Relating To State Lands. [SB-48]
Establishes penalties for failure to comply with certain submerged land reclamation regulations. Adds requirements for presently reclaimed land to be disposed of by the Board of Land and Natural Resources, without recourse to public auction, to an abutting owner, by sale, or by lease. Provides requirements for the Board of Land and Natural Resources to lease state submerged lands and lands beneath tidal waters.
SB-48: Relating To State Lands.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads
Re-referred To Wtl, Jdc/wam. on 01/25/2023
Relating To Land. [HB-14]
Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to: (1) Amend and extend existing pasture leases for up to sixty-five years; (2) Issue new pasture leases by negotiation, if the lands are already under pastoral use; and (3) Develop agricultural and pasture lease rents based on the value of the land's agricultural uses. Specifies that agricultural multi-use lands under the management of the department of land and natural resources are not subject to transfer to and management by the department of agriculture. Before the transfer of non-agricultural
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HB-14: Relating To Land.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Tarnas
Referred To Wal/agr, Jha, Fin, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/25/2023
Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; use of funds, conservation easements. [SB-1122]
Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; use of funds; conservation easements to nonprofit land trust. Allows grants made from the Open Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund to be used to aid localities in providing funding for projects approved by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation to persons conveying conservation easements to nonprofit land trusts so long as such easement has a local coholder, as defined in the bill. In cases where a grant is used to purchase all or part of the value of a property interest, such property interest is required to
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SB-1122: Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; use of funds, conservation easements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0389) on 03/23/2023
Leesylvania State Park; DCR to grant certain easement to River Mouth Corporation. [HB-1828]
Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way over Neabsco Beach Way at Leesylvania State Park to the River Mouth Corporation. The easement will allow ingress and egress from Daniel K. Ludwig Drive to the River Mouth Condominiums via Neabsco Beach Way.
HB-1828: Leesylvania State Park; DCR to grant certain easement to River Mouth Corporation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Torian
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0078) on 03/21/2023
Land Use - Public Service Companies - Pollinator-Friendly Vegetation Management and Utility-Designated Pollinator Areas [HB-62]
Prohibiting local jurisdictions from imposing any unreasonable limitations, including land use restrictions, on utility-designated pollinator areas maintained by a public service company under certain conditions; requiring certain public service companies to mow utility designated pollinator areas in a manner which minimizes disturbances to habitats; stating the intent of the General Assembly related to State and local laws regarding weed control and vegetation management by public service companies outside of pollinator areas; etc.
HB-62: Land Use - Public Service Companies - Pollinator-Friendly Vegetation Management and Utility-Designated Pollinator Areas
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 463 on 05/08/2023
Condominiums - Common Elements - Clean Energy Equipment [HB-101]
Authorizing certain governing bodies of a condominium to grant leases in excess of 1 year or similar interests affecting the common elements of the condominium for the installation and use of leased clean energy equipment; etc.
HB-101: Condominiums - Common Elements - Clean Energy Equipment
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/03/2023
High Bridge Trail State Park; conveyance of easement to Woodrow R. Jackson, Sr. [SB-1055]
Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way at High Bridge Trail State Park to Woodrow R. Jackson, Sr. The easement, which will follow an existing driveway across a portion of the High Bridge Trail State Park, will allow ingress and egress from U.S. Highway 460 to the grantee's property.
SB-1055: High Bridge Trail State Park; conveyance of easement to Woodrow R. Jackson, Sr.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0075) on 03/21/2023
High Bridge Trail State Park; DCR to convey property to Roy B. Stanton, Jr., etc. [SB-1056]
Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way at High Bridge Trail State Park to Roy B. Stanton, Jr., and Pearl J. Stanton. The easement, which will follow an existing driveway across a portion of the High Bridge Trail State Park, will allow ingress and egress from U.S. Highway 460 to the Stantons' property.
SB-1056: High Bridge Trail State Park; DCR to convey property to Roy B. Stanton, Jr., etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0081) on 03/21/2023
Machicomoco State Park; DCR to convey easement to certain persons. [HB-1675]
Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way at Machicomoco State Park (i) to Patrick F. Lemon and Vickie M. Lemon and (ii) to Eric James Baldwin and Christy Willet Baldwin. The easement will allow ingress and egress from the existing Braeburn Lane and Timberneck Farm Road to the grantees' properties. Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way at Machicomoco State Park (i) to
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HB-1675: Machicomoco State Park; DCR to convey easement to certain persons.
Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0076) on 03/21/2023
High Bridge Trail State Park; DCR to convey property to Roy B. Stanton, Jr., etc. [HB-1663]
Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way at High Bridge Trail State Park to Roy B. Stanton, Jr., and Pearl J. Stanton. The easement, which will follow an existing driveway across a portion of the High Bridge Trail State Park, will allow ingress and egress from U.S. Highway 460 to the Stantons' property.
HB-1663: High Bridge Trail State Park; DCR to convey property to Roy B. Stanton, Jr., etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Edmunds
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0080) on 03/21/2023
High Bridge Trail State Park; conveyance of easement to Woodrow R. Jackson, Sr. [HB-1662]
Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way at High Bridge Trail State Park to Woodrow R. Jackson, Sr. The easement, which will follow an existing driveway across a portion of the High Bridge Trail State Park, will allow ingress and egress from U.S. Highway 460 to the grantee's property.
HB-1662: High Bridge Trail State Park; conveyance of easement to Woodrow R. Jackson, Sr.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Edmunds
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0074) on 03/21/2023
Leesylvania State Park; DCR to grant certain easement to River Mouth Corporation. [SB-1065]
Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way over Neabsco Beach Way at Leesylvania State Park to the River Mouth Corporation. The easement will allow ingress and egress from Daniel K. Ludwig Drive to the River Mouth Condominiums via Neabsco Beach Way.
SB-1065: Leesylvania State Park; DCR to grant certain easement to River Mouth Corporation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0079) on 03/21/2023
State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management [HB-884]
Requiring that whenever the Department of Natural Resources identifies an old-growth forest on State conservation land, the land shall be managed in a way that prohibits logging; and providing that nothing in the Act may be interpreted to prohibit the Department from taking certain actions to protect old-growth forest from certain harms subject to certain conditions.
HB-884: State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 339 on 05/12/2022
Conservation Finance Act [HB-653]
Providing that the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Environmental Trust must allow participants in certain cost-sharing programs to participate in and receive compensation from greenhouse gas markets, carbon credits, or soil carbon programs under certain circumstances; authorizing certain units to enter into pay-for-success contracts with certain aggregators to procure certain environmental outcomes projects or already certified environmental outcomes; etc.
HB-653: Conservation Finance Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 237 on 04/21/2022
Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Regulation [SB-479]
Establishing the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals in the Department of the Environment to regulate individuals who provide on-site wastewater services in the State and to establish minimum standards for certain on-site wastewater systems; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Board, to set certain fees for the issuance and renewal of licenses and other Board-provided services; establishing the On-Site Wastewater Professionals Fund; requiring the Board to establish a certain code of ethics; etc.
Relating To Easements. [HB-2332]
Allows the granting of easements on undeveloped public lands affecting the transfer of public lands between the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture, pursuant to Chapter 166E, HRS, to be exempted from formal subdivision process and approval requirements, including requirements for surveying and formalizing easements. Limits exemptions to easements created for a public purpose on public or government-owned lands. (SD2)
HB-2332: Relating To Easements.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Tarnas
Act 211, On 06/27/2022 (gov. Msg. No. 1312). on 06/27/2022