing Canceled on 03/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development – Continuing the CORE Partnership Fund – Extension [HB-1334]
Repealing the termination of the Continuing the CORE Partnership Fund; and requiring the Governor to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter of $50,000,000 to the Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 335 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Montgomery County and Prince George’s County – Enforcement of Local Vacant Property Laws [HB-1142]
Authorizing Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain local laws related to the maintenance of a vacant dwelling or building owned by a business entity by imposing certain civil and criminal fines and penalties of certain amounts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over [HB-1114]
Requiring a landlord to provide certain notice to a tenant when a court has issued a warrant of restitution for a failure of a tenant to pay rent, a breach of lease, or a tenant holding over under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures and requirements for the execution of a warrant for repossession; providing for the disposition of certain personal property following the execution of a warrant of restitution; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Homeownership Program and Fund – Established [HB-1090]
Establishing the Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Homeownership Program to provide financial assistance in the form of loans to political subdivisions to support the purchase and renovation of HUD dollar homes and abandoned residential properties for resale to low-to moderate-income buyers; and establishing the Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Homeownership Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide financial assistance in the form of loans under the provisions of the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act – Maryland 529 Program – Exemption [HB-1150]
Exempting certain accounts under the Maryland 529 Program from the provisions of the Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 145 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over [SB-992]
Requiring a landlord to provide certain notice to a tenant when a court has issued a warrant of restitution for a failure of a tenant to pay rent, a breach of lease, or a tenant holding over under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures and requirements for the execution of a warrant for repossession; providing for the disposition of certain personal property following the execution of a warrant of restitution; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Conversion of Commercial Buildings for Residential Use - Report [SB-906]
Requiring each political subdivision to inventory vacant commercial buildings, develop a plan to convert certain vacant commercial buildings for residential use, and submit a report to the Department of Housing and Community Development on or before January 1, 2025; requiring political subdivision to update the report every 2 years; requiring the Department to establish and maintain a database of vacant commercial buildings in the State that have the potential to be converted for residential use; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Washington County - Abandoned Cemetery - Acquisition and Disposition [SB-836]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Washington County to acquire by purchase or condemnation certain property on which a cemetery is located if the acquisition is for certain preservation purposes and ownership of the property cannot be determined or the organization established to operate the cemetery no longer exists; and authorizing the county commissioners to transfer the property acquired by purchase or condemnation to a nonprofit organization that agrees to preserve the historical nature of the property.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Washington County - Abandoned Cemetery - Acquisition and Disposition [HB-870]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Washington County to acquire by purchase or condemnation certain property on which a cemetery is located if the acquisition is for certain preservation purposes and ownership of the property cannot be determined or the organization established to operate the cemetery no longer exists; and authorizing the county commissioners to transfer the property acquired by purchase or condemnation to a nonprofit organization that enters into a certain agreement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Grossman
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act – Maryland 529 Program – Exemption [SB-800]
Exempting certain accounts under the Maryland 529 Program from the provisions of the Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 146 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Taxation of Vacant Property, Certification of Company Representatives, and Short-Term Rentals [SB-779]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to set a special property tax rate for improved residential property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use; establishing a subclass of real property consisting of certain vacant residential property; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Water Utilities Shutoff Protections [SB-710]
Authorizing a certain water utility to temporarily shut off service for reasons of health or safety or in a State or national emergency, notwithstanding certain provisions of law; prohibiting a water utility from shutting off service for certain reasons; prohibiting a water utility from shutting off service on receipt of certain information; and prohibiting the sale of property solely to enforce a lien imposed for unpaid water, sewer, or sanitary system charges, fees, or assessments except in certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Abandoned Cemeteries Fund - Establishment and Income Tax Checkoff [HB-828]
Establishing the Abandoned Cemeteries Fund to provide for the care, preservation, maintenance, and restoration of abandoned cemeteries in the State; establishing a certain income tax checkoff for voluntary contributions to the Abandoned Cemeteries Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to include a checkoff on individual income tax return forms for voluntary contributions to the Fund and to include certain information in each individual income tax return package.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/31/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding [SB-676]
Requiring the Comptroller, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to distribute a certain amount of abandoned property funds to the Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders Fund; requiring the Governor to include $800,000 in the annual budget for the CASH Campaign of Maryland to award grants for providing certain tax assistance through on-demand and mobile tax clinics; and requiring certain grant recipients to interact with the CASH Campaign on, at minimum, a quarterly basis each year for a certain purpose.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Abandoned Cemeteries Fund - Establishment and Income Tax Checkoff [SB-647]
Establishing the Abandoned Cemeteries Fund to provide for the care, preservation, maintenance, and restoration of abandoned cemeteries in the State; establishing a certain income tax checkoff for voluntary contributions to the Abandoned Cemeteries Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to include a checkoff on individual income tax return forms for voluntary contributions to the Fund and to include certain information in each individual income tax return package.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing Canceled on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits [SB-510]
Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; and authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only to assist members of the cooperative or donate to nonprofit, charitable organizations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Referred Economic Matters on 03/08/2024