Coastal Bays
Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Agriculture - Commercial Fertilizer - Surcharge [HB-621]
Imposing a surcharge rate of $5 on each ton of commercial fertilizer distributed in the State; exempting low phosphorous fertilizer from the surcharge; requiring distributors to pay the surcharge before distributing commercial fertilizer in the State; and requiring the Department of Agriculture to distribute the revenue from the surcharge to the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 02/18/2010
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Chesapeake Bay Restoration Consumer Retail Choice Act of 2010 [HB-351]
Prohibiting a store from providing disposable carryout bags unless the bags meet specified requirements; requiring a store to charge and collect a fee for each disposable carryout bag the store provides to a customer; requiring the operator of a store to remit a specified amount of money to the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund; requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct public information and outreach campaigns; authorizing the use of specified funds; providing for a delayed effective date; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Aumann
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/27/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses [HB-313]
Authorizing specified fee revenue collected for the Bay Restoration Fund to be used to pay the cost of connecting properties served by onsite sewage disposal systems to specified existing municipal wastewater facilities under specified circumstances; and establishing specified conditions for the funding of specified costs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Costa
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/25/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Funding Availability [HB-237]
Making specified prohibitions on the installation or replacement of specified on-site sewage disposal systems in specified areas subject to the availability of specified funds; making the Act an emergency measure; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/01/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Recreational Fishing Licenses - Licensing and Registration [HB-1345]
Expanding the requirement to obtain recreational fishing licenses or authorizations to apply to fishing activity in the State waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Atlantic coastal bays and tributaries; altering the duration of the short-term freshwater angling license and the short-term tidal sport fishing license; altering fees for a nonresident trout stamp, a short-term nonresident sport fishing license, and the annual nonresident fishing license; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Aquaculture Lease Applications - Notice, Protests, and Meetings - Alterations [HB-1059]
Altering the persons that the Department of Natural Resources is required to notify of applications for certain aquaculture leases to be issued in the Chesapeake Bay or the Atlantic Coastal Bays; requiring the Department to work with both a person that files a certain protest petition related to a proposed aquaculture lease and the applicant for the aquaculture lease to mitigate the concerns raised in the petition; and establishing conditions under which the Department is required to hold a certain public information meeting.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/02/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Aquaculture Lease Applications - Notice, Protests, and Meetings - Alterations [SB-950]
Altering the persons that the Department of Natural Resources is required to notify of applications for certain aquaculture leases to be issued in the Chesapeake Bay or the Atlantic Coastal Bays; requiring the Department to work with both a person that files a certain protest petition related to a proposed aquaculture lease and the applicant for the aquaculture lease to mitigate the concerns raised in the petition; and establishing conditions under which the Department is required to hold a certain public information meeting.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Pinsky
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Best Available Technology for Nitrogen Removal - Prohibition [HB-281]
Prohibiting a person from installing, or having installed, on property a person owns in the State in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the Atlantic Coastal Bays watershed, or the watershed of a nitrogen-impaired body of water, an on-site sewage disposal system to service a newly constructed building, unless the on-site sewage disposal system utilizes specified nitrogen removal technology; and repealing specified obsolete provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Best Available Technology for Nitrogen Removal [SB-266]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to use specified money from the Bay Restoration Fund to assist a person in paying the cost difference between a conventional on-site sewage disposal system and a system utilizing nitrogen removal technology in a specified order of priority; requiring the Bay Cabinet, in consultation with the Chesapeake Bay Commission and other interested parties, to review specified matters; requiring the Bay Cabinet to report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
BayStat Program and BayStat Subcabinet - Renaming [HB-129]
Renaming the BayStat Program to be the BayTrack Program; and renaming the BayStat Subcabinet to be the Bay Cabinet.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 02/13/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Hunting and Fishing - Discounted Licenses - Purple Heart Recipients [HB-68]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to implement specified programs to provide discounted licenses, stamps, and permits to Maryland residents who are recipients of the Purple Heart Award; requiring the Department to submit a report on the number of specified licenses, stamps, and permits issued to Purple Heart recipients to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Meagan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 461 on 05/04/2017