Real Property
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Howard County - Property Tax Credit for Commercial Real Property - Flood Damage Ho. Co. 9-17 [HB-572]
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[Real Estate ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the governing body of Howard County to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county property tax imposed on commercial real property that the governing body determines has suffered specified damage caused by flood conditions; authorizing the governing body of Howard County to specify the amount and duration of the credit; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 137 on 04/11/2017
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Counties - Historic Preservation - Development Limitation [HB-583]
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[Religion ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
Providing that specified improvements to specified real property that is adjacent to or abuts specified religious property in charter or code home rule counties may be authorized only if specified conditions are met, including provision for specified buffers, improvements, approvals, covenants, and financial responsibilities; and applying the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Insurance - Impaired Entities - Delinquency Proceedings [SB-402]
[Insurance ]
Providing that a federal home loan bank may not be stayed or prohibited from exercising specified rights with respect to specified collateral of a specified insurer-member after the seventh day following the filing of a delinquency proceeding; requiring a federal home loan bank to repurchase specified outstanding capital stock of a specified insurer-member under specified circumstances; requiring a federal home loan bank to establish a specified timeline and process within 10 business days after a request from a receiver; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2017
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Senior Apartment Facilities - Limitation on Occupancy by Person Convicted of Crime of Violence [SB-408]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Housing ]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting under specified circumstances a landlord from renting a unit to an individual convicted of a crime of violence within the previous 5 years or allowing an individual convicted of a crime of violence within the previous 5 years to reside in a senior apartment facility in a unit on the same floor on which a vulnerable adult resides; providing for enforcement by the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Counties - Historic Preservation - Development Limitation [SB-421]
[Real Estate ]
[Religion ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
Providing that specified improvements to specified real property that is adjacent to or abuts specified religious property in charter or code home rule counties may be authorized only if specified conditions are met, including provision for specified buffers, improvements, approvals, covenants, and financial responsibilities; and applying the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2017
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Baltimore County - Nuisance Actions - Community Association Standing [HB-496]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definitions of "community association" and "nuisance" for purposes of specified provisions of law authorizing community associations to seek judicial relief for nuisance abatement in Baltimore County; repealing a provision of law requiring a specified court to determine in what amount and under what conditions a bond must be filed by a community association in a specified nuisance action; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/03/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Recordation and Transfer Tax - Principal Residence Surrendered in Bankruptcy - Exemption [HB-469]
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[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
Exempting from recordation and State and county transfer taxes specified instruments of writing that transfer specified residential real property surrendered in bankruptcy under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 538 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Rental Units, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Smoking Restrictions [HB-500]
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[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Allowing written leases for residential real property to include specified restrictions or prohibitions on smoking tobacco products in the dwelling unit or elsewhere on the premises; allowing the bylaws or regulations of a condominium to contain specified restrictions or prohibitions on smoking tobacco products; authorizing a homeowners association to include in its declaration, bylaws, rules, or recorded covenants and restrictions a prohibition on smoking tobacco products in multi-unit dwellings and common areas; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 02/27/2017
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Property Tax - Assessments and Valuations of Real Property - Appeals [HB-510]
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[Real Estate ]
Requiring a specified appellate body, with respect to an appeal concerning an assessment or a valuation of real property, to examine whether and to ensure that the assessment or valuation adhered to generally accepted appraisal methods and techniques.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Real Property - Wrongful Detainer Actions - Counterclaims and Cross-Claims [SB-377]
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[Housing ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repealing a specified prohibition on filing a counterclaim or cross-claim in a wrongful detainer action; and authorizing a counterclaim or cross-claim to be filed in a wrongful detainer action.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/06/2017
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Real Property - Backyard Gardens - Prohibition on Restrictions [HB-434]
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[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting specified documents from prohibiting a specified homeowner or tenant from installing or cultivating a backyard garden; establishing that a specified homeowner or tenant may not be prohibited from installing or cultivating a backyard garden on specified property; providing that a local jurisdiction may not prohibit specified backyard gardens; applying the prohibition to charter counties and Baltimore City; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred Carr
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/15/2017
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Credit Regulation - Closed End Credit Loans - Elimination of Duplicative Disclosures [SB-392]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
Providing that a specified disclosure provided by a lender to a borrower in compliance with a specified federal law shall satisfy specified disclosure requirements under provisions of law governing closed end credit loans secured by a first mortgage or first deed of trust on residential real property; requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to monitor specified federal requirements and notify the Governor and the General Assembly if the Commissioner makes a specified determination; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 484 on 05/04/2017
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Mortgages and Deeds of Trust - Prerequisites to Recording [SB-376]
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Repealing the requirement that a mortgage or deed of trust bear a specified certification that the instrument was prepared by a specified person in order to be recorded; providing that a deed other than a mortgage, deed of trust, or an assignment or release of a mortgage or deed of trust may not be recorded unless the instrument bears specified certification of preparation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Wayne Norman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 521 on 05/04/2017
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Tax Sales - Water Liens - Moratorium [HB-453]
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[Water ]
[Property Tax ]
[Housing ]
Prohibiting a tax sale of real property solely to enforce liens for unpaid water, sewer, and sanitary system services during a specified period; and providing that the Act applies prospectively to liens attaching to real property on or after July 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2017
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Gas Companies - Rate Regulation - Environmental Remediation Costs [HB-414]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
Authorizing the Public Service Commission, when determining specified expenses while setting a just and reasonable rate for a gas company, to include all costs reasonably incurred by the gas company for performing environmental remediation of real property in response to a State or federal law, regulation, or order under specified conditions; authorizing that specified environmental remediation costs be included in a gas company's specified expenses regardless of specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Barkley
First Reading Senate Rules on 04/10/2017
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Homeowner's Insurance - Notices [HB-291]
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[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing specified notices and statements relating to homeowner's insurance to be delivered by electronic means if the insurer complies with specified requirements; authorizing insurers to comply with specified renewal notice requirements relating to homeowner's insurance by sending a specified notice; requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to adopt by regulation a specified notice to be provided to insureds and policyholders at each renewal that contains specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 123 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Exemptions - Property Conveyed From Sole Proprietorship to Limited Liability Company [HB-363]
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[Real Estate ]
[Small Business ]
[Property Tax ]
Exempting a transfer of real property from a sole proprietorship to a limited liability company from recordation and transfer taxes if the sole member of the limited liability company is identical to the converting sole proprietor and specified other conditions are met; providing that the transfer of a controlling interest in a limited liability company that is the product of an untaxed conversion from a sole proprietorship is subject to the recordation and transfer tax under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 64 on 04/11/2017
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Gas Companies - Rate Regulation - Environmental Remediation Costs [SB-355]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
Authorizing the Public Service Commission, when determining specified expenses while setting a just and reasonable rate for a gas company, to include all costs reasonably incurred by the gas company for performing environmental remediation of real property in response to a State or federal law, regulation, or order under specified conditions; authorizing that specified environmental remediation costs be included in a gas company's specified expenses regardless of specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 388 on 05/04/2017
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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Connection Pipe Emergency Replacement Loan Program MC/PG 109-17 [HB-320]
[Water ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to establish a Connection Pipe Emergency Replacement Loan Program to provide loans to residential customers to finance the replacement of malfunctioning pipes; requiring the Program to include a requirement regarding notification or certification of an active leak; requiring that the replacement of specified pipes be performed by a plumber licensed by the Commission; requiring the Program to provide loans on a first- come, first-served basis; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 4/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/04/2017
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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Service Rates MC/PG 101-17 [HB-336]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to establish specified customer classes for specified service rates and charges; requiring that service rates for each customer class shall be chargeable against specified properties and shall be uniform for a given class throughout the Washington Suburban Sanitary District; authorizing the minimum or ready to serve charge to include a specified component; and altering the methods by which specified service rates may be based.
Sponsored by: Rep.
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/25/2017