Rivers And Streams
Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - Calvert Marine Museum Exhibition [HB-419]
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[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Calvert Marine Museum Society, Inc. for the construction and renovation of the Calvert Marine Museum Exhibition Building, located in Prince Frederick; 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. John Bohanan
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/09/2012
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Video Lottery Terminals and Table Games - Expansion [HB-1478]
[Gaming ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Elections ]
Authorizing and awarding an additional video lottery operation license and up to 1,500 additional video lottery terminals for a video lottery facility in Charles County on a vessel moored to a pier on the Potomac River; authorizing the holder of a video lottery operation license to offer table games in the State; specifying distributions of proceeds of table games; submitting the Act to a referendum of the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Jameson
Hearing 4/3 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/26/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Cecil County - Lower [HB-1476]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to add the Mayor and Commissioners of the Town of Perryville as a grantee to a specified grant; extending the deadline for the grantees to present evidence that a matching fund will be provided; requiring that the Board of Public Works expend or encumber the proceeds of a specified loan by June 1, 2014; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Rudolph
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
University of Maryland, Baltimore - Environmental Law Clinic - Reimbursement of [HB-1349]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the University of Maryland, Baltimore to pay an amount not to exceed $500,000 to reimburse the Hudson Farm for legal expenses incurred as a defendant in a lawsuit in which the University of Maryland School of Law Environmental Law Clinic is representing the plaintiff at no charge.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/29/2012
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Maryland 2011 Special Session
Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Conowingo Dam Environmental [SB-18]
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[Water ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Prohibiting a person from engaging in an activity or strategy to implement a State Watershed Implementation Plan until the State completes a full assessment of the environmental impacts of opening the Conowingo Dam floodgates in September 2011 following Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
First Reading Senate Rules on 10/17/2011
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Maryland 2011 Special Session
Department of the Environment - Rubble Landfills - Location [SB-16]
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[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
Prohibiting the Secretary of the Environment from issuing a permit to construct or operate a rubble landfill within 2.5 miles of Jacobs Creek in Kent County; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
First Reading Senate Rules on 10/17/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Environment - Severn River Watershed - Silt and Erosion Control - Certification [SB-827]
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[Water ]
[Construction ]
Authorizing professional land surveyors and licensed landscape architects to certify silt and erosion control plans in the Severn River Watershed.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 04/08/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - Replica Choptank River [SB-26]
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Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Choptank River Lighthouse Society, Inc. for the design and construction of a replica of the Choptank River Lighthouse, located in Cambridge; 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: Sen. Richard Colburn
Hearing 3/14 At 10:00 A.m. on 03/02/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Battleridge Place Stream Valley [SB-233]
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[Community Development ]
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Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $20,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Stedwick Homes Corporation, Inc. for the repair and renovation of the Battleridge Place stream valley, located in Montgomery Village; 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: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 3/12 At 9:00 A.m. on 03/02/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Environment - Severn River Watershed - Silt and Erosion Control - Certification [HB-415]
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[Water ]
[Construction ]
Authorizing professional land surveyors and licensed landscape architects to certify silt and erosion control plans in the Severn River Watershed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/23/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Battleridge Place Stream Valley [HB-225]
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[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
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Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $20,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Stedwick Homes Corporation, Inc. for the repair and renovation of the Battleridge Place stream valley, located in Montgomery Village; 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. Shane Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - Replica Choptank River [HB-21]
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Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Choptank River Lighthouse Society, Inc. for the design and construction of a replica of the Choptank River Lighthouse, located in Cambridge; 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: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Oyster Fishery - South River - Hand Tonging [HB-1249]
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[Water ]
[Environmental ]
Authorizing a person to take or catch oysters by hand tong only in specified waters of the South River in Anne Arundel County; excepting specified areas of the South River from the authorization; and providing for the application of provisions of the Act relating to fishery management plans.
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert McMillan
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 04/01/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Patuxent River - Oysters - Use of Patent Tongs [HB-1244]
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[Water ]
Altering a specified area in the Patuxent River in which the prohibition on the use of patent tongs to catch oysters applies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Fisher
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Watershed Protection and Restoration Act [HB-1064]
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[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring counties and municipalities to adopt laws or ordinances to establish a stormwater remediation fee and a local watershed protection and restoration fund on or before July 1, 2012; requiring counties and municipalities to collect the fee and administer the fund in accordance with the Act; requiring counties and municipalities to set the amount of the fee and assess the fee in a specified manner; requiring counties and municipalities to report specified information to the Department of the Environment; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
First Reading Environmental Matters on 02/11/2011
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Queen Anne's County - Cross County Trail Phase I [SB-996]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $470,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County for the construction of phase I of the Cross County Trail; 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: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
Re-referred Budget And Taxation on 03/05/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Watershed Protection and Restoration Act [SB-686]
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[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring counties and municipalities to adopt laws or ordinances to establish a stormwater remediation fee and a local watershed protection fund on or before July 1, 2011; requiring counties and municipalities to collect the fees and administer the funds in accordance with the Act; requiring counties and municipalities to set the amount of the fee and assess the fee in a specified manner; requiring counties and municipalities to report specified information to the Department of the Environment; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 3/2 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Environment - Permits to Construct or Materially Alter an Incinerator - [SB-514]
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[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Air Quality ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting the Secretary of the Environment from issuing permits to construct or materially alter an incinerator located within 3 miles of specified locations; repealing a provision prohibiting the Secretary from issuing specified permits to construct or operate a municipal waste incinerator for the disposal of a solid waste stream within 1 mile of specified schools; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lenett
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 03/08/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Dorchester County - Choptank River - Soft-Shell Clam Harvesting [SB-422]
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[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
Altering the time periods during which and the locations in which soft-shell clam harvesting using specified types of gear is prohibited under specified circumstances in the Dorchester County portion of the Choptank River.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Hunting Wild Waterfowl - Dorchester, St. Mary's, Somerset, and Wicomico [SB-1043]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Altering the location in which a person may hunt wild waterfowl by specified methods in the waters of Dorchester, St. Mary's, Somerset, and Wicomico counties; and decreasing the distance from shore that the Department may authorize by regulation for the hunting of wild waterfowl by specified methods in the waters of Dorchester, St. Mary's, Somerset, and Wicomico counties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Dyson
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/20/2010