Chesapeake Bay
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Electronic Licensing - Voluntary Donations [SB-149]
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Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a process through which an individual who purchases a license, permit, or registration through the electronic licensing system may make a voluntary monetary donation to the Chesapeake Bay Trust and the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund at the time the license, permit, or registration is purchased; requiring the Department to collect the donations made electronically under the Act and distribute the proceeds in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 434 on 05/08/2018
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Natural Resources - Public Shellfish Fishery Area - Standards [SB-1237]
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Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish areas in the Chesapeake Bay as part of the public shellfish fishery area if the areas have an oyster density, as determined by a biological survey, of at least one oyster per square meter; and requiring the Department to establish natural oyster bars as part of the public shellfish fishery area that have been planted with oyster shell, planted with spat, or where the density of oysters is at least one oyster per square meter.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund - Purpose and Authorized Use of Funds [HB-947]
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Renaming the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be the Chesapeake Bay and State Waters Trust Fund; modifying the purpose of the Fund to include the restoration and protection of the health of the waters of the State; expanding the use of the Fund to include certain projects to improve and protect the health of the waters of the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell R Beitzel
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Forest Conservation – Technical Study and Programmatic Review [HB-766]
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Requiring the Department of Legislative Services, in consultation with certain entities, to undertake a technical study to review changes in forest cover and tree canopy in the State; requiring the study to include surveys and mapping and certain analyses related to forest conservation; requiring the Department to submit the study and a certain programmatic review to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 15, 2018; requiring the Department to convene a work session by November 30, 2018, to consider certain findings; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Annapolis Maritime Museum and Park [HB-654]
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Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $125,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Annapolis Maritime Museum, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Back Creek Campus of the Annapolis Maritime Museum and Park, located in Anne Arundel County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael E Busch
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Bay Restoration Fund – On–Site Sewage Disposal System Grants and Loans – Proof of Income [HB-576]
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Authorizing a homeowner to submit a copy of the homeowner's income tax return for the previous taxable year, or a letter from a certified public accountant or tax preparer certifying the homeowner's income as proof of income for a grant or loan to upgrade or repair certain on-site sewage disposal systems.
Sponsored by: Rep. Deb Rey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Crossing - Eastern Shore Local Government Consent - Repeal [HB-560]
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[Infrastructure ]
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Providing that a requirement that a majority of the governments of certain Eastern Shore counties affected by the construction of a toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge consent to the construction does not apply to the construction of a toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge crossing the Chesapeake Bay.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael E. Malone
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Bay Restoration Fund - Fee Exemption, Disbursements, and Financial Assistance (Septic Stewardship Act of 2018) [HB-361]
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Exempting a user of an on-site sewage disposal system from paying the Bay Restoration Fee under certain circumstances; authorizing certain fee revenue collected for the Bay Restoration Fund to be used for financial assistance to certain homeowners for the reasonable cost of pumping out on-site sewage disposal systems; specifying that financial assistance under the Act may be provided only if the homeowner resides in a local jurisdiction that has developed a certain plan that meets certain conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/17/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
On–Site Sewage Disposal Systems – Watershed Implementation Plan and Bay Restoration Fund Disbursements and Financial Assistance [HB-1765]
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Authorizing a certain reduction in nitrogen from a certain upgrade to an on-site sewage disposal system to count toward a nitrogen load reduction required in a certain watershed implementation plan under certain circumstances; authorizing a certain reduction in nitrogen from a certain pump out of an on-site sewage disposal system to count toward a nitrogen loan reduction required in a certain watershed implementation plan under certain circumstances; authorizing certain fee revenue to be used for certain homeowners' assistance; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen W Lafferty
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 585 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Designations - State Waterfowl - Canvasback Duck [HB-1503]
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Designating the canvasback duck as the State waterfowl.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Dredging on Man-O-War Shoals - Prohibition [HB-1455]
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Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from dredging buried oyster shells on Man-O-War Shoals as part of carrying out certain duties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Aquaculture Leases and Public Shellfish Fishery Areas [HB-1426]
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Requiring the Tidal Fisheries Advisory Commission, in consultation with the Aquaculture Coordinating Council, to establish a workgroup of commercial oyster harvesters and other interested stakeholders in the State; requiring the workgroup to review commercial oyster harvest activity and oyster aquaculture production since the establishment of the public shellfish fishery areas; requiring the Commission to report the findings and recommendations of the workgroup to the Department of Natural Resources and certain committees of the General Assembly;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Troy Adams
Third Reading Passed (137-2) on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Environmental Violations - Reporting Requirements [HB-1381]
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Requiring certain jurisdictions to report to the Department of the Environment on certain information relating to the number of cases alleging violations of certain laws, regulations, ordinances, and permits on or before January 1 each year; and requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before March 1 each year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen W Lafferty
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Northern Bay Crossing [HB-1199]
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Repealing the authority of the State Roads Commission concerning the construction and financing of a northern crossing of the Chesapeake Bay with a terminus in Kent County; prohibiting the Maryland Department of Transportation and other certain units from including in certain plans and other documents any reference or statement with respect to a crossing of the Chesapeake Bay with a terminus that lies in whole or in part in Kent County; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Finance and Procurement - Chesapeake Bay Watershed States - Expenses and Contracts (Quit Polluting My Bay Act of 2018) [HB-1055]
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Requiring the Standard State Travel Regulations adopted under certain provisions of law to prohibit the reimbursement for travel expenses related to travel to a certain state for which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified two or more pollution source sectors at a backstop actions level of oversight; and prohibiting a certain public body from awarding a certain procurement contract under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Electronic Licensing - Voluntary Donations [HB-104]
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Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a process through which an individual who purchases a license, permit, or registration through the electronic licensing system may make a voluntary monetary donation to the Chesapeake Bay Trust and the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund at the time the license, permit, or registration is purchased in accordance with certain requirements; requiring the Department to collect the donations made under the Act and distribute the proceeds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/25/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Natural Resources – Recreational License Donation Program and Fund – Program Extension and Fund Name Change [SB-95]
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Changing the name of the Recreational License Donation Fund to the Healing Hunting and Fishing Fund; extending the termination date for certain provisions of law establishing the recreational license donation program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Warner Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 261 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Waterway Improvement Fund - Public Boating Construction Projects - Financing Limits [SB-877]
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Increasing from $100,000 to $250,000 the maximum cost of a certain construction project that may be wholly financed with funds from the Waterway Improvement Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 272 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Aquaculture - Leases in Water Column - Riparian Right of First Refusal [SB-876]
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Establishing that a riparian property owner or lessee shall have the right of first refusal to apply for and, if approved, obtain a water column lease, or an aquaculture lease for use in the water column in an Aquaculture Enterprise Zone, in an area that fronts the riparian property, subject to certain standards and requirements; establishing that the requirement for active use of a lease does not apply to a riparian leaseholder who obtains a water column lease through a right of first refusal; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Hearing Canceled on 03/07/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses, Mandatory Appropriation, and County Authority to Incur Indebtedness [SB-851]
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Expanding the uses of a certain account in the Bay Restoration Fund to include making certain no- or low-cost loans for the repair or replacement of certain failing on-site sewage disposal systems; limiting a certain loan to a homeowner who resides in a jurisdiction that has developed and implemented a certain septic stewardship plan; for fiscal year 2021, requiring the Governor to appropriate $10,000,000 in the annual State operating or capital budget to the Bay Restoration Fund for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 03/14/2019