Natural Resources - Generally
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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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Program Open Space - Attainment of Acquisition Goals - Local Government Apportionment and Use of Funds [SB-116]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Providing that a local government may spend 100 percent of its future annual apportionment on development projects and capital renewal after it has exceeded its acquisition goals under Program Open Space; requiring the Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation to review the State's specified standard for land acquisition to determine if adjustments to the standard would encourage additional land acquisition; requiring a specified report by the Joint Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 406 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Forest Conservation Act - Forest Conservation Thresholds and Afforestation and Reforestation Requirements [SB-29]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
Clarifying that units of local government with planning and zoning authority may adopt specified forest conservation thresholds and afforestation and reforestation requirements as part of its local forest conservation program that are more stringent than specified forest conservation thresholds and afforestation and reforestation requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Pinsky
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 794 on 05/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vessels - Operating While Under the Influence of or Impaired by Alcohol or Drugs [SB-30]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Extending to all vessels the application of specified alcohol- and drug-related offenses.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 01/30/2017
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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
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
Chesapeake Bay Restoration - Federal Budget Blueprint Funding Reductions - Rescission Request [HJR-10]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
Expressing the opposition of the General Assembly to the drastic cuts to the funding of the Chesapeake Bay Program and specified other programs proposed by the President of the United States in the federal budget blueprint for fiscal year 2018; urging the Governor to publicly oppose the drastic cuts proposed by the President to the funding of specified programs; and requiring specified committees of the General Assembly to monitor and make recommendations regarding federal budget proposals and actions affecting the Chesapeake Bay.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Third Reading Passed (132-9) on 04/10/2017