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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Restricted Waters for Shellfish Harvesting - Testing [HB-966]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in determining whether to restrict or lift any restrictions on an area for the catching or storing of shellfish, to use the most reliable available tests to determine whether a shellfish production area poses a risk to consumer health and to rule out contaminants that do not pose a risk to consumer health, including bacteria from vegetation; and requiring the Department on or before December 31, 2011, to reconsider the designation of restricted waters.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Bohanan
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
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Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers and Pawnbrokers - Summary Suspension [HB-595]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring a licensed secondhand precious metal object dealer to provide specified notification to a specified local law enforcement unit before engaging in specified precious metal object transactions; authorizing the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to summarily suspend in a specified manner the license of a secondhand precious metal object dealer who is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to specified crimes; authorizing the Secretary to revoke the license of a dealer under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Administrative Procedures - Electronic Citations, [HB-396]
[Environmental ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the acknowledgment procedures for citations issued by specified police officers for specified natural resources violations; repealing a hearing requirement that must be met before the Department of Natural Resources may suspend a recreational or commercial fishing license and requiring the Department to provide notice to specified persons of the right to a hearing; authorizing the Department to suspend a recreational or commercial fishing license without a hearing under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures [HB-356]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing for the statewide application of provisions of law governing the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots; establishing a motor vehicle towing, recovery, and storage lien on a towed motor vehicle on behalf of the tower or agent for specified charges; prohibiting a motor vehicle towing, recovery, and storage lienor from selling the motor vehicle to which the lien is attached under specified circumstances; specifying the manner in which a motor vehicle towing, recovery, and storage lienor may sell a vehicle; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Senators Raskin, Frosh, And Shank on 04/07/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Towed and Stored Vehicles - Disposal [HB-320]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Providing that an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor takes unencumbered title to specified inoperable vehicles under specified circumstances; authorizing an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor to dispose of specified vehicles under specified circumstances; altering the records an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor is required to keep for each vehicle acquired; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Frush
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/25/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Towing and Removal of Vehicles from Parking Lots [HB-181]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing for the application to Anne Arundel County of provisions of law governing the towing and removal of vehicles from parking lots, including provisions governing signage, storage, towing and storage rates, notice, insurance and security for towers, prohibited acts, requirements for towers, and tower liability.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 02/21/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Peace Orders - Surrender of Firearms [HB-1331]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a court issuing a temporary peace order to order the respondent to surrender to law enforcement authorities and to refrain from possessing firearms for a specified period of time under specified circumstances; requiring a court issuing a final peace order to order the respondent to surrender to law enforcement authorities and to refrain from possessing firearms for a specified period of time under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/07/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area - Prohibition - Junk and [HB-1259]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring specified local critical area programs to, with a specified exception, prohibit the location of junk yards, scrap storage yards, and other scrap metal facilities in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Frush
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Miscellaneous Business Licenses - Fees [HB-1242]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
Altering license fees applicants in Baltimore County are required to pay for keeping a billiard table for commercial use, for doing construction business, for keeping a motor vehicle storage garage business, for doing the business of laundry or dry cleaning, for doing business as a plumber or gas fitter, for operating a restaurant, for doing business as a trader, and for operating a chain store.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Counties - Natural Resources - Authorization to Harvest Seafood and Engage in [HB-1240]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the application of specified provisions to authorize the governing body of a county to adopt an ordinance, resolution, or regulation or take specified other action to authorize a person to harvest seafood and engage in the seafood industry in accordance with requirements; providing that in the event of a conflict, federal law, State law, or specified written program guidance preempts any ordinance, resolution, or regulation or any other action taken by the governing body of a county under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Environment - Exemption from Noise Restrictions - Marinas and Boatyards [HB-1215]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
Adding an exemption to the list of exemptions from the authority of the Department of the Environment to adopt specified noise restrictions for the noise from equipment used to store and maintain marine vessels during the hours between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. at a marina or boatyard.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/17/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers - Precious [HB-1116]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increasing to 30 days from 18 days the period of time during which secondhand precious metal object dealers in Prince George's County must keep precious metal objects in the county; and providing an exception for specified pawned precious metal objects.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures [SB-788]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing for the statewide application for provisions of law governing the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots; altering specified maximum amounts that a person may charge for towing and storing a vehicle; requiring a tower to release a towed vehicle to specified persons under specified circumstances; altering specified penalties related to towing; establishing a motor vehicle towing and storage lien on a towed motor vehicle on behalf of the tower for specified towing and storage charges; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Kettering Largo Boys & Girls Club Storage Facility [SB-351]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amending the Prince George's County - Kettering Largo Boys & Girls Club Storage Facility Loan of 2001 to extend the deadline by which the Board of Directors of Kettering Largo Boys & Girls Club may present evidence that a matching fund will be provided to June 1, 2012; requiring that the loan proceeds be encumbered by the Board or expended for specified purposes by June 1, 2012; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Hearing Cancelled on 03/02/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations [SB-1018]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Construction ]
Amending specified prior Acts of the General Assembly that authorized the creation of State Debt through the issuance, sale, and delivery of general obligation bonds, the proceeds of which were designated for funding specified capital projects; extending the deadline by which specified loan proceeds must be expended or encumbered by the Board of Public Works; extending the deadline by which specified grantees must present evidence to the Board of Public Works that specified matching funds will be provided; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James DeGrange
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Other Tobacco Products Licenses [HB-88]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
Requiring a person to have an appropriate license when the person acts in the State as an other tobacco products manufacturer, retailer, storage warehouse, tobacconist, or wholesaler; making holders of other products licenses subject to specified restrictions and requirements; providing for license application procedures and fees; specifying the scope of the licenses; providing for the renewal of a license; requiring the Comptroller and the Administrative Office of the Courts to make a specified certification on or before January 1, 2011; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ways
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Harford County - Towing and Removing Vehicles [HB-654]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that a vehicle may not be towed or removed from private property in Harford County unless the owner of the property has posted specified signs and makes a request for the towing or removal of the specific vehicle; providing that a property owner may not contract with a person for the towing or removal of a vehicle under specified circumstances; requiring the owner of property in Harford County to maintain records and keep specified documentation relating to towed vehicles; limiting specified fees and charges; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 04/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Environment - Greywater - Residential Use [HB-604]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Housing ]
Authorizing a person to use up to 400 gallons of greywater per day for household gardening, composting, lawn watering, or landscape irrigation under specified circumstances; defining the term "greywater" to mean used, untreated water generated by the use of and collected from a clothes washing machine, shower, bathtub, or lavatory sink; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Virginia Clagett
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/25/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Children's Environmental Health Protection Act [HB-1503]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each county board to adopt a health and safety policy that includes specified standards for specified plans; providing for the scope of the Act; requiring a hazardous substance removal plan, fire and life safety code repair plan, and facility and equipment violation plan to contain specified provisions; requiring a health, safety, and environmental management plan to require the use of specified cleaning and maintenance products; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Hubbard
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m.(ways And Means) on 03/16/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations [HB-1447]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Construction ]
Amending specified prior Acts of the General Assembly that authorized the creation of State Debt through the issuance, sale, and delivery of general obligation bonds, the proceeds of which were designated for funding specified capital projects; extending the deadline by which specified loan proceeds must be expended or encumbered by the Board of Public Works; extending the deadline by which specified grantees must present evidence to the Board of Public Works that specified matching funds will be provided; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/10/2010