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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Application of Nutrients [SB-594]
Prohibiting a person from applying animal manure or biosolids to agricultural land during a specified time of the year, with a specified exception; prohibiting a person from applying specified fertilizer to agricultural land on or after a specified date; prohibiting the Department of Agriculture from authorizing the application of animal manure or biosolids to agricultural land during a specified time of the year even under a specified circumstance; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Pinsky
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2012
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Commission to Study Expanding the Voluntary Agricultural Nutrient Credit [SB-428]
Establishing a Commission to Study Expanding the Voluntary Agricultural Nutrient Credit Certification Program; specifying the membership, purposes, and staffing of the Commission; specifying that a member of the Commission may not receive specified compensation, but is entitled to reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Commission to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Commission to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2012; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs Withdrawn on 02/28/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Estate Tax - Exclusion of Qualified Agricultural Property [SB-410]
Altering the determination of the Maryland estate tax to exclude from the value of the gross estate the value of specified agricultural property; providing for the recapture of specified Maryland estate tax if qualified agricultural property ceases to be used for farming purposes; defining specified terms; providing that the Act applies to decedents dying after December 31, 2011; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 2/15 At 1:15 P.m. on 02/08/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Agriculture - Total Maximum Daily Load - Regulations [SB-330]
Prohibiting the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Environment, and the Department of Natural Resources from adopting regulations to help the State meet the agricultural sector requirements of the Total Maximum Daily Load for the Chesapeake Bay unless New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia achieve or exceed the percentage reduction of nitrogen and the percentage reduction of phosphorus that the State has achieved from 2009 levels under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 02/28/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Estate Tax - Exclusion of Qualified Agricultural Property [SB-324]
Altering the determination of the Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances to exclude from the value of the gross estate up to $5,000,000 of the value of qualified agricultural property; providing that the Maryland estate tax on qualified agricultural property may not exceed 5% of the value of specified agricultural property exceeding $5,000,000; providing for the recapture of specified Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing Cancelled on 02/08/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Family Farm Preservation Act of 2012 [SB-294]
Altering the determination of the Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances to exclude from the value of the gross estate up to $5,000,000 of the value of qualified agricultural property; providing that the Maryland estate tax on qualified agricultural property may not exceed 5% of the value of specified agricultural property exceeding $5,000,000; providing for the recapture of specified Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012 [SB-236]
Authorizing a local jurisdiction to adopt specified growth tier designations; requiring a local jurisdiction under specified circumstances to alter the contents of a specified plan; authorizing a local jurisdiction to submit proposed tier designations to the Department of Planning before adoption for specified purposes; establishing mandatory and discretionary provisions relating to the adoption of specified tiers by local jurisdictions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Lot Release [SB-148]
Altering specified conditions that must be met before the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation is required to release specified lots under a specified program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Secretary of Agriculture - Farm Food Safety [SB-142]
Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a farm quarantine for a specified purpose on a farm infected or infested with a pathogen; authorizing the Secretary to examine specified practices in accordance with specified standards, designate a specified person to conduct a specified inspection, and accept specified assistance from specified federal agencies; requiring the Secretary to deny access to specified information subject to a specified exception; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Easements [SB-129]
Repealing obsolete language relating to agricultural districts and agricultural land preservation easements; requiring specified information in specified applications; altering notice requirements; clarifying the process and requirements for the application, approval, and acquisition of agricultural preservation easements; repealing specified deadlines; authorizing the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to assign specified district agreements to the governing body of a county under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Voluntary Agricultural Nutrient and Sediment Credit Certification Program [SB-118]
Authorizing the Department of Agriculture to establish requirements for the voluntary certification and registration of sediment credits on agricultural land under the Voluntary Agricultural Nutrient Credit Certification Program; clarifying the authority of the Department of the Environment to establish specified requirements under specified circumstances; and altering the intent of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Appraisal Requirement [SB-112]
Increasing from one to two the number of fair market value appraisals required for the termination of an easement approved by the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation; requiring the Department of General Services to review the two appraisals, make a determination as to the fair market value of the land on which the easement will be terminated, issue a specified statement to the Foundation, and issue a specified notice to the landowner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
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Montgomery County - Real Property - Enforceability of Recorded Covenants and [SB-1100]
Authorizing a specified person to bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to challenge provisions of recorded covenants and restrictions as unenforceable under specified circumstances; providing for a specified rebuttable presumption; providing that Montgomery County shall have standing to intervene in a specified case; making the Act an emergency measure; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/27/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Montgomery County - On-Site Sewage Disposal System and Well Easements - Rural [HB-723]
Providing that, with specified exceptions, in Montgomery County an on-site sewage disposal system or well located in a rural zone may only serve a specified property under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Montgomery County - Real Property - Enforceability of Recorded Covenants and [HB-722]
Providing that provisions of recorded covenants and restrictions in Montgomery County that prohibit or restrict agricultural activity or agricultural structures on specified agricultural property are unenforceable; providing that provisions of recorded covenants and restrictions that prohibit or restrict business activity are unenforceable to the extent that they prohibit or restrict agricultural activity on agricultural property; construing and applying the Act retroactively; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/24/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Agriculture - Total Maximum Daily Load - Regulations [HB-464]
Prohibiting the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Environment, and the Department of Natural Resources from adopting regulations to help the State meet the agricultural sector requirements of the Total Maximum Daily Load for the Chesapeake Bay unless New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia achieve or exceed the percentage reduction of nitrogen and the percentage reduction of phosphorus that the State has achieved from 2009 levels under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Rudolph
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/05/2012
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Family Farm Preservation Act of 2012 [HB-444]
Altering the determination of the Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances to exclude from the value of the gross estate up to $5,000,000 of the value of qualified agricultural property; providing that the Maryland estate tax on qualified agricultural property may not exceed 5% of the value of specified agricultural property exceeding $5,000,000; providing for the recapture of specified Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Estate Tax - Exclusion of Qualified Agricultural Property [HB-154]
Altering the determination of the Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances to exclude from the value of the gross estate up to $5,000,000 of the value of qualified agricultural property; providing that the Maryland estate tax on qualified agricultural property may not exceed 5% of the value of specified agricultural property exceeding $5,000,000; providing for the recapture of specified Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Land Use [HB-1290]
Adding a new article to the Annotated Code of Maryland, to be designated and known as the "Land Use Article", to revise, restate, and recodify the laws of the State relating to zoning, planning, subdivision, and other land use mechanisms, including comprehensive plans, historic preservation, and related matters; revising, restating, and recodifying the laws of the State relating to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, including the Regional District and the Metropolitan District; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Education - Guidelines for Using State Produce in Schools - Required [HB-1225]
Requiring the State Department of Education to establish guidelines requiring each county board of education to make best efforts to procure produce served in public schools from farms or community gardens located within the State, to serve the produce in accordance with specified laws and regulations governing food safety, and to submit an annual report to the Department.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means Withdrawn on 02/27/2012