Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Reverse Mortgage Loans Act - Revisions [HB-1196]
[Finance ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring that a borrower of a reverse mortgage loan be at least 60 years old and occupy the dwelling that secures the reserve mortgage loan as a principal residence; requiring a certain lender or an arranger of financing to provide a prospective borrower certain documents at certain times; requiring a certain lender to provide to the borrower a certain statement by January 31 each year and a certain disclosure at certain times; etc.
Commercial Law – Credit Regulation – Reverse Mortgage Loans Act – Revisions [SB-457]
[Finance ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring that a borrower of a reverse mortgage loan be at least 60 years old and occupy the dwelling that secures the reserve mortgage loan as a principal residence; requiring a certain lender or an arranger of financing to provide a prospective borrower certain documents at certain times; requiring a certain lender to provide to the borrower a certain statement by January 31 each year and a certain disclosure at certain times; etc.
Vehicle Laws - Title Service Agents [SB-768]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a title service agent that collects and remits vehicle excise taxes on behalf of the Motor Vehicle Administration to keep the lesser of certain amounts of the gross vehicle excise taxes collected by the title service agent, subject to record-keeping requirements; increasing to $50,000 the required surety bond that a title service agent is required to file; clarifying that a title service agent may transport certain documents to or from the Administration physically or electronically; etc.
SB-768: Vehicle Laws - Title Service Agents
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin D Ready
Third Reading Passed (44-0) on 04/06/2018
Wicomico County - Motorcycles - Sunday Sales [SB-355]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a vehicle dealer in Wicomico County to sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motorcycle or certificate of title for a motorcycle on Sunday.
SB-355: Wicomico County - Motorcycles - Sunday Sales
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 87 on 04/10/2018
Estates - Administration Exemption - Transfer of Motor Vehicle and Boat Titles [SB-292]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Establishing that administration of certain estates containing only certain motor vehicle or boat property is not required under certain circumstances; authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to transfer title of certain motor vehicles under certain circumstances; and authorizing the agency that issued the certificate of title of a certain boat or vessel to transfer the title under certain circumstances.
SB-292: Estates - Administration Exemption - Transfer of Motor Vehicle and Boat Titles
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 551 on 05/08/2018
County Boards of Education - Leasing of School Property [SB-1145]
[Education ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Authorizing certain exceptions to the requirement that certain public school property must be held in trust by a county board of education; authorizing a county or a county board to lease certain property; and excluding certain lease payments made by a county board of education from the maintenance of effort calculation.
SB-1145: County Boards of Education - Leasing of School Property
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew A Serafini
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2018
Wicomico County - Motorcycles - Sunday Sales [HB-1586]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a vehicle dealer in Wicomico County to sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motorcycle or certificate of title for a motorcycle on Sunday.
HB-1586: Wicomico County - Motorcycles - Sunday Sales
Sponsored by: Rep. Carl Anderton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 88 on 04/10/2018
Vehicle Laws - Title Service Agents [HB-1065]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a title service agent that collects and remits vehicle excise taxes on behalf of the Motor Vehicle Administration to keep the lesser of certain amounts of the gross vehicle excise taxes collected by the title service agent, subject to record-keeping requirements; increasing to $50,000 the required surety bond that a title service agent is required to file; clarifying that a title service agent may transport certain documents to or from the Administration physically or electronically; etc.
HB-1065: Vehicle Laws - Title Service Agents
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert H. McMillan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 512 on 05/08/2018
Anne Arundel County – Ethics – Contributions and Participation in Development Applications [SB-710]
[Ethics ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Specifying that certain provisions of law may apply to contributions to the County Executive or the members of the County Council of Anne Arundel County or candidates for election to those offices; authorizing the County Council of Anne Arundel County to enact a local law to regulate the participation of a member of the County Council or the County Executive of Anne Arundel County in any legislative action relevant to a zoning change or amendment or to a certain application under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-710: Anne Arundel County – Ethics – Contributions and Participation in Development Applications
Sponsored by: Sen. Anne Arundel County Senators
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 555 on 05/13/2019
Motor Vehicles - Temporary In-Transit Registration [SB-707]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a temporary in-transit registration that allows a nonresident owner of a vehicle to operate the vehicle on a highway in the State only for the purpose of transporting the vehicle to a jurisdiction outside the State for titling and registration; establishing that the Administration or licensed title service agents may issue temporary in-transit registrations; etc.
SB-707: Motor Vehicles - Temporary In-Transit Registration
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin D Ready
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 287 on 04/30/2019
Property Tax – In Rem Foreclosure and Sale – Vacant and Abandoned Property [SB-509]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring a tax collector to withhold from tax sale certain real property designated by a county or municipal corporation for foreclosure and sale under a certain process; authorizing a county or municipal corporation to initiate an in rem foreclosure and sale of certain real property for delinquent taxes; authorizing a county or municipal corporation to enact laws authorizing in rem foreclosure and sale of certain real property; authorizing the county or municipal corporation to commence an in rem foreclosure action; etc.
SB-509: Property Tax – In Rem Foreclosure and Sale – Vacant and Abandoned Property
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 276 on 04/30/2019
State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Alteration of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemptions [SB-344]
[Agriculture ]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
Altering the method of calculating a certain reduction in the State agricultural land transfer tax for an instrument of writing that transfers title to agricultural land on which property tax was paid on the basis of an assessment other than farm or agricultural use in certain years before the transfer; exempting an instrument of writing from the agricultural land transfer tax if the instrument of writing transfers title to agricultural land that was previously transferred by a certain instrument of writing; etc.
SB-344: State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Alteration of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemptions
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 567 on 05/25/2019
Anne Arundel County – Ethics – Contributions and Participation in Development Applications [HB-993]
[Ethics ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Elections ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Specifying that certain provisions of law may apply to certain campaign contributions to the County Executive or the members of the County Council of Anne Arundel County or candidates for election to those offices; authorizing the County Council of Anne Arundel County to enact a local law to regulate the participation of a member of the County Council or the County Executive of Anne Arundel County in any legislative action relevant to a zoning change or amendment or to a certain application under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-993: Anne Arundel County – Ethics – Contributions and Participation in Development Applications
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Arundel County Delegation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 554 on 05/13/2019
Natural Resources - Lands Formed by Excavation Materials - Transfer of Authority [HB-54]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
Transferring the use, management, and, subject to Board of Public Works approval, ownership of certain lands created or formed by excavation materials in Sinepuxent, Isle of Wight, and Chincoteague bays from the Department of the Environment to the Department of Natural Resources; and repealing certain approval authority of the Board over the use and management of certain lands created or formed by excavation materials in Sinepuxent, Isle of Wight, and Chincoteague bays.
HB-54: Natural Resources - Lands Formed by Excavation Materials - Transfer of Authority
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 02/25/2019