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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
BayStat Program and BayStat Subcabinet - Renaming [HB-129]
Renaming the BayStat Program to be the BayTrack Program; and renaming the BayStat Subcabinet to be the Bay Cabinet.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 02/13/2017
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Program Open Space - Apportionment Formula and Committee [HB-105]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Recreation ]
Altering a requirement that a specified committee adopt an apportionment formula for Program Open Space funds to require the Department of Natural Resources in consultation with a specified committee to adopt the apportionment formula; altering the membership of the committee; repealing the authority of the committee to reallocate Program Open Space funds; repealing a requirement that before adopting an apportionment formula the committee provide notification and opportunity for a hearing; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Hunting and Fishing - Discounted Licenses - Purple Heart Recipients [HB-68]
[Veterans ]
[Animals ]
[Recreation ]
[Sports ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to implement specified programs to provide discounted licenses, stamps, and permits to Maryland residents who are recipients of the Purple Heart Award; requiring the Department to submit a report on the number of specified licenses, stamps, and permits issued to Purple Heart recipients to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Meagan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 461 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Hunting and Fishing Licenses - Active Military, Former Prisoners of War, Recipients of the Purple Heart Award, and Disabled Veterans [SB-46]
[Veterans ]
[Animals ]
[Sports ]
[Recreation ]
[Military ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue lifetime complimentary fishing licenses to an out-of-state person who certifies that the person is a former prisoner of war or a 100% service connected disabled American veteran if the person's state of residence extends similar privileges to specified individuals; requiring the Department to submit a specified report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 463 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Crabs - Harvest Times - Holidays [SB-59]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations that authorize a tidal fish licensee authorized to catch crabs using all legal gear to work 1 additional early hour on Labor Day, Memorial Day, July 4, and the day before each of these holidays in a license year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Waugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 401 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Hunter Safety Courses - Application of Requirement and Establishment of Incentives Program [SB-66]
[Animals ]
[Sports ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Requiring a specified person to make, in order to procure a specified hunting license under specified circumstances, an affidavit that the person hunted before July 1, 1977, rather than that the person had a specified hunting license; limiting the exemption from the application of the Act to a person who purchases a nonresident 3-day license in the State to hunt wild waterfowl; Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations establishing incentives related to a hunter safety course for specified individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 402 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Interstate Boating Violator Compact [SB-81]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Recreation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Governor to enter into the Interstate Boating Violator Compact; providing that the purposes of the Compact are to provide a means for party states to participate in a specified reciprocal program and to provide for the fair and impartial treatment of boating violators operating within party states; providing for a Board of Boating Compact Administrators for specified purposes; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/03/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Hunting and Fishing Licenses - Active Military, Former Prisoners of War, and Disabled Veterans [HB-4]
[Veterans ]
[Animals ]
[Sports ]
[Military ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue lifetime complimentary fishing licenses to an out-of-state person who certifies that the person is a former prisoner of war or a 100% service connected disabled American veteran if the person's state of residence extends similar privileges to specified individuals; requiring the Department to submit a specified report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Meagan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 462 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Forest, Park, and Wildlife Rangers - Parking Citations [HB-24]
[Animals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing a forest, park, and wildlife ranger who is not commissioned as a law enforcement officer to issue a citation for a parking violation on specified property in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 02/13/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Tidal Fish License - Catching Crabs Using Trotline Gear - Holidays [HB-29]
[Animals ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to adopt specified regulations restricting a tidal fish licensee who catches crabs using trotline gear to a workday of at least 10 hours on specified holidays if the Department authorizes the workday to begin earlier than 1 hour before sunrise.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/16/2017