Natural Resources - Generally
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Trust - Powers and Duties - Member Terms [HB-121]
Specifying that the two-term limit for members of the Board of Trustees of the Chesapeake Bay Trust applies only to consecutive terms; and repealing a limitation on the ability of the Chesapeake Bay Trust to solicit or accept a gift, bequest, or lease of real or personal property.
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Task Force to Study the Impact of Ocean Acidification on State Waters [HB-118]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Impact of Ocean Acidification on State Waters; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force, including one member each from the Senate and House of Delegates of Maryland; requiring the Task Force to analyze specified information and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or before January 1, 2015; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Shale Gas Drilling Safety Review Act of 2014 [HB-1122]
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas until specified conditions are met; requiring the Department of the Environment and the Department of Natural Resources to issue a specified risk assessment at the same time a specified report is issued; authorizing the Department of the Environment to establish and collect a specified fee under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Vessel Excise Tax - Waterway Improvement Fund [SB-90]
Limiting the amount of the vessel excise tax to $15,000 for any vessel; altering the distribution of motor fuel tax revenue; requiring the Comptroller, after making specified distributions, to distribute 0.5% of the revenue to the Waterway Improvement Fund; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to submit reports describing the effect of the limitation on the vessel excise tax; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Gas Severance Tax and Impact Account [SB-879]
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 gross fair market value of natural gas produced; 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.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Project Open Space - Use of Funds - Artificial Turf Surfaces [SB-877]
Prohibiting the use of specified funds under Program Open Space to build new or to replace specified athletic fields with artificial or synthetic turf surfaces; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Environment - Gas and Oil Drilling - Financial Assurance [SB-854]
Requiring a specified permit application to include a specified closure cost estimate; repealing specified bonding requirements; requiring a holder of a permit to drill for gas or oil to comply with specified requirements under specified circumstances; requiring a specified permit holder to provide specified financial assurance in accordance with specified requirements; requiring a specified permit holder's financial assurance to extend to specified owners and to cover specified acts and omissions; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Property and Casualty Insurance - Vessel Liability Coverage - Required [SB-763]
Authorizing vessel liability insurance in the State; providing for the types of basic and additional coverage under a policy of vessel liability insurance; requiring specified minimum security for specified vessels that are principally operated in the waters of the State; providing for the required form and benefits under the security; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to accept specified forms of security; providing that a violation of specified provisions of the Act is a misdemeanor; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vessels - Operating While Under the Influence of or Impaired by Alcohol or Drugs [SB-74]
Providing that specified alcohol- or drug-related offenses apply to a person operating a vessel propelled only by sail.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Licensed Tree Expert - License Renewal - Continuing Education Requirement [SB-692]
Requiring a licensed tree expert to complete specified continuing education requirements to qualify for license renewal; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to maintain specified records for each licensed tree expert; requiring the Department to update specified records when a document of completion is approved; requiring the Department to mail a renewal application form to a licensed tree expert under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Maryland Hydraulic Fracturing Moratorium and Right to Know Act of 2013 [SB-601]
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas until specified conditions are met; requiring the Department of the Environment and the Department of Natural Resources to issue a specified risk assessment at the same time a specified report is issued; authorizing the Department of the Environment to establish and collect a specified fee under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2013 [SB-576]
Requiring specified stores to charge and collect a 5-cent fee for each disposable carryout bag the store provides to a customer; authorizing specified stores to retain a specified amount of the fee; requiring the operator of specified stores to remit a specified amount of money to the Comptroller; and requiring the Comptroller to distribute specified amounts of money to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, the Chesapeake Bay Trust, and eligible counties under specified circumstances.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Frederick County - Forest Conservation Act - Application to Public School Property [SB-564]
Establishing that the State Forest Conservation Act does not apply to activity on land owned or leased for use by the Frederick County public school system if the Frederick County Board of Education makes a specified written determination.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Nuisance Organisms - Penalties [SB-547]
Creating a separate criminal offense for each nuisance organism imported or possessed in violation of specified provisions of law or regulation; and establishing a total maximum fine of $25,000 for offenses arising out of the same enforcement action.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Wetlands and Riparian Rights - Licenses and Permits for Nonwater-Dependent Projects on State or Private Wetlands [SB-524]
Altering the requirements for the issuance of a specified license, a specified permit, and a specified building permit for specified nonwater-dependent projects located on State or private wetlands; specifically authorizing the issuance of a specified license, a specified permit, and a specified building permit for specified renewable energy systems under specified circumstances; requiring the Board of Public Works to establish a specified annual compensation rate for specified nonwater-dependent projects; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Gas - Hydraulic Fracturing - Prohibition [SB-514]
Prohibiting a person from engaging in the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas in the State.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Calvert County - Local Forest Conservation Fund - Administrative Costs [SB-457]
Authorizing Calvert County to use money in its local forest conservation fund for the administrative costs, including the payment of staff, directly related to reforestation and afforestation.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vessel Excise Tax - Exemption for Commercial Enterprises Paying the Admissions and Amusement Tax [SB-451]
Providing an exemption from the vessel excise tax for the purchase of a vessel by a commercial enterprise if the use of the vessel will require the payment of at least 50% of the value of the exemption in admissions and amusement tax; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations; requiring the Department to report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31 each year; providing that the Act applies to vessels purchased after June 30, 2013; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Agriculture - Management-Intensive Farming and Grazing [SB-364]
Requiring the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service to provide a dedicated extension agent to assist individuals with the adoption of management-intensive farming and grazing practices; requiring the Governor to provide at least $500,000 each year to support the Department of Agriculture's activities related to management-intensive farming and grazing, beginning in fiscal year 2015; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program - Funding Extension [SB-27]
Repealing the limitations on the requirement to provide specified funding in specified fiscal years to the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program for specified purposes from the Environmental Trust Fund; requiring specified funding for the Corps Program each fiscal year; extending the termination date of a specified surcharge on electrical energy distributed to retail electric customers in the State; etc.