Natural Resources - Generally
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources Police Force - Nonfull-Time Officers [HB-1399]
Establishing an exception for nonfull-time police officers of the Natural Resources Police Force to the prohibition against a law enforcement agency employing an individual as a police officer for a specified period of time unless the individual is certified by the Police Training Commission if the nonfull-time police officers perform law enforcement activities under the same duty assignment as an officer who is certified by the Commission; declaring the intent of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/05/2013
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Maryland Hydraulic Fracturing Moratorium and Right to Know Act of 2013 [HB-1274]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/14/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2013 [HB-1086]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. (environmental Matters) on 03/08/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Frederick County - Forest Conservation Act - Application to Public School Property [HB-1025]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2013
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Commission to Rename Negro Mountain [HJR-12]
Establishing a commission to rename Negro Mountain; providing for the membership of the commission; and requiring the commission to provide certain information to the Governor, the General Assembly, the Maryland State Archives, the Maryland Geological Survey, and the Department of Natural Resources on or before December 31, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 2/24 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Electric Facilities - Study and Procedures [HB-1390]
Requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to require the Department of Natural Resources within 60 days of the filing of a certain application with the Public Service Commission to complete a certain independent environmental and socioeconomic project assessment report and any other additional required study; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources and the Secretary of the Environment to forward certain information to the Public Service Commission in accordance with a certain procedural schedule adopted by the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Program [HB-1534]
Establishing the Urban Agriculture Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to increase the viability of urban farming and improve access to urban-grown foods; establishing an Urban Agriculture Grant Fund to provide grants to nonprofit organizations in Baltimore City to implement the Program; requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to administer the Fund; authorizing the distribution of up to $400,000 to the Fund for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Third Reading Passed (130-0) on 03/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Natural Resources - SAV Protection Zones and Hydraulic Clam Dredges (Aquatic Habitat Protection Act) [HB-1306]
Authorizing the Secretary of Natural Resources to adopt regulations to define and govern the use of hydraulic clam dredges, subject to certain requirements; increasing the frequency with which the Department of Natural Resources must update the delineations of SAV protection zones; requiring the updated delineations to include areas where submerged aquatic vegetation has been mapped by certain aerial surveys in at least 1 of the previous 5 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Climate Solutions Act of 2020 – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act [HB-1425]
Increasing the greenhouse gas emissions reductions that the State must achieve by 2030; requiring the State to achieve net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt a final plan that reduces statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030 and sets the State on a path toward achieving net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, on or before December 31, 2020; establishing the Climate Jobs Working Group; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Natural Resources – Tree Expert License – Eligibility Criteria [HB-1311]
Altering the eligibility criteria for an applicant for a tree expert license to be issued a license.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 456 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Forest Conservation - Mel Noland Woodland Incentives Fund - Distribution of Agricultural Land Transfer Tax Revenue [HB-1146]
Requiring that the agricultural land transfer tax revenue attributable to transfers of parcels of land that are at least 80% woodland, rather than entirely woodland, be remitted by each county to the Comptroller for certain purposes; increasing, from $200,000 to $500,000, the annual amount of certain revenue that is remitted to the Comptroller from the agricultural land transfer tax that is deposited into the Mel Noland Woodland Incentives Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vessels - Certificate of Title - Transfer-on-Death Beneficiary Designation [SB-998]
Authorizing a sole owner of a vessel to designate a beneficiary to take ownership of the vessel on the death of the owner; providing that a beneficiary may be indicated on a certificate of title for a vessel by the words "transfer-on-death" or "TOD" after the name of the registered owner; providing that designating a beneficiary does not affect ownership of a vessel until the death of the owner; authorizing the owner of a vessel to cancel or change the designation of a beneficiary without the consent of the beneficiary; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Coast Smart Siting and Design Criteria - Private Construction or Reconstruction Projects - Application [HB-1080]
Applying Coast Smart siting and design criteria to certain private construction or reconstruction projects beginning July 1, 2021; exempting certain private construction or reconstruction projects from the application of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Use of Public Funds – Playground and Athletic Field Surfaces – Authorizations, Preferences, and Prohibitions
(Safe and Healthy Fields Act) [HB-1098]
Authorizing certain funds under Program Open Space to be used for the maintenance and upkeep of certain grass athletic fields and drainage systems on land owned by the State; 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; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing Canceled on 02/21/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of Natural Resources - Acquisition of Land, Water, or Easements in Garrett and Allegany Counties - Subdivision of Property [HB-925]
Establishing that, for certain areas of water or land or easements that have been subdivided in Garrett County or Allegany County, the Department of Natural Resources may acquire the area only if the acquisition of the area will not, when added to the acreage of any other areas or easements the Department has acquired from that subdivision over the previous 5 years, exceed 100 acres, subject to approval by the county.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Land Use Documents - Certification PG/MC 104-20 [HB-1015]
Requiring certain land use regulations applicable in Montgomery County to require that certain persons sign a certain certification under penalty of perjury for certain land use documents submitted to the Montgomery County Planning Board; and establishing the content of the certification.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Community Parks and Playgrounds Program - Baltimore County and Howard County - Expansion [SB-962]
Altering the purpose of the Community Parks and Playgrounds Program to include making flexible grants available to the governing bodies of Baltimore County and Howard County for certain purposes; and altering a certain public policy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing Canceled on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Climate Solutions Act of 2020 – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act [SB-926]
Increasing the greenhouse gas emissions reductions that the State must achieve by 2030; requiring the State to achieve net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt a final plan that reduces statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030 and sets the State on a path toward achieving net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, on or before December 31, 2020; establishing the Climate Jobs Workgroup; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of Natural Resources - Acquisition of Land, Water, or Easements in Garrett and Allegany Counties - Subdivision of Property [SB-864]
Establishing that, for certain areas of water or land or easements that have been subdivided in Garrett County or Allegany County, the Department of Natural Resources may acquire the area only if the acquisition of the area will not, when added to the acreage of any other areas or easements the Department has acquired from that subdivision over the previous 5 years, exceed 100 acres, subject to approval by the county.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Allegany County and Garrett County - Definition of "Tree Expert" - Alteration [SB-867]
Altering the definition of "tree expert" to exclude, in Allegany County and Garrett County, a person who, for the immediately preceding 3 years, has participated in a certain program and has been engaged continuously in the practice of timber harvesting, carries certain liability and property damage insurance, and is compensated for cutting, trimming, or removing certain trees on private property.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020