Real Property
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Residential Property - Foreclosure Process - Filing Requirements - Mediation Procedures [HB-1046]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering specified timing requirements for filing an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property; authorizing the Office of Administrative Hearings to hold a prehearing conference before a prefile mediation session and before a postfile mediation session; and altering the rules of procedure for contested cases of the Office of Administrative Hearings that govern a foreclosure mediation on residential property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2017
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Attorney's Liens - Settlement Providing for Conveyance of Real Property - Enforcement [HB-1077]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a court order establishing an attorney's lien that attaches to a settlement providing only for the conveyance of real property to be recorded in the land records of a specified county; and authorizing a specified attorney's lien to be enforced and foreclosed in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as the foreclosure of specified mortgages or deeds of trust.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Malone
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/17/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Residential Property - Notice of Foreclosure [HB-1048]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring a person authorized to sell residential property subject to foreclosure to file a notice of foreclosure with the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation under specified circumstances; establishing that a notice of foreclosure may be filed through the Foreclosed Property Registry; requiring that the notice of foreclosure contain specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 349 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Real Property - Vacant and Abandoned Property - Expedited Foreclosure [SB-1022]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a secured party to petition the circuit court for leave to immediately commence an action to foreclose the mortgage or deed of trust on specified vacant and abandoned property; authorizing a county, municipal corporation, homeowners association, or condominium to notify a secured party of any vacant and abandoned property located in the county, municipal corporation, homeowners association, or condominium in a specified manner; specifying the contents of a specified notice; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Door-to-Door Sales [SB-929]
[Consumer Protection ]
Recodifying, in part, the definition of "door-to-door sale" as provisions that establish the application of the Maryland Door-to-Door Sales Act; altering the transactions to which the Maryland Door-to-Door Sales Act applies; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 93 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Residential Property - Foreclosure Timelines and Procedures [SB-936]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering requirements for a specified final loss mitigation affidavit; altering the timeline for filing an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property; requiring a specified notice of intent to foreclose to be accompanied by a loss mitigation application for specific loss mitigation programs that are applicable to a specified loan; requiring an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property to include a specified affidavit; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Real Property - New Home Sales - Information on Energy-Efficient Options [HB-970]
[Energy ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring, for a development with 11 or more homes to be built by the same builder, a home builder to provide a purchaser with written information on energy-efficient options available for installation in a new home; and requiring a contract for the initial sale of a new home to contain a specified acknowledgment that the purchaser was provided with specified information about energy-efficient options for the home.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
School Overcrowding Reduction Act of 2017 [SB-994]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Renaming the Maryland Stadium Authority to be the Maryland Construction Authority; authorizing governmental units to request specified assistance from the Authority regarding public school facility construction projects; establishing a design-construct-operate-maintain-finance arrangement as an alternative financing method; providing that specified construction costs that exceed a specified amount per student are ineligible for State funding; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Foreclosed Property Registry - Updated Information - Notice to Local Governments [HB-954]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to establish procedures that require a foreclosure purchaser to send to the Department any updates to the information about or relating to the foreclosure purchaser that was submitted in the initial registration of a residential property with the Foreclosed Property Registry; and requiring the Department, for each registered residential property, to send to specified local governments a copy of the initial registration and notice of any updated information received by the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Floor Amendment {933026/1 (senator Norman) on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Commercial Receivership Act [SB-895]
[Finance ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a court to appoint a receiver under specified circumstances; providing that a specified mortgagee is entitled to the appointment of a receiver; requiring a court to appoint a receiver under specified circumstances; authorizing a court to condition the appointment of a receiver on the giving of a specified security under specified circumstances; authorizing a court to appoint a specified person as an ancillary receiver for specified property; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/23/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Door-to-Door Sales [HB-959]
[Consumer Protection ]
Recodifying, in part, the definition of "door-to-door sale" as provisions that establish the application of the Maryland Door-to-Door Sales Act; altering the transactions to which the Maryland Door-to-Door Sales Act applies; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 94 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Real Property Tax - Assessment Appeals Process - Dwellings [SB-915]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring a hearing on an appeal to a supervisor of assessments concerning the value or classification of a dwelling to occur no later than 120 days after the Department of Assessments and Taxation receives the appeal, unless the property owner requests a postponement; requiring the supervisor to give written notice of the final value or classification to the person who has appealed or filed a petition for review within 60 days after the hearing; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Real Property - Expedited Wrongful Detainer Proceedings - Property for Sale or Lease [SB-1014]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring specified expedited proceedings in a wrongful detainer action if the property that is the subject of the action is, at the time of the complaint, advertised or listed for sale or lease by the complainant; requiring that notice of a hearing on a specified complaint and appeal be served in person or posted conspicuously on the property under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2017
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Residential Property - Notice of Foreclosure [SB-875]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring a person authorized to sell residential property subject to foreclosure to file a notice of foreclosure with the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation under certain circumstances; establishing that a notice of foreclosure may be filed through the Foreclosed Property Registry; establishing that the notice of foreclosure contain specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 348 on 04/18/2017
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Counties and Municipalities - Land Bank Authorities [SB-957]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Altering specified provisions of law concerning the authority of a municipality to establish a land bank authority; making specified provisions of law concerning the establishment of a land bank authority applicable to a municipality or county; authorizing two or more local governments to enter into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement; authorizing a governing body of a county or other taxing authority to transfer specified interest in property to an authority under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 619 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Elective Share of Surviving Spouse [SB-881]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Repealing specified provisions of law relating to a surviving spouse making an election to take a specified share of the net estate of the decedent instead of the property left to the surviving spouse under the will; providing that a surviving spouse may take a specified elective share amount of a specified augmented estate; establishing the priority to be used in determining the sources from which a specified elective share amount is payable; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/13/2017
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Real Property - Mobile Home Parks - Rent Increases [SB-1005]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a specified owner of a mobile home park to provide written notice of any increase in the annual rent for a site to a specified resident, a specified homeowners association, and the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General at least 90 days before the effective date of the increase; authorizing an increase in annual rent to exceed an increase in a specified index only under specified circumstances; requiring a park owner to schedule a specified meeting and provide specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/05/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Debt Collection - Attachment and Execution - Exemptions [SB-950]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the amount of wages of a judgment debtor that are exempt from attachment; altering the exemption from execution on a judgment for specified items necessary for the practice of any trade or profession; altering the exemption from execution on a judgment for specified items that are held primarily for personal, family, or household use; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Senior Apartment Housing Facilities - Baltimore City - Security Guard Services [HB-948]
[Housing ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the property management company of each senior apartment housing facility in Baltimore City to contract with a licensed security guard agency for the provision of security guard services at the senior apartment housing facility at all times that the property management company is not open for conducting business on the site of the senior apartment housing facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Electricity - Construction of Overhead Transmission Lines - Condemnation Authority [SB-969]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
[Real Estate ]
[Telecommunications ]
Authorizing a person to which a specified certificate of public convenience and necessity is issued for the construction of a specified overhead transmission line to acquire specified property or rights by condemnation; and applying the Act to the construction of an overhead transmission line for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity is required.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 840 on 05/27/2017