Water Utilities Shutoff Protections [SB-710]
[Water ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
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.
SB-710: Water Utilities Shutoff Protections
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
Abandoned Cemeteries Fund - Establishment and Income Tax Checkoff [HB-828]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Community Development ]
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.
HB-828: Abandoned Cemeteries Fund - Establishment and Income Tax Checkoff
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/31/2024
Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding [SB-676]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Poverty ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
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.
SB-676: Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2024
Abandoned Cemeteries Fund - Establishment and Income Tax Checkoff [SB-647]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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.
SB-647: Abandoned Cemeteries Fund - Establishment and Income Tax Checkoff
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing Canceled on 02/09/2024
Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits [SB-510]
[Nonprofit ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Community Development ]
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.
SB-510: Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Referred Economic Matters on 03/08/2024
Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits [HB-487]
[Nonprofit ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Community Development ]
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.
HB-487: Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding [HB-451]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Poverty ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Services ]
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 tax clinics to interact with the CASH campaign to ensure sufficient access to tax preparation services for low-income Maryland residents.
HB-451: Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 727 on 05/16/2024
Relating To Homelessness. [SB-1605]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Real Estate ]
Requires the Homeless Programs Office of the Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division of the Department of Human Services to establish a program to acquire abandoned and vacant real properties to house individuals experiencing homelessness. Appropriates moneys.
SB-1605: Relating To Homelessness.
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Aquino
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property [HB-2]
[Property Tax ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of vacant lots or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use on a certain violation notice and to set a special property tax rate for certain vacant and abandoned property; requiring the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county that enacts a special tax rate to submit a certain report by December 1 each year; etc.
HB-2: Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 277 on 04/25/2024
Property Tax - Tax Sales - Revisions [HB-243]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring that certain owner-occupied property be withheld from tax sale; authorizing a county or a municipal corporation to withhold from tax sale certain property designated for redevelopment purposes; altering certain provisions of law concerning abandoned property that is sold for less than the lien amount; altering certain requirements concerning the rate of redemption for owner-occupied properties sold at tax sale; and applying the Act prospectively; etc.
HB-243: Property Tax - Tax Sales - Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep.
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/08/2024
Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property [SB-138]
[Property Tax ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of vacant lots or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use on a housing or building violation notice and to set a special property tax rate for certain vacant lots or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
SB-138: Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2024
Corporations and Associations - Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits [SB-956]
[Finance ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that certain unclaimed money held by a cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; authorizing a cooperative to use this money only to assist members or to donate to charitable organizations; requiring money not expended within 3 years to be considered abandoned property; etc.
SB-956: Corporations and Associations - Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/27/2023
Corporations and Associations - Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits [HB-1276]
[Finance ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that certain unclaimed money held by a cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; authorizing a cooperative to use this money only to assist members or to donate to charitable organizations; requiring money not expended within 3 years to be considered abandoned property; etc.
HB-1276: Corporations and Associations - Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/24/2023
Access to Counsel in Evictions - Funding [HB-1050]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
Making permanent a requirement that the Comptroller distribute $14,000,000 of certain abandoned property funds to the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund; and making permanent a requirement that the Governor include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $14,000,000 from the Fund to the Maryland Legal Services Corporation.
HB-1050: Access to Counsel in Evictions - Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
First Reading Appropriations on 02/10/2023
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over [HB-1023]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
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.
HB-1023: Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023