Coastal Bays
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Talbot County - Chesapeake Bay Critical Area - Prosecution or Civil Suit for Certain Violations [HB-58]
Requiring a criminal prosecution or a suit for a civil penalty for a violation of specified local laws relating to environmental protection or natural resource conservation occurring in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area in Talbot County to be brought within 3 years after the local authorities in fact knew or reasonably should have known of the violation; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2014 [HB-162]
Authorizing specified funds to be used for specified purposes; authorizing or altering the distribution of specified revenues; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering the rate of specified commissions; providing for the transfer of specified funds; altering the rate of a specified assessment; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to establish a Community Partnership Assistance Program; setting limits in increases in payments to specified providers for a specified fiscal year; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative [SB-895]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Coastal Conservation Association for the acquisition, planning, design, and construction of artificial reefs, located in the Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Bay, and Atlantic Ocean; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Wetlands and Riparian Rights - Licenses and Permits for Nonwater-Dependent Projects on State or Private Wetlands [SB-524]
Altering the requirements for the issuance of a specified license, a specified permit, and a specified building permit for specified nonwater-dependent projects located on State or private wetlands; specifically authorizing the issuance of a specified license, a specified permit, and a specified building permit for specified renewable energy systems under specified circumstances; requiring the Board of Public Works to establish a specified annual compensation rate for specified nonwater-dependent projects; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Nitrogen Removal Technology - Prohibition [SB-500]
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from requiring a person to install an on-site sewage disposal system that utilizes nitrogen removal technology to service specified new construction on specified property that is outside the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Agriculture - Management-Intensive Farming and Grazing [SB-364]
Requiring the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service to provide a dedicated extension agent to assist individuals with the adoption of management-intensive farming and grazing practices; requiring the Governor to provide at least $500,000 each year to support the Department of Agriculture's activities related to management-intensive farming and grazing, beginning in fiscal year 2015; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Sewage Sludge Utilization Permits - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area - Judicial Review [SB-1008]
Applying specified standing requirements, legal processes for judicial review of environmental permits, and a specified prohibition against contested case hearings to specified sewage sludge utilization permits issued for land in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative [HB-996]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Coastal Conservation Association for the acquisition, planning, design, and construction of artificial reefs, located in the Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Bay, and Atlantic Ocean; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Wetlands and Riparian Rights - Licenses and Permits for Nonwater-Dependent Projects on State or Private Wetlands [HB-800]
Altering the requirements for the issuance of a specified license, a specified permit, and a specified building permit for specified nonwater-dependent projects located on State wetlands or private wetlands; specifically authorizing the issuance of a specified license, a specified permit, and a specified building permit for specified renewable energy systems under specified circumstances; requiring the Board of Public Works to establish a specified annual compensation rate; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Agriculture - Management-Intensive Farming and Grazing [HB-400]
Requiring the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service to provide a dedicated extension agent to assist individuals with the adoption of management-intensive farming and grazing practices; requiring the Governor to provide at least $500,000 each year to support the Department of Agriculture's activities related to management-intensive farming and grazing, beginning in fiscal year 2015; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Special Session
Budget - Reductions to Appropriations - Level Funding for Fiscal Year 2013 [SB-1308]
Reducing specified State education funding for fiscal year 2013; and reducing specified public safety, personnel, transportation, environment, health, and education appropriations for fiscal year 2013.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Critical Area Commission - Buffer Standards - Hydric Soils [SB-860]
Exempting specified counties with a certain percentage of hydric soils from specified buffer standards; and requiring the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays to adopt specified regulations.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Dedicated Funds - Prohibition of Transfer - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal [SB-65]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to prohibit the transfer to the General Fund of funds dedicated to the Bay Restoration Fund or the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area - Prohibition - Junk and [SB-483]
Requiring specified local critical area programs to, with specified exceptions, prohibit the location of junkyards, scrap storage yards, other scrap metal facilities, and specified machinery in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area; requiring local critical area programs to require that machinery used for converting scrap metal into processed metal be removed from the Critical Area on or before January 1, 2013; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Dorchester County - Bay Restoration Fund - Collection of Restoration Fee [SB-44]
Authorizing the Dorchester County Council to collect the Bay Restoration Fee on behalf of the Dorchester County Sanitary District.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Fees [SB-240]
Increasing specified Bay Restoration Fees paid by users of specified wastewater facilities, onsite sewage disposal systems, and sewage holding systems beginning on July 1, 2012; and providing for the collection of specified fees by specified billing authorities under specified circumstances.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Critical Area Commission - Planting Credits - Warm Season Grass [SB-1074]
Requiring that warm season grasses be eligible for specified planting credits; requiring that warm season grasses receive planting credits of a similar weight and value as specified vegetation types; requiring that warm season grasses be eligible for planting credits regardless of the acreage planted; requiring the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays to adopt specified regulations; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Environment - Construction on Piers - Non-Water Dependent Structures at [SB-1043]
Exempting a specified project involving the construction of a non- water dependent structure from the requirement to obtain a wetlands license or permit relating to construction on a pier located on State or private wetlands under specified circumstances; and authorizing a local jurisdiction to issue a building permit for a specified project involving the construction of a non-water dependent structure on a pier located on State or private wetlands within the Critical Area under specified circumstances.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area - Prohibition - Junk and [HB-983]
Requiring specified local critical area programs to, with a specified exception, prohibit the location of junkyards, scrap storage yards, and other scrap metal facilities in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Critical Area Commission - Planting Credits - Warm Season Grass [HB-625]
Requiring that warm season grasses be eligible for specified planting credits; requiring that warm season grasses receive planting credits of a similar weight and value as specified vegetation types; requiring that warm season grasses be eligible for planting credits regardless of the acreage planted; requiring the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays to adopt specified regulations; etc.