Personal Representatives
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Funeral Establishments Owned by a Single Owner - Pre-Need Trustee Licenses and Public Notification of Death [SB-648]
Requiring the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to issue an executor license to an applicant if the applicant is the appointed personal representative of a deceased surviving spouse's estate under specified circumstances; requiring an applicant for an executor license to submit to the Board within a specified time period the name of a licensed funeral director or mortician who has agreed to apply for a specified pre-need trustee license; requiring the Board to provide for the term of an executor license; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 322 on 05/05/2014
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Estates and Trusts - Personal Representatives and Guardians - Standards [SB-321]
Defining "serious crime" to provide that a register of wills or court may not grant letters of administration to a person convicted of a crime that reflects adversely on an individual's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness to perform the duties of a personal representative; providing an exception; prohibiting a court, unless good cause is shown, from appointing, as a guardian of the person of a minor or disabled person, a person who has been convicted of a specified crime; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Getty
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 291 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Estates - Closing - Statement of Compensation and Reporting of Income (Mike Cady Act) [SB-23]
Requiring a court or a register of wills, after an estate has been closed, to provide to the personal representative of the estate a document stating the amount of compensation received by the personal representative and informing the personal representative that the compensation is income that must be reported to the Internal Revenue Service; requiring a court or register of wills to send a copy of the document to the Internal Revenue Service and the Office of the Comptroller; applying the Act only prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/24/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Victims of Crime - Legal Representatives of Minors and Disabled and Elderly Persons [HB-705]
Authorizing a personal representative to request specified compensation, restitution, or financial property interest for a decedent who was a victim of a crime; providing that the rights, duties, and powers of a guardian of the person of a minor shall include serving as a victim's representative under specified circumstances; authorizing a court to order a guardian of the person of a specified person with a disability to serve as a victim's representative under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Personal Representatives and Guardians - Standards [HB-656]
Defining "serious crime" to provide that a register of wills or court may not grant letters of administration to a person convicted of a crime that reflects adversely on an individual's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness to perform the duties of a personal representative; providing an exception; prohibiting a court, unless good cause is shown, from appointing, as a guardian of the person of a minor or disabled person, a person who has been convicted of a specified crime; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Sentencing Procedures - Statement by Victim or Victim's Representative (Alex's Law) [HB-31]
Requiring, in a sentencing or disposition hearing, a court to allow a victim or the victim's representative to address the court under oath before the imposition of sentence or other disposition under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Smigiel
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/21/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Funeral Establishments Owned by a Single Owner - Pre-Need Trustee Licenses and Public Notification of Death [HB-1042]
Requiring the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to issue an executor license to an applicant if the applicant is the appointed personal representative of a deceased surviving spouse's estate under specified circumstances; requiring an applicant for an executor license to submit to the Board within a specified time period the name of a licensed funeral director or mortician who has agreed to apply for a specified pre-need trustee license; requiring the Board to provide for the term of an executor license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Estates - Closing - Statement of Compensation and Reporting of Income (The Mike Cady Act) [SB-982]
Requiring a court or a register of wills, after an estate has been closed, to provide the personal representative of the estate a document stating the amount of compensation received by the personal representative and informing the personal representative that the compensation is income that must be reported to the Internal Revenue Service; applying the Act only prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Personal Representative - Administration of Internet-Based Accounts [SB-29]
Authorizing a personal representative to take control of, conduct, continue, or terminate an account of a decedent on a social networking Web site, microblogging or short message service Web site, or electronic mail service Web site.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/18/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Modified Administration and Inheritance Tax [SB-170]
Altering the circumstances under which a personal representative of an estate may file for an election for modified administration; providing that, if a personal representative discovers property after the time for filing a verified final report, the representative shall file a report and make a final distribution of the property within specified time periods; providing that an application to prepay inheritance tax for a subsequent interest may be filed with the register of the county where an information report was filed; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennie Forehand
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/27/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Modified Administration and Inheritance Tax [HB-858]
Altering the circumstances under which a personal representative of an estate may file for an election for modified administration; providing that, if a personal representative discovers property after the time for filing a verified final report, the representative shall file a report and make a final distribution of the property within specified time periods; providing that an application to prepay inheritance tax for a subsequent interest may be filed with the register of the county where an information report was filed; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 645 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Filing on Behalf of Deceased Person [HB-187]
Authorizing a person's attorney or personal representative to file a petition for expungement on behalf of the person if the person died before disposition of the underlying charge by nolle prosequi or dismissal; and providing for the retroactive application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Kelly
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Commercial Fishing Licenses, Authorizations, and Permits [HB-1372]
Requiring that specified appropriations for fishery management purposes be allocated in a specified manner between the recreational and commercial fisheries; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to assess specified costs on specified commercial fishing licensees; repealing a provision of law that limits the number of participants in the commercial and charter boat fishery; establishing a $50 application fee for the transfer of a commercial fishing license or authorization; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Transfers - Recordation and Transfer Taxes [SB-328]
Altering a prohibition on the imposition of taxes on property transfers by a personal representative without consideration or the recordation of instruments effecting those transfers; prohibiting the imposition of specified taxes on specified transfers of real property to or from specified trusts or the recordation of instruments effecting those transfers; providing exemptions under the recordation tax and State transfer tax relating to specified transfers from an estate and specified transfers to or from specified trusts; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Kasemeyer
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Transfers - Recordation and Transfer Taxes [HB-521]
Altering a prohibition on the imposition of taxes on property transfers by a personal representative without consideration or the recordation of instruments effecting those transfers; prohibiting the imposition of specified taxes on specified transfers of real property to or from specified trusts or the recordation of instruments effecting those transfers; providing exemptions under the recordation tax and State transfer tax relating to specified transfers from an estate and specified transfers to or from specified trusts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Vallario
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 04/11/2011
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Transfers - Recordation and Transfer Taxes [SB-929]
Altering a prohibition on the imposition of taxes on property transfers by a personal representative without consideration or the recordation of instruments effecting those transfers; prohibiting the imposition of specified taxes on specified transfers of real property to or from specified trusts or the recordation of instruments effecting those transfers; providing exemptions under the recordation tax and State transfer tax relating to specified transfers from an estate and specified transfers to or from specified trusts; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Kasemeyer
Re-referred Ways And Means on 04/07/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Construction of References in Will or Trust to Federal [SB-337]
Establishing that specified provisions in a will or trust of a decedent who dies after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2011, shall be deemed to refer to the federal estate tax or generation-skipping tax laws on December 31, 2009; providing for the application and construction of specified provisions of the Act; authorizing a personal representative or interested person to bring a proceeding to construe specified provisions in a will or other instrument; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Frosh
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act (Loretta's Law) [SB-309]
Repealing provisions of law relating to durable powers of attorney; establishing the Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act; establishing that a specified agent is not required to disclose specified information, with exceptions; requiring an agent to comply with a specified request within a specified time period under specified circumstances; authorizing a principal or an interested person to file a specified petition for injunctive relief in a specified court under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Uniform Power of Attorney Act [HB-483]
Repealing specified provisions of law relating to durable powers of attorney; establishing the Uniform Power of Attorney Act; establishing exceptions to the application of the Act; establishing that a power of attorney created under the Act is durable unless the power of attorney contains a specified provision; requiring a power of attorney to be signed by the principal or a specified other individual; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary Withdrawn on 03/27/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Construction of References in Will or Trust to Federal [HB-449]
Establishing that specified provisions in a will or trust of a decedent who dies after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2011, shall be deemed to refer to the federal estate tax or generation-skipping tax laws on December 31, 2009; providing for the application and construction of specified provisions of the Act; authorizing a personal representative or interested person to bring a proceeding to construe specified provisions in a will or other instrument; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/20/2010