Natural Resources - Generally
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Park Services Associates - Parking Citations [HB-393]
Authorizing a park services associate who is not commissioned as a law enforcement officer to issue a citation for a parking violation on certain property in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 470 on 05/13/2019
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Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Protection Zones - Revisions [HB-377]
Altering the definition of "SAV protection zone"; altering the requirements for the areas that must be included in updated designations of SAV protection zones; altering the circumstances under which a previously designated SAV protection zone may be opened to the use of a hydraulic clam dredge, traditional bottom dredge, or shinnecock rake; repealing the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to make certain revisions to the delineations of SAV protection zones; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Natural Resources - State and Local Forest Conservation Funds [HB-272]
Requiring a person that is subject to the Forest Conservation Act to demonstrate that appropriate credits generated by a forest mitigation bank in the same county or watershed are not available before the person may pay money to a State or local forest conservation fund to meet certain requirements; prohibiting a local authority from collecting money for deposit into its forest conservation fund unless it has submitted to the Department of Naural Resources the mitigation plan and accounting procedures; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 601 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
General Assembly - Fiscal Notes - Environmental Impact Statements [HB-246]
Requiring a fiscal note for a bill to include an environmental impact statement indicating whether the bill may or will have an environmental impact and, if so, to specify the type and category of environmental impact, including any impact on the environment from climate change; requiring the Department of Legislative Services, in consultation with the Department of the Environment or another relevant agency, to determine the type and category of environmental impact by completing a certain environmental assessment form; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/25 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Sea Level Rise Inundation and Coastal Flooding - Construction, Adaptation, and Mitigation [HB-1427]
Altering the application of certain design and siting criteria established by the Coast Smart Council to apply only to certain State and local capital projects; extending the date the projects must comply with the criteria to July 1, 2020, and the date certain local jurisdictions must develop a plan to address certain nuisance flooding to October 1, 2020; requiring the Department of Planning, by October 1, 2019, to develop guidelines to assist local jurisdictions in data collection to establish nuisance flooding baselines; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 442 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Department of General Services - Energy-Conserving and Bird-Safe Building Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2019) [HB-136]
Requiring the Department of General Services to establish and periodically update certain standards for State buildings to conserve energy and minimize adverse impacts on birds; requiring each State building constructed, acquired, or substantially altered by the State to meet the standards to the extent practicable and within budgetary constraints; requiring the Department to reduce the lighting of existing State buildings in a certain manner; and establishing that certain requirements do not apply to certain contracts or projects.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Favorable With Amendments Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Agriculture - Nuisance Insects [HB-1353]
Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to implement, subject to available funding in the State budget, a program to use Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis to control or eliminate nuisance insects in the State; requiring the program to be implemented on State-owned property, local government property with consent, and private property with the owner's consent; requiring that a certain notice be provided to certain entities and posted on certain social media sites; establishing the Nuisance Insects Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 132 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Natural Resources - No Net Loss of Forest - Definition [HB-120]
Altering the standard for achieving a no net loss of forest policy by altering the definition of "no net loss of forest" to mean that 40% of all land in Maryland is covered by forest land.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Hearing Canceled on 01/31/2019
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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
Natural Resources Protection Program of 2019 [HB-1194]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a Natural Resources Protection Program through a contractual relationship with a third-party organization to provide rewards of financial compensation to individuals and nonprofit organizations that report violations of natural resources and conservation laws; providing the purpose of the program is to augment law enforcement activities for State parks, waters, forest, and land; requiring the Department and the third-party organization to submit a certain annual report by October 1; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lafferty
Third Reading Passed (138-0) on 03/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Use of Public Funds - Playground and Athletic Field Surfaces - Authorizations, Preferences, and Prohibitions [HB-1118]
Authorizing certain funds under Program Open Space to be used for the maintenance and upkeep of certain grass athletic fields and drainage systems; authorizing a certain subdivision to request funds for the maintenance and upkeep of certain grass athletic fields and drainage systems as part of a certain annual program; establishing a preference for the use of certain natural surface materials in certain projects to construct playgrounds or athletic fields; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Environmental Trust Fund - Surcharge Extension [HB-106]
Extending from June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2030, the termination date of a certain environmental surcharge on electrical energy distributed to retail electric customers in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 393 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Extending the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail [SJR-7]
Urging the National Park Service in the U.S. Department of the Interior to expeditiously complete and provide to Congress the Eastern Legacy Special Resource Study and include within the Study a recommendation that the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail be extended to the East; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 4/01 At 3:00 P.m. on 04/01/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Harris Creek Oyster Restoration - Vessel Damage - Compensation [SB-963]
Authorizing a vessel owner to file a claim with the Department of Natural Resources for the payment of damages if specified persons make an error or omission related to the required depth of navigable water in the Harris Creek Oyster Restoration Project and, as a result of the error or omission, the vessel sustains damages; establishing a 1-year statute of limitations for a claim; establishing a $400,000 cap on the amount that may be paid under a claim; establishing specified sources of funds for payment under a claim; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/18/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Sustainable Oyster Population and Fishery Act of 2016 [SB-937]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science to conduct a specified study related to the public oyster fishery; requiring the Department to identify oyster management strategies to promote a sustainable oyster population and fishery; requiring the Department to submit specified reports on the study and specified oyster management strategies to the Governor, the Oyster Advisory Commission, and the General Assembly on or before specified dates; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 703 on 05/28/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Program Open Space Trust Fund Act of 2016 [SB-927]
Establishing the Program Open Space Trust Fund; requiring specified appropriations from the General Fund to the Fund to repay specified appropriations or transfers from the Fund to the General Fund; providing that the Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing fund not subject to specified provisions of law; providing for the uses, purposes, sources of funding, and investment of money of the Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Black Fly Management and Control - Washington County [SB-876]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, to establish a program to control the spread of black flies in the State under specified circumstances; requiring that the program be implemented initially in Washington County on State-owned property, property owned by a local government, and private property with the owner's consent; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture to accept, use, or expend specified funding to implement the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 584 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Task Force to Develop a Strategic Plan for State Park Development [SB-688]
Establishing the Task Force to Develop a Strategic Plan for State Park Development; providing the purpose of the Task Force is to develop strategic principles and a policy framework for mid- to long-term decisions on the allocation of the funding provided to the State parks; requiring, to the extent practicable, that the composition of the Task Force reflect the gender, racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity of the State; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations by December 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund - Allocation of Funds [SB-645]
Requiring money in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund, beginning in fiscal year 2017, to be allocated in accordance with specified provisions of law; requiring a minimum of $5,000,000 in the Trust Fund be allocated to the Department of Agriculture annually for distribution to soil conservation districts to assist farmers and counties with nonpoint source pollution control projects; establishing the intent of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 03/01/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Forest Lands and the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund - Miscellaneous Corrections and Clarifications [SB-61]
Repealing references to the "Chesapeake 2000 Agreement" in specified provisions of law relating to forest lands and the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund and substituting references to the "2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement"; requiring that the Trust Fund be utilized to support State and local watershed implementation plans by targeting limited financial resources on the most effective nonpoint source pollution control projects and to improve the health of Atlantic Coastal Bays and tributaries; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 43 on 04/12/2016