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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Insurance - Bail Bondsmen - Installment Agreements [HB-1050]
Establishing a minimum 35% required down payment in connection with specified bail bond installment agreements; providing a maximum term of 15 months for the agreements; requiring a specified bail bondsman to file a civil action for specified relief under specified circumstances; and qualifying the actions that a bail bondsman shall take with respect to specified collections by requiring the bail bondsman to make specified efforts to obtain judgment under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jalisi
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/16/2015
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Private Process Servers - Licensing [SB-838]
Requiring any individual who provides private process service to be licensed by the Secretary of State Police; providing for the terms and renewals of the licenses, qualifications for and duties of licensees, and required records of a licensee; establishing administrative, financial, and surety bond requirements for a licensed private process server; providing for the denial, suspension, or revocation of private process server licenses and the reprimand of or assessment of a fine on licensees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Frosh
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/20/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Government - Human Trafficking Address Confidentiality Program [SB-818]
Requiring the Secretary of State to establish the Human Trafficking Address Confidentiality Program for victims of human trafficking; stating the purpose of the Program; establishing eligibility requirements of the Program; establishing application and participation requirements of the Program; requiring an applicant to provide a specified release and waiver of future claims against the State; prohibiting false statements in an application; establishing penalties for a violation of specified provisions of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 344 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Real Property - Ground Rents [SB-1095]
Altering a specified definition for purposes of specified provisions of law prohibiting nonjudicial actions to take possession of property; repealing specified provisions of law providing that the establishment of a lien is the remedy for nonpayment of a ground rent on specified residential property; altering the manner of giving specified notice; authorizing the holder of a ground rent in arrears to be reimbursed for specified expenses under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Frosh
Senators Frosh, Raskin, And Shank on 04/07/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland False Claims Act [HB-867]
Prohibiting specified actions constituting false claims against a governmental entity; providing specified penalties for making false claims; requiring the court to consider and give special attention to specified factors in determining the amount of fines and penalties to be levied under the Act; authorizing a person and the governmental entity to file a civil action against a person that makes a specified false claim under specified circumstances; providing that this Act does not apply to specified claims, records or statements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Motion Postpone Indefinitely (senator Brinkley) Adopted (26-20) on 04/07/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Courts - Attorneys - Subpoena Procedures and Forms for Circuit Courts [HB-857]
Authorizing an attorney or any other officer of the court entitled to the issuance of a subpoena by a clerk of a court to obtain from the clerk of the court a subpoena that is signed and sealed by the clerk of court; authorizing the attorney or other officer of the court to photocopy or otherwise copy and use a specified subpoena for service; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/26/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Government - Human Trafficking Address Confidentiality Program [HB-559]
Requiring the Secretary of State to establish the Human Trafficking Address Confidentiality Program for victims of human trafficking; stating the purpose of the Program; establishing eligibility requirements of the Program; establishing application and participation requirements of the Program; requiring an applicant to provide a specified release and waiver of future claims against the State; prohibiting false statements in an application; establishing penalties for a violation of specified provisions of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 345 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Real Property - Ground Rents [HB-1529]
Repealing provisions of law providing that the establishment of a lien is the remedy for nonpayment of a ground rent on specified residential property; altering the application of provisions of law requiring a landlord of a ground lease to give notice to specified persons when the ground rent is in arrears; authorizing the holder of a ground rent in arrears to be reimbursed for specified expenses under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Financial Crimes Against Vulnerable and Elder Adults - Petition to Freeze Assets [HB-1371]
Authorizing a State's Attorney to file a petition to freeze assets of a defendant charged with a specified financial crime involving a vulnerable or elder adult under specified circumstances; requiring that a petition to freeze assets be served in accordance with the Maryland Rules and include specified information; requiring that a petition to freeze assets be mailed to specified lienholders and specified financial institutions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Business Occupations and Professions - Private Process Servers - Registration [HB-1293]
Requiring an individual to be registered with the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation before providing private process service in the State; establishing specified application requirements to be registered as a private process server; authorizing the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to deny, suspend, or revoke a registration or reprimand or fine a registrant under specified circumstances; establishing specified exceptions to specified registration requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Discovery - Disclosures Regarding Anonymous Internet Communications [HB-1221]
Providing that, in a specified civil action in which a party alleges that an anonymous individual has engaged in Internet communications that are tortious, a party seeking information identifying the anonymous communicator shall file a specified subpoena and supporting materials in the court under specified circumstances; requiring the party to include a copy of communications that are the subject of the subpoena; requiring the party to serve specified documents on and provide specified payment to a specified person; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/13/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Service of Process [HB-1077]
Authorizing a constable or sheriff who is serving a summons in specified landlord and tenant actions to effect service by affixing an attested copy of the summons conspicuously on the common area entrance of a multiple unit property under specified circumstances; establishing that a specified method of serving process at a multiple unit property is conclusively presumed to be sufficient service to support specified actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters; Withdrawn on 03/13/2014
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Courts - Service of Process - Driver of Motor Vehicle or Driver's Estate [SB-891]
Designating a motor vehicle insurer or the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund as the agent for a driver or the estate of the driver with regard to a subpoena, summons, or other process issued in an action involving a motor vehicle under specified circumstances; authorizing process to be served on a motor vehicle insurer or the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund under specified circumstances; and applying the Act to a case filed on or after October 1, 2013.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Courts - Baltimore City Sheriff and Fees for Filing and Service of Process [SB-846]
Altering the type and the number of specified employee positions to which the Baltimore City Sheriff may appoint employees; increasing a specified annual expense allowance for specified deputy sheriffs; altering specified surcharges on filing fees in the District Court in Baltimore City; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 325 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Business Occupations and Professions - Private Process Service - Licensing and Certification [SB-554]
Requiring the licensure as a private process service agency of any person who provides specified private process service; providing for the terms and renewals of the licenses, qualifications for and duties of licensees, display of licenses, and required records of a licensee; establishing specified administrative, financial, and surety bond requirements for a licensed private process service agency; establishing qualifications for and duties of certified private process servers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Frosh
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Courts - Service of Process - Increase in Sheriff's Fees - Distribution to Rental Allowance Program Fund [SB-156]
Increasing fees for service of process of papers by a sheriff; requiring that $10 of the fees be distributed to a fund established for the Rental Allowance Program of the Department of Housing and Community Development; establishing the Rental Allowance Program Fund; specifying that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund; providing that the money in the Fund may be used only for specified purposes; adding the Fund to the list of funds the interest earnings of which are exempt from accruing to the General Fund of the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Brochin
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/18/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Family Law - Protective Orders - Notification of Service - Sunset Extension [SB-1001]
Extending to the end of December 31, 2016, the termination date of provisions of law that provide for notice of service on a respondent of specified protective orders.
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 79 on 04/09/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Landlord and Tenant - Commencement of Actions to Repossess [HB-968]
Providing that a landlord may file a written complaint to repossess for failure to pay rent no sooner than 3 days after the day unpaid rent is due and payable; altering the time after which a trial may be held in District Court from 5 to 10 days after the filing of a complaint for an action to repossess for failure to pay rent; altering the process by which a summons is served on a tenant in actions to repossess for failure to pay rent, holding over, and breach of lease; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Frush
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/11/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Financial Crimes Against Vulnerable and Elder Adults - Petition to Freeze Assets [HB-866]
Authorizing a State's Attorney to file a petition to freeze assets of a defendant charged with a specified financial crime involving a vulnerable or elder adult under specified circumstances; requiring that a petition to freeze assets be served in accordance with the Maryland Rules and include specified information; authorizing a court to grant a petition to freeze assets and issue an order to freeze assets under specified circumstances; requiring that an order to freeze assets remain in effect for a specified period of time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/20/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Courts - Service of Process - Increase in Sheriff's Fees - Distribution to Rental Allowance Program Fund [HB-192]
Increasing fees for service of process of papers by a sheriff; requiring that $10 of the fees be distributed to a fund established for the Rental Allowance Program of the Department of Housing and Community Development; establishing the Rental Allowance Program Fund; specifying that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund; providing that the money in the Fund may be used only for specified purposes; adding the Fund to the list of funds the interest earnings of which are exempt from accruing to the General Fund of the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary Withdrawn on 02/18/2013