Natural Resources - Generally
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Program Open Space - Funding for Capital Improvements [HB-331]
Altering the funds under Program Open Space that are authorized to be used for specified capital improvements under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 100 on 04/12/2016
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Natural Resources - Roadside Trees - Preservation and Protection [HB-178]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue a permit for roadside tree maintenance or removal only for public health and safety purposes or if the tree is dead or dying; prohibiting the Department from issuing a permit for roadside tree maintenance or removal for aesthetic purposes; requiring a person who removes a roadside tree to replace the roadside tree within 2 months after its removal; requiring the Department to ensure that all required replacement trees are planted; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Sustainable Oyster Population and Fishery Act of 2016 [HB-1603]
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 specified oyster management strategies in a specified manner; requiring the Department to submit its final report to the Governor, the Oyster Advisory Commission, and the General Assembly by December 1, 2018; providing that the Act does not limit the Department's ability to manage the oyster fishery; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Program Open Space Trust Fund Act of 2016 [HB-1464]
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. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Payment in Lieu of Taxes - State Forest and State Park Land [HB-1409]
Requiring the State to make specified payments to counties as a payment in lieu of taxes for State forest and State park land located in the county for specified fiscal years; requiring the Governor to include specified amounts to be paid to each county in the annual budget bill; requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to complete an update of a specified study and submit the study to the Governor and General Assembly on or before July 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Vessel Excise Tax Cap - Amount and Repeal of Termination [HB-14]
Making permanent a $15,000 limit on the amount of the vessel excise tax that may be imposed on any vessel; and requiring that the maximum amount of the excise tax imposed for any vessel be increased by $100 on July 1, 2016 and July 1 of each subsequent year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 657 on 05/28/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund - Use of Funds [HB-1346]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish a Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used only for nonpoint source pollution control projects except under specified circumstances; prohibiting the transfer of funds in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to the General Fund or a special fund of the State except under specified circumstances; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Meagan Simonaire
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/05/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays - Membership From Ocean City [HB-122]
Authorizing the Mayor of Ocean City to appoint a designee of the Mayor as a member of the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays; and establishing that a member from the Atlantic Coastal Bays Watershed who is the Mayor of Ocean City or the designee of the Mayor is not subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Forest Conservation Act - Net Tract Area PG/MC 114-16 [HB-1197]
Altering the defined term "net tract area" as it applies in Prince George's County to afforestation and reforestation requirements under the Forest Conservation Act to include, under specified circumstances, existing forested land that is located in a 100-year floodplain.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/31/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Harris Creek Oyster Restoration - Vessel Damage - Compensation [HB-1169]
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: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund - Allocation of Funds [HB-1110]
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 to 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: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 03/09/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Municipal Corporations - Closed Swimming Lake - Regulation MC 32-16 [HB-1101]
Providing that specified closed swimming lakes located within and maintained by a municipal corporation and only accessible to residents of the municipal corporation are not subject to specified State or county regulations; requiring that a municipal corporation that maintains a closed swimming lake establish a policy to assess and monitor the water quality of the closed swimming lake.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 131 on 04/12/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Transfer Tax Repayment - Use of Funds [HB-10]
Requiring that a specified appropriation to Program Open Space representing transfers to the General Fund in fiscal year 2006 may be used only for specified capital purposes related to critical maintenance projects in the Department of Natural Resources and Natural Resources Development Fund Projects in the Department of Natural Resources.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 02/18/2016
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Board of Tree Experts - Establishment [SB-903]
Establishing the State Board of Tree Experts in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; providing for the composition of the Board and the qualifications, appointments, removal, terms, and expenses of the Board members; requiring the Board to adopt a code of ethics for practicing as a tree expert; prohibiting a person from practicing as a tree expert in the State without a license issued by the Board, subject to specified exceptions; establishing specified qualifications for a license; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2015
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Maryland Park Service - Operations Revenue - Mandated Appropriation [SB-862]
Ratifying amendments to the Natural Resources Article that require a specified percentage of revenues attributable to Maryland Park Service operations be appropriated in the State budget by the Governor for the Maryland Park Service; requiring the budgeting of specified appropriations to be done after specified administrative costs are allocated; and stating the intent of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Kasemeyer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 389 on 05/12/2015
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Environment - Vibrio Public Information Campaign [SB-83]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, after specified consultation, to develop and implement a specified public information campaign about the health risks associated with the Vibrio bacteria in the waters of the State on or before June 15, 2015; requiring the public information campaign to identify specified information relevant to Vibrio and Vibrio infections, to implement processes to ensure the medical community is properly notified and prepared for a Vibrio infection, and to provide a Web site for additional information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 322 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Black Fly Management and Control - Washington County [SB-801]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a program to control the spread of black flies in the State; requiring that the program be implemented initially on specified property in Washington County; requiring the Department, in conjunction with the Department of Entomology in the University of Maryland, to conduct the program in a specified manner; authorizing the Department to accept, use, or expend any aid, gift, or grant made available from any private or public source to implement the program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/23/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Natural Gas Severance Tax and Impact Account [SB-712]
Imposing a tax on the production of natural gas from specified wells in the State; setting the rate of the tax at 2.5% of the gross fair market value of natural gas produced at the wellhead; providing for the administration of the tax by the Comptroller; providing for the distribution of revenue from the tax; establishing the Natural Gas Impact Account as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Oil and Gas Fund; requiring the Department of the Environment to administer the Account; specifying the contents of the Account; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Oyster Shell Recycling - Credit Amount [SB-694]
Increasing the amount of a specified credit against the State income tax from $1 to $5 for each bushel of oyster shells recycled during the taxable year; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 193 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Trust and Chesapeake Conservation Corps - Funding [SB-600]
Increasing, from $250,000 to $375,000, the amount the Chesapeake Bay Trust is required to receive each fiscal year from the Environmental Trust Fund for funding energy conservation projects through the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program; requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority, in consultation with the Chesapeake Bay Trust, to report to the General Assembly on the feasibility of establishing a specified donation program for the benefit of the Chesapeake Bay Trust to which E-ZPass account holders may donate; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 370 on 05/12/2015