HB-2038: Relating to certain offenses relating to disturbing or taking marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell or disturbing oyster beds or fishing waters; increasing the criminal penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Drew Darby
Effective Immediately on 06/10/2019
You have voted HB-2038: Relating to certain offenses relating to disturbing or taking marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell or disturbing oyster beds or fishing waters; increasing the criminal penalty..
Natural Resources - Oysters - County Oyster Committees [SB-964]
Repealing specified provisions of law relating to county oyster committees and a statewide committee of oystermen; requiring the active licensed oyster harvesters of each tidewater county to elect a county oyster committee; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources, on request of a county oyster committee, to take specified oyster harvesting actions by public notice; etc.
SB-964: Natural Resources - Oysters - County Oyster Committees
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/18/2016
Oyster Poaching - Administrative Penalties - Gear Violations [SB-957]
Repealing the offense of taking oysters with specified gear in specified areas that is subject to specified enhanced administrative penalties; and establishing the offense of taking oysters with a power dredge in specified areas that is subject to specified enhanced administrative penalties.
Natural Resources - Oyster Poaching - Administrative Penalties [SB-956]
Repealing the grounds for revocation of an authorization to catch oysters, in accordance with a tidal fish license, for oyster poaching and requiring the Department of Natural Resources, after specified consultation, to adopt regulations establishing the grounds for specified administrative penalties for oyster poaching; requiring the grounds established by the Department to include specified egregious or repeat violations; repealing a time frame within which the Department is required to hold a hearing on specified matters; etc.
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.
SB-937: Sustainable Oyster Population and Fishery Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 703 on 05/28/2016
Income Tax - Oyster Shell Recycling - Credit Amount [SB-188]
Increasing the maximum amount of the credit from $750 to $5,000 that an individual or corporation may claim against the State income tax for the recycling of oyster shells; and providing that the Act shall apply to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.
SB-188: Income Tax - Oyster Shell Recycling - Credit Amount
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 2/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2016
Natural Resources - Oyster Poaching - Administrative Penalties [HB-953]
Repealing the grounds for revocation of an authorization to catch oysters, in accordance with a tidal fish license, for oyster poaching and requiring the Department of Natural Resources, after specified consultation, to adopt regulations establishing the grounds for specified administrative penalties for oyster poaching; requiring the grounds established by the Department to include specified egregious or repeat violations; repealing a time frame within which the Department is required to hold a hearing on specified matters; etc.
Oyster Poaching - Administrative Penalties - Gear Violations [HB-918]
Repealing the offense of taking oysters with gear that is prohibited in that area that is subject to specified enhanced administrative penalties; and establishing the offense of taking oysters with a power dredge or other dredge gear in an area reserved for another type of gear that is subject to specified enhanced administrative penalties.
Aquaculture - Liability for Trespass [HB-799]
Establishing that specified persons who enter in a specified manner an area leased to another person for aquaculture purposes and cause specified harm are liable to the leaseholder or any agent, employee, business partner, or contractor of the leaseholder for specified civil damages in the same manner that the persons would be liable to the leaseholder of the lease for specified civil damages.
HB-799: Aquaculture - Liability for Trespass
Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony O'Donnell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 278 on 04/26/2016
Natural Resources - County Oyster Committees [HB-758]
Altering the structure, membership, and duties of county oyster committees in the State; repealing specified selection processes and establishing an election process for county oyster committees; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to report to each county oyster committee on or before February 28 of each year, the total amounts of the oyster surcharge and the oyster taxes collected, and the statewide revenues used for activities undertaken to restore and manage the oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay; etc.
HB-758: Natural Resources - County Oyster Committees
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/04/2016
Income Tax - Oyster Shell Recycling - Credit Amount [HB-427]
Increasing the maximum amount of the credit from $750 to $5,000 that an individual or corporation may claim against the State income tax for the recycling of oyster shells; and providing that the Act shall apply to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.
HB-427: Income Tax - Oyster Shell Recycling - Credit Amount
Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Sophocleus
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2016
Oysters and Clams - Dredging by Auxiliary Yawl - Authorized Boats [HB-319]
Clarifying that specified provisions of law governing dredging by use of an auxiliary yawl apply only to specified boats; establishing specified standards for dredge boats that harvest oysters and clams by use of an auxiliary yawl; repealing the requirement that specified persons attach specified numbers to specified boats in a specified manner; and making specified conforming changes.
HB-319: Oysters and Clams - Dredging by Auxiliary Yawl - Authorized Boats
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 260 on 04/26/2016