Real Property
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Real Property - Residential Leases - Notice of Routine Maintenance [HB-327]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the landlord of any leased residential dwelling unit to provide specified notice about routine maintenance to the dwelling unit at least 24 hours in advance of the routine maintenance; requiring that the notice provide the anticipated date and time of the maintenance and a general description of the maintenance; and providing the Act does not apply to routine maintenance scheduled at a time previously agreed to by the tenant.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christian Miele
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2017
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Inheritance Tax - Exemption - Evidence of Domestic Partnership [SB-276]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Establishing that a specified affidavit or any two specified proofs may be provided as evidence of a domestic partnership to qualify for an exemption from the inheritance tax on the receipt of interest in real property held in joint tenancy that passes from a decedent to a domestic partner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Real Property - Installation and Use of Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment [SB-301]
[Real Estate ]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Construction ]
Providing that specified provisions of a recorded covenant or restriction, a declaration, or the bylaws or rules of a condominium or homeowners association are void and unenforceable; establishing specified requirements and procedures relating to an application to the governing body of a condominium or homeowners association to install or use electric vehicle recharging equipment; requiring specified owners of electric vehicle recharging equipment to be responsible for specified costs and disclosures; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/20/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Housing Navigator and Aftercare Program [HB-269]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Establishing the Housing Navigator and Aftercare Program to assist families and individuals who are experiencing, or who are in imminent danger of, a housing crisis in obtaining and maintaining permanent housing; requiring the Governor, subject to limitations of the State budget, to include an appropriation for the Program of $516,828 in the annual budget each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 637 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Homeowner's Insurance - Notices [SB-279]
[Insurance ]
[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: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 124 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Termination of Service to Multifamily Dwelling Unit - Notification to Property Owner or Property Manager [HB-261]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a public service company that intends to terminate, because of nonpayment, electric or gas service to a specified customer to notify the property owner or manager before terminating service if the public service company has received a specified customer's consent; authorizing a specified property owner or manager to require, as a term of a specified lease, a specified tenant to assure that a specified customer provides consent for the property owner or manager to receive a specified notice of termination of services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tarlau
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 534 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Authority to Arrange Custody of Investments and Procurement Exemption [SB-255]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Investments ]
Exempting from specified procurement law expenditures made by the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System for the safe custody, domestic or global, of investments of the State Retirement and Pension System; transferring the authority to arrange for the safe custody, domestic or global, of investments from the State Treasurer to the Board of Trustees; providing for the prospective application of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 267 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Residential Property Damaged by Natural Disaster [SB-261]
[Property Tax ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Real Estate ]
Altering a specified property tax credit authorized against the county or municipal corporation property tax for specified residential real property damaged by flooding to include damage caused by a natural disaster; and applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 745 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Abandoned Private Cemeteries - Repair or Maintenance by County or Municipality [HB-235]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a county or municipality, by local law, to establish that unpaid charges made against real property that is an abandoned private cemetery for specified purposes are a lien on the property; and requiring a county or municipality to take specified actions if the county or municipality determines that a private cemetery is abandoned and in need of repair, maintenance, or preservation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2017
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Real Property - Residential Foreclosures - Filing Fees [HB-200]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Finance ]
[Property Tax ]
Increasing, from $300 to $500, the filing fee that must accompany an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property and that is distributed to the Housing Counseling and Foreclosure Mediation Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 02/27/2017
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Real Property - Notices of Foreclosure Sale and Postponement or Cancellation of Foreclosure Sale [SB-247]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the person authorized to make a foreclosure sale to give written notice of the proposed sale to a specified condominium or homeowners association that, at least 30 days before the date of the proposed sale, has recorded a statement of lien against the property; requiring the trustee, within 14 days after the postponement or cancellation of a foreclosure sale, to send a notice that the sale was postponed or canceled to the record owner; applying the Act to a foreclosure sale scheduled after the effective date of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 347 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Property Tax - Credit for Seniors of Limited Income [SB-251]
[Property Tax ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Taxes ]
Authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County or of a municipal corporation in Anne Arundel County to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property owned and used as a principal residence by an individual who is at least 62 years old and of limited income; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 59 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Foreclosures - Baltimore County - Certificate of Vacancy or Certificate of Property Unfit for Human Habitation [HB-220]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring Baltimore County to issue on request of a secured party a certificate of vacancy or a certificate of property unfit for human habitation for purposes of filing an order to docket or complaint to foreclose on residential property; and requiring that a certificate be issued or denied in Baltimore County within 14 days after the date of the request for the certificate.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
County Revenues - Business Fees and Personal Property Tax Exemption [HB-215]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Small Business ]
[Finance ]
Authorizing the governing body of a county to impose a specified fee on business entities that own real or personal property in the county; requiring the Department of Assessments and Taxation to collect and remit the fee revenue to the counties; prohibiting the fee from exceeding specified amounts; requiring a county governing body that imposes a fee to notify the Department on or before July 1 of the year preceding the year in which the fee will be collected; exempting specified personal property from the specified property tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Home Act of 2017 [HB-172]
[Housing ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Stating that the Act seeks to deconcentrate poverty by providing opportunities for tenants utilizing public subsidies to live in neighborhoods other than the neighborhoods in which they are currently and disproportionately residing; expanding the housing policy of the state to include fair housing regardless of source of income; requiring the owner of an apartment complex to rent or make available 15% of the units to persons receiving housing assistance vouchers; prohibiting specified discrimination based on source of income; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/21/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Credit Regulation - Mortgage Brokers - Finder's Fee [SB-203]
[Finance ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
Repealing a specified provision of law limiting the amount of a finder's fee that may be charged by a mortgage broker obtaining a mortgage loan with respect to the same property more than once within a 24-month period.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2017
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PenMar Development Corporation - Dissolution - Authority of Washington County Over Fort Ritchie [SB-204]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Real Estate ]
Repealing specified provisions of law relating to the PenMar Development Corporation, its board of directors, and its powers to develop, manage, and control Fort Ritchie; transferring specified remaining real and personal property interests, along with specified contracts, leases, and liabilities from the Corporation to the Board of County Commissioners for Washington County; requiring any party that has an issue with the transfer from the Corporation to the Board to refer to the specified memorandum of understanding; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 142 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account - Eligibility and Capital Expenditures [SB-178]
[Sports ]
[Gaming ]
[Funding ]
Altering specified conditions of eligibility for funding from the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account by specifying minimum amounts to be spent on capital maintenance and expenditures by specified race tracks; authorizing the Maryland Racing Commission to grant a one-time request for capital improvement funds not to exceed $150,000 from the funds available in the Account for a capital improvement project at the Bowie Race Course Training Center under specified conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 500 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Exemptions - Property Conveyed From Sole Proprietorship to Limited Liability Company [SB-111]
[Taxes ]
[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 specified company is subject to specified taxes under specified circumstances; defining "sole proprietorship" to include an individual who owns an interest in real property in the individual's name; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel McFadden
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 63 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Program Open Space - Attainment of Acquisition Goals - Local Government Apportionment and Use of Funds [SB-116]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Providing that a local government may spend 100 percent of its future annual apportionment on development projects and capital renewal after it has exceeded its acquisition goals under Program Open Space; requiring the Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation to review the State's specified standard for land acquisition to determine if adjustments to the standard would encourage additional land acquisition; requiring a specified report by the Joint Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 406 on 05/04/2017