Public Works
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Applicability of the Maryland Prevailing Wage Law [SB-290]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
Establishing a Task Force to Study the Applicability of the Maryland Prevailing Wage Law; providing for the membership and cochairs of the Task Force; requiring the Department of Legislative Services, with assistance from the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, to staff the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to examine the current Prevailing Wage Law and how it applies to school construction projects; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 31, 2013; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/08/2013
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Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Jurisdiction over Eminent Domain Cases - Circuit Court [HB-883]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Property Tax ]
Establishing that a circuit court has exclusive, original jurisdiction over all proceedings for the acquisition of private property for public use by condemnation; and providing that specified provisions of the Act establishing jurisdiction apply to property acquired for public use by a private company by the exercise of specified authority granted under federal law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bonds [HB-846]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $40,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of specified public facilities in Carroll County, and to effect such borrowing by issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/16/2013
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Environment - Water Supply and Wastewater Infrastructure - Fund [HB-827]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
Altering a specified funding source for the Maryland Water Quality Revolving Loan Fund and the Maryland Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund; establishing the Water Supply and Wastewater Infrastructure Trust Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Maryland Water Quality Financing Administration in the Department of the Environment to administer the Fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/19/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Calvert County - Public Facilities Bonds [HB-802]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Calvert County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $33,810,000 to finance the construction, improvement, or development of specified public facilities in Calvert County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/16/2013
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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Prevailing Wage MC/PG 112-13 [HB-650]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
Applying provisions of law relating to prevailing wage rates for public work contracts to public work contracts entered into by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission by altering the definition of "public body" to include the Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 630 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Public-Private Partnerships [HB-605]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the policy of the State on public-private partnerships; altering provisions of law relating to public-private partnerships; establishing that the Court of Special Appeals has jurisdiction over specified immediate appeals related to specified public-private partnerships; authorizing a reporting agency to establish a public-private partnership and execute an agreement in connection with any public infrastructure asset; requiring a reporting agency to adopt regulations and establish processes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Galen Clagett
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. (environmental Matters) on 02/15/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Public-Private Partnerships [HB-560]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the policy of the State on public-private partnerships; authorizing a reporting agency to establish a public-private partnership and execute an agreement in connection with specified functions, services, or assets; requiring a reporting agency to adopt regulations and establish processes for the development, solicitation, evaluation, award, and delivery of public-private partnerships; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 5 on 04/09/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Washington County - Public Facilities Bonds [HB-546]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County to borrow not more than $60,000,000 in order to finance the cost of the construction, improvement, or development of specified public facilities in Washington County and to effect that borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/16/2013
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Local Government Article [HB-472]
[Community Development ]
Adding a new article to the Annotated Code of Maryland, to be designated and known as the "Local Government Article", to revise, restate, and recodify the laws of the State relating to local governments; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 119 on 04/09/2013
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Construction Safety and Health Training - Public Work Contracts [HB-330]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring specified individuals performing work on public work projects to complete construction safety training; requiring contractors, before beginning work on a public work contract, to provide a certification to a public body indicating that each individual working on the site has completed the construction safety training course within the past 5 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 03/19/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Public Facility Bonds [HB-288]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to borrow not more than $30,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of specified public facilities in St. Mary's County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 96 on 04/09/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Development Plan - Repeal [HB-252]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
Repealing a requirement that the Department of Planning prepare and revise specified plans for the development of the State for specified purposes and based on specified studies; repealing a requirement that the Department seek comments from and consult with specified local governments and seek the cooperation and advice of specified persons when preparing and revising a specified Plan; repealing a provision stating that the Plan shall embody specified policy recommendations of the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 02/25/2013
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Procurement - Purchase of American Manufactured Goods [HB-191]
[Manufacturing ]
[Trade ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the State procurement law to grant a preference for American manufactured goods in State contracting; requiring a public body to require that specified contractors and subcontractors use or supply American manufactured goods under specified procurements; requiring a public body to give a specified notice; requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations regarding the granting of a preference for the use of American manufactured goods; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 438 on 05/16/2013
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Procurement - Occupational Safety and Health Prequalification [HB-1486]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to develop and adopt by regulation a specified safety questionnaire and safety rating system; requiring the Department to calculate by using a specified safety rating system the safety rating that a prospective bidder or offeror has attained on a specified safety questionnaire; providing that a prospective bidder or offeror that attains a specified safety rating is deemed to have prequalified to submit a bid or an offer on specified contracts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Rereferred To Economic Matters on 03/20/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - City of Seat Pleasant Public Works Facility [HB-1381]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Seat Pleasant for the planning, design, construction, renovation, and capital equipping of the City of Seat Pleasant Public Works Facility, located in Seat Pleasant; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/08/2013
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Maryland Public Art Initiative Program - Selection of Art for Capital Projects [HB-1337]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Providing that artwork funded by the Maryland Public Art Initiative Program is the property of the Maryland Commission on Public Art; providing that the Commission is responsible for the inventory, maintenance, and preservation of specified artwork; requiring the State to include public art in all construction projects and major renovation projects under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 530 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Transportation - Capital Projects - Life Cycle Cost Analysis [HB-1325]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to adopt regulations to establish a methodology for applying life cycle cost analysis to the evaluation of specified pavement projects; requiring that the methodology address specified matters; requiring the Department to utilize the results of the life cycle cost analysis for specified projects; defining a term; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Wood
Third Reading Passed (128-9) on 04/04/2013
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Procurement - Competitive Sealed Proposals - Construction Contracts - Economic Inclusion Plans [HB-1319]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Requiring specified universities to follow specified provisions of law regarding procurements for construction contracts; authorizing the use of competitive sealed proposals for procurements for construction; requiring specified procurements to comply with specified provisions of law regarding competitive sealed proposals; requiring specified offerors and contractors to make a specified effort to comply with provisions of law regarding minority business enterprise; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/21/2013
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Task Force to Study the Applicability of the Maryland Prevailing Wage Law [HB-1098]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
Establishing a Task Force to Study the Applicability of the Maryland Prevailing Wage Law; providing for the membership and cochairs of the Task Force; requiring the Department of Legislative Services, with assistance from the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, to staff the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report its findings on or before December 31, 2013, relating to the effect of the Maryland Prevailing Wage Law on school construction to the Governor and committees of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 402 on 05/02/2013