Economic And Community Development
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Make Office Vacancies Extinct Program [HB-1464]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Real Estate ]
Establishing the Make Office Vacancies Extinct Program in the Department of Commerce; providing that the purposes of the Program is to encourage the location of new businesses in the State in counties with a support program to reduce office space vacancies; establishing qualifications for participation in the Program; authorizing the Program to provide for specified grants to specified businesses on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to a specified limitation; establishing a Make Office Vacancies Extinct Matching Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Barkley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 846 on 05/27/2017
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Task Force to Study the Feasibility of Building a Maryland Inclusive Maritime Facility [HB-1378]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Tourism ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Feasibility of Building a Maryland Inclusive Maritime Facility; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study the feasibility of building a sustainable and inclusive maritime facility that includes specified features; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or before January 31, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2017
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Public Utilities - Telephone Companies - Wired Broadband (Wired Broadband Act of 2017) [HB-1313]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Requiring a specified telephone company to provide and maintain wired broadband service or pay the cost of providing wired broadband service to the Rural Broadband Assistance Fund; requiring the Public Service Commission, to the extent authorized under federal law, to cooperate with the Federal Communications Commission on efforts to promote universal wired broadband access in the State; and requiring the Commission to make a specified annual report and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before January 31 each year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/16/2017
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Housing and Community Development - Food Deserts - Small Loans [HB-1492]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Food ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to meet the funding obligations for sustainable communities and food deserts by using any specified financial assistance available to the Department; authorizing the Department to provide small loans under the Business Development Program that are not more than $50,000 per loan to approved entities for assistance in providing better access to healthy food in food deserts; and authorizing the Department to work with intermediaries to administer the specified small loans.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 636 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Nonprofit Development Center Program and Fund - Bridge Loans [HB-1517]
[Nonprofit ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Renaming the Maryland Not-For-Profit Development Center Program and the Maryland Not-For-Profit Development Center Program Fund to be the Maryland Nonprofit Development Center Program and the Maryland Nonprofit Development Center Program Fund; establishing the Nonprofit, Interest-Free, Micro Bridge Loan (NIMBL) Account within the Fund; authorizing the Governor to transfer specified funds by June 30, 2017, to the NIMBL Account; requiring the Department of Commerce to submit a specified report on the bridge loans by December 31, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Glenn
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2018
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Labor and Employment - Clean Energy Workforce Account - Establishment [HB-1512]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Clean Energy Workforce Account in the Maryland Employment Advancement Right Now Program; specifying that the purpose of the Account is to provide grants on a competitive basis to provide pre-apprenticeship job training for careers in clean energy; specifying the priority for grants awarded from the Account; requiring that a pre-apprenticeship job training program include specified training and curriculum, a specified documented strategy, and specified performance and evaluation methods; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Community Development Program Act [HB-1514]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Community Development Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to administer the Program; establishing the Community Development Board in the Department; establishing the Community Development Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; providing for the imposition of a specified community development transfer fee on residential and commercial property under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Homeowners' Property Tax Credit Program - Transfer of Excess Funds (The Maryland Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2017) [HB-1441]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Governor to transfer, by budget amendment, specified funds not needed to reimburse the counties for tax credits granted under the homeowners' property tax credit program to the Maryland Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 04/07/2017
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Economic Development - Municipal Corporations - Community Revitalization and Improvement Zones [HB-1181]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing specified municipal corporations to establish, by local law, a specified contracting authority for the purpose of designating a community revitalization and improvement zone for construction of specified facilities; establishing an application process within the Department of Housing and Community Development for designating a zone; authorizing a municipal corporation to issue specified bonds for the benefit of specified zones; requiring the transfer, from the General Fund, of specified increased tax revenue; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brett Wilson
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2017
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Economic Development - Job Creation Tax Credit - Alteration [HB-1052]
[Economic Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the definitions of "qualified position" and "State priority funding area" for purposes of the job creation tax credit program; requiring the Department of Commerce to certify the amount of the tax credit for which a qualified business entity is eligible; altering the calculation of the credits earned under the program; prohibiting the Department from certifying tax credits in a taxable year in excess of $4,000,000; applying the Act to job creation tax credits certified after December 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
First Reading Senate Rules on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Interstate Compact on Washington Area Professional Football Team Franchise Facility Incentives [HB-1049]
[Sports ]
[Economic Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Interstate Compact on Washington Area Professional Football Team Franchise Facility Incentives; prohibiting a party state, a local jurisdiction in a party state, or a specified authority or corporation from providing financing or public incentives for the construction of facilities for the Washington professional football team except under specified circumstances or leasing or donating land to the Washington area professional football team or an entity associated with the area professional football team; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tarlau
Hearing 3/02 At 3:00 P.m. on 03/02/2017
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Department of Commerce - Employment in the State's Defense Industry - Army Alliance Study [SB-1019]
[Defense ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Department of Commerce, in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, to conduct a study on employment in the State's defense industry; specifying the minimum requirements of the study; requiring the Department of Commerce to consult with specified entities; requiring the Department of Commerce to report, on or before December 31, 2017, to the General Assembly on the findings of the study; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 4/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/06/2017
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Enterprise Zone and Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise Zone Programs - Small Business Entities [HB-1051]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Property Tax ]
[Economic Development ]
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for specified small business entities located in an enterprise zone or a Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise (RISE) zone; allowing a small business entity to claim the credit as a credit for the payment to the Comptroller of specified taxes; altering the definition of "qualified property" for purposes of a specified property tax credit on a specified assessment of specified real property located in a RISE zone so as to include specified personal property; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2017
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Job Reinvestment Act of 2017 [SB-1021]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for specified small business entities located in an enterprise zone or a Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise (RISE) zone; allowing a small business to claim the credit if the business hired or retained at least one new employee for at least 6 months; allowing a small business to claim the credit for each employee who is hired that results in a net increase in the number of employees hired and retained by the business; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/05/2017
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One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credits - Business Incubators, Enterprise Zones, and Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise Zones [HB-1007]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering specified eligibility criteria for specified credits under the One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credit to include specified persons who establish or expand in specified areas a business facility that, for business incubators, creates a specified aggregate number of qualified positions at the facility under specified circumstances; authorizing specified business incubators to claim a refund of specified project tax credits or start-up tax credits; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2017
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Maryland Technology Development Corporation [HB-1073]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Ethics ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Economic Development ]
Prohibiting specified provisions of the Public Ethics Law from being construed to prohibit a member of the Maryland Technology Corporation Board from being employed by or having a financial interest in a specified entity under specified circumstances; and requiring the Corporation, in consultation with the State Ethics Commission, to adopt specified procedures to govern conflicts of interest.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/18/2017
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Task Force to Study the Effect of Section 8 Housing on Neighborhoods in Baltimore County [HB-1059]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Effect of Section 8 Housing on Neighborhoods in Baltimore County; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study specified social and economic impacts Section 8 housing would have on Baltimore County; requiring the Task Force to report on its findings and recommendations on or before January 31, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick McDonough
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/08/2017
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Housing Authorities - Transparency and Baltimore Authority Bidding Process [HB-1075]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring a housing authority established to undertake specified housing projects to establish a specified Web site; requiring the Web site to contain specified information related to the membership, operation, and budget of the authority; providing that the Housing Authority of Baltimore City is a Baltimore City agency for purposes of specified procurement regulations issued by the Board of Estimates of Baltimore City; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick McDonough
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/13/2017
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Labor and Employment - Clean Energy Workforce Account - Establishment [SB-942]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Grants ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Clean Energy Workforce Account in the Maryland Employment Advancement Right Now Program; providing for the funding of the Account; specifying that the purpose of the Account is to provide grants on a competitive basis to provide pre-apprenticeship job training for careers in the clean energy industry; specifying the priority for grants awarded from the Account; requiring that a pre-apprenticeship job training program include specified training and curriculum and a specified documented strategy; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2017
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Economic Development - Job Creation Tax Credit - Alteration [SB-873]
[Economic Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the definitions of "qualified position" and "State priority funding area" for purposes of the job creation tax credit program; requiring the Department of Commerce to certify the amount of the tax credit for which a qualified business entity is eligible; altering the calculation of the credits earned under the program; prohibiting the Department from certifying tax credits in a taxable year in excess of $4,000,000; applying the Act to job creation tax credits certified after December 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 489 on 05/04/2017