Secretary of State and Attorney General - Charitable Enforcement and Protection of Charitable Assets [SB-964]
Authorizing the Attorney General to take specified actions relating to investigations of alleged violations of laws relating to charitable organizations and charitable representatives; repealing specified authority for the legal counsel for the Office of the Secretary of State to administer oaths and examine an individual under oath; providing a specified enforcement action or other remedy is subject to specified immunity or limitation on liability; establishing the Charitable Enforcement Fund; etc.
SB-964: Secretary of State and Attorney General - Charitable Enforcement and Protection of Charitable Assets
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/03/2014
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Value of Easement [SB-71]
Prohibiting, notwithstanding specified provisions of law, and with a specified exception, the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation from purchasing an agricultural land preservation easement for more than 75% or less than 25% of the fair market value of the land; and authorizing the Foundation to purchase an easement for less than 25% of the fair market value of the land if the asking price is less than 25% of the fair market value of the land.
SB-71: Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Value of Easement
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 12 on 04/08/2014
Income Tax Credit - Preservation and Conservation Easements [SB-709]
Altering provisions of law concerning a credit against the State income tax for specified easements to allow an individual or a pass-through entity to claim the credit for an easement conveyed to the Maryland Environmental Trust, the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, or the Department of Natural Resources under specified circumstances; providing that a grantor of an easement may transfer a specified tax credit by obtaining a specified certificate; etc.
SB-709: Income Tax Credit - Preservation and Conservation Easements
Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Dyson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2014
Agriculture - Easements - Renewable Energy Generation Facilities [SB-259]
Requiring an easement approved for purchase by the Board of Public Works after June 30, 2014, to authorize the landowner to request approval, under specified circumstances, to use the land subject to the easement for the generation of electricity by a facility utilizing an authorized renewable energy source under specified circumstances; authorizing a written request of a landowner to be approved by the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to amend a specified easement; etc.
SB-259: Agriculture - Easements - Renewable Energy Generation Facilities
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 287 on 05/05/2014
Agriculture - Easements - Renewable Energy Generation Facilities [HB-861]
Requiring an easement approved for a specified purchase after a specified date to authorize the landowner to request approval to use the land subject to the easement for renewable energy generation under specified circumstances; prohibiting the installation of specified wind turbines exceeding specified heights in specified areas of the State; requiring a specified lease executed by a landowner and a specified facility owner to include provisions related to the removal of a specified facility under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-861: Agriculture - Easements - Renewable Energy Generation Facilities
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
Income Tax Credit - Preservation and Conservation Easements [HB-789]
Altering provisions of law concerning a credit against the State income tax for specified easements to allow an individual or a corporation that receives a specified tax credit certificate to claim the credit for an easement conveyed to the Maryland Environmental Trust, the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, the Department of Natural Resources, or a specified land trust under specified circumstances; requiring the Department to issue a tax credit certificate under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-789: Income Tax Credit - Preservation and Conservation Easements
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/25/2014
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Lot Release - Demonstrated Financial Hardship [HB-1437]
Requiring the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to grant a 5-year extension for the time frame for receiving a nontransferable building permit if a landowner or child of a landowner demonstrates financial hardship; and exempting a lot owner granted an extension for demonstrated financial hardship from the requirement to reconvey a lot under specified circumstances.
HB-1437: Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Lot Release - Demonstrated Financial Hardship
Sponsored by: Rep. Wade Kach
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters; Withdrawn on 03/13/2014
Secretary of State and Attorney General - Charitable Enforcement and Protection of Charitable Assets [HB-1352]
Authorizing the Attorney General to take specified actions relating to investigations of alleged violations of laws relating to charitable organizations and charitable representatives; providing that a specified enforcement action or other remedy is subject to specified immunity or limitation on liability; requiring that an action to enforce specified provisions of the Act be brought within a specified period of time; etc.
HB-1352: Secretary of State and Attorney General - Charitable Enforcement and Protection of Charitable Assets
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 654 on 05/15/2014
Real Property - Easements - Natural Gas Pipelines [SB-862]
Requiring that an easement negotiated for the construction, operation, or maintenance of a natural gas pipeline be for a single pipeline and be limited in scope to the construction, operation, or maintenance of the pipeline; prohibiting a specified easement from authorizing the easement holder to use the easement, at a date in the future, for anything other than the construction, operation, or maintenance of the pipeline; and stating that an easement that does not meet the requirements of the Act is invalid.
SB-862: Real Property - Easements - Natural Gas Pipelines
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2013
Agriculture - Easements - Renewable Energy Generation Facilities [SB-796]
Requiring, on written request of a landowner in an application to purchase an easement, an easement to authorize the landowner to use the land subject to the easement for renewable energy generation under specified circumstances; requiring, on written request of a landowner, the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to amend an easement to authorize the landowner to use the land subject to the easement for renewable energy generation under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-796: Agriculture - Easements - Renewable Energy Generation Facilities
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 03/05/2013
Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Construction Requirements [SB-604]
Prohibiting a gas transmission company from beginning construction on a gas pipeline before the finalization of specified legal proceedings, including approval by the Board of Public Works, permit and license applications, condemnation proceedings, easement negotiations, and appeals to specified judgments and determinations.
SB-604: Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Construction Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/25/2013
Real Property - Use of Coercion, Threat, or Intimidation - Contracts Void [SB-396]
Prohibiting a person from coercing, threatening, or intimidating a property owner in a specified manner to induce the property owner to enter into a contract to sell property or grant an easement on a property; establishing that a contract entered into in violation of the Act is void; establishing that, if a person violates the Act, specified contracts entered into for the same project are also void; authorizing a property owner to bring a specified action in the circuit court for the county in which the property is located; etc.
SB-396: Real Property - Use of Coercion, Threat, or Intimidation - Contracts Void
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2013
Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Construction Requirements [HB-984]
Prohibiting a gas transmission company from beginning construction on a gas pipeline before the finalization of specified legal proceedings, including approval by the Board of Public Works, permit and license applications, condemnation proceedings, easement negotiations, and appeals to specified judgments and determinations.
HB-984: Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Construction Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/05/2013