Easements
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Sewerage Systems - Residential Major Subdivisions in Tier III and Tier IV Areas [HB-1345]
Authorizing a local jurisdiction to authorize a residential major subdivision served by on-site sewage disposal systems, community sewerage systems, or shared systems in Tier III and Tier IV areas under certain circumstances; exempting certain residential major subdivisions from certain provisions of law; and specifying that the Act does not create new development rights.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/16/2018
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Maryland Historical Trust - Property Subject to Historic Preservation Easement - Application for Change or Alteration [HB-1230]
Requiring the Maryland Historical Trust to notify a certain applicant of the decision of the Director of the Maryland Historical Trust on an application for the change or alteration of a property subject to a certain historic preservation easement on or before the earlier of the expiration of a certain time period specified in the easement documentation or 90 days after the date the application or any supplement to an application is submitted to the Trust; and defining "general repair and maintenance".
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 170 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation – Use of Land – Signs and Outdoor Advertising Displays [HB-1229]
Authorizing a landowner, without the approval of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, to erect and display on land subject to a certain easement a certain sign or outdoor advertising display for a certain purpose; authorizing the Foundation to authorize a landowner to erect and display on land subject to a certain easement a certain sign or outdoor advertising display for the purpose of providing certain information; providing that the Act supersedes certain provisions of a certain deed or agreement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 66 on 04/10/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Agricultural Land Preservation Easements - Surface Mining [HB-1168]
Authorizing a landowner whose land is subject to an agricultural land preservation easement to use the land for surface mining activities in accordance with certain provisions of law under certain circumstances notwithstanding the terms of the easement; and providing for the application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Land Use - Zoning - Agritourism Activities [HB-1120]
Requiring a local jurisdiction to authorize, by local ordinance, resolution, law, or rule, certain agritourism activities; defining "agritourism activity" as an activity conducted on a farm that is offered to a member of the general public or to invited guests for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert McMillan
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Real Property - Agricultural Land Preservation Easements - Separate Parcels [SB-978]
Extending the termination date to June 30, 2021, for certain provisions establishing that, unless a deed expressly provides otherwise, the grant of a certain agricultural land preservation easement governing certain parcels of land does not consolidate the parcels for any other purpose, and that a certain parcel subject to a certain easement may be conveyed separately to a certain child with certain approval of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, but remains subject to the easement in perpetuity; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
Favorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Secretary of Planning – Adaptive Reuse of Historic Properties – Study [SB-741]
Requiring the Secretary of Planning to contract with a certain consultant to conduct a certain study on the adaptive reuse of certain historic properties; authorizing the Secretary to use up to $75,000 to pay for the costs of the study; requiring that the study identify certain factors and obstacles, develop a certain historic resource package, develop certain case studies, and provide certain recommendations; requiring a final report to be submitted by December 15, 2019, to the Secretary; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 334 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Electric Cooperatives - Powers - Conducting or Communications Facilities [SB-634]
Authorizing an electric cooperative to construct, maintain, or operate or allow others to construct, maintain, or operate conducting or communications facilities for telecommunications and broadband Internet services along, on, under, or across various types of property; requiring an electric cooperative to give certain notice to certain property owners at least 60 days before constructing certain facilities in a certain electric easement or making capacity available for certain services in the electric easement; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 277 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation – Board of Trustees and Elimination of District Agreements [SB-58]
Authorizing each ex officio member of the board of trustees of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to appoint a designee to serve in the member's place on the board; deleting obsolete references to district agreements within the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation program; and codifying the elimination of certain district agreements and the continuation of certain agricultural land preservation districts.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 130 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bonds [SB-376]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $28,500,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County, including water and sewer projects, to finance loans for fire or emergency-related equipment, buildings, and other facilities of volunteer fire departments in the County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 184 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Real Property - Conservation Easements, Covenants, Restrictions, and Conditions - Recording Notice [SB-25]
Authorizing the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, the Maryland Historical Trust, the Maryland Environmental Trust, certain other land trusts, a county, and the Department of Natural Resources to record notice of certain easements, covenants, restrictions, and conditions in the land records of the county in which the property interest is located; specifying the information required to be provided in the notice; requiring that the notice be indexed for recording in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 127 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Agricultural Land Preservation Easements - Use of Land - Signs Forbidding Trespassing, Hunting, or the Destruction of Property [HB-935]
Requiring a landowner to locate certain signs forbidding trespassing, hunting, or the destruction of property at least 500 feet apart on land subject to an agricultural land preservation easement under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bonds [HB-574]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $28,500,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County, including water and sewer projects, to finance loans for fire or emergency-related equipment, buildings, and other facilities of volunteer fire departments in the County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Land Trust Grant Fund - Grant Awards and Funding [HB-494]
Authorizing the Maryland Environmental Trust to require, as a condition of a certain land trust grant, that the dedication of a certain easement or interest be in favor of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation or the Department of Natural Resources; and requiring a $5,000,000 appropriation from Program Open Space funds to the Land Trust Grant Fund in fiscal year 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Historical Trust - Properties Subject to Historic Preservation Easements - Waiver Process [HB-1403]
Requiring the Maryland Historical Trust to develop a process for the waiver, in certain circumstances, of certain requirements, processes and regulations applicable to a property subject to a historic preservation easement held by the Trust; and specifying the conditions under which exceptional circumstances exist to include property that is subject to repeated flooding, an urgent need exists to stabilize historic structures, excessive costs of compliance, extraordinary infrastructure costs, and potential for abandonment of the property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Trent Kittleman
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Property Tax Assessments - Conservation Property - Alteration of Definition [HB-1350]
Expanding the definition of "conservation property" for property tax assessment purposes to include land subject to a perpetual conservation easement, including an easement sold or donated to the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, the Maryland Environmental Trust, or a land trust as defined by certain provisions of the Natural Resources Article or under another public conservation or preservation program; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2019.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 241 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Sewerage Systems - Residential Major Subdivisions in Tier III and Tier IV Areas [HB-1220]
Authorizing a local jurisdiction to authorize a residential major subdivision served by on-site sewage disposal systems, community sewerage systems, or shared systems in Tier III and Tier IV areas under certain circumstances; exempting certain residential major subdivisions from certain provisions of law; and specifying that the Act does not create new development rights.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area - Buffer Establishment and Buffer Management Plan - Exemption [HB-1196]
Requiring the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays to adopt regulations to exempt from certain buffer establishment and buffer management plan requirements a lot or parcel for which an applicant applies for a certain subdivision approval if the lot or parcel has a dwelling unit that was in existence on or before July 1, 2010.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Valuation of Easement [HB-1008]
Authorizing the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to use a fair market value determined in accordance with certain provisions of law for up to 2 years after the date on which the Foundation was first requested in writing to purchase the easement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2019
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To State Lands. [SB-1125]
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 to lease state submerged lands and lands beneath tidal waters.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Wtl, Wam. on 01/28/2019