Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2014 [SB-172]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Gaming ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing specified funds to be used for specified purposes; creating a Maryland Amusement Game Advisory Committee; authorizing charter counties to impose a hotel rental tax under specified circumstances; repealing the authorization for the State Lottery Commission to pay specified incentives; altering the allocation of specified local impact grants; providing a specified calculation of local wealth for education aid purposes for specified fiscal years; etc.
SB-172: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 464 on 05/15/2014
Insurance - Title Insurers - Title Insurance Commitment and Binders [HB-679]
[Insurance ]
Altering specified information that a title insurer is required to include in specified disclosures; providing that a title insurance commitment or a specified sample form constitutes a specified written statement, is not a representation as to the state of title, and does not constitute a specified abstract; requiring a specified title insurance commitment or sample form to contain a specified statement; etc.
HB-679: Insurance - Title Insurers - Title Insurance Commitment and Binders
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles E Barkley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 319 on 05/05/2014
Motor Vehicles - Motor Scooters and Mopeds - Titling for Nonresidents [HB-540]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing a nonresident of the State to apply for a certificate of title for a motor scooter or moped if the nonresident certifies that the motor scooter or moped will be used principally in the State; and requiring a nonresident owner of a motor scooter or moped to certify at the time of titling that the motor scooter or moped will be used principally in the State.
HB-540: Motor Vehicles - Motor Scooters and Mopeds - Titling for Nonresidents
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela G Beidle
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2014
Charles County - Sunday Car Sales Blue Law Exemption - Enabling Authority [HB-344]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the Charles County Commissioners, after a public hearing, to adopt an ordinance authorizing a new or used car dealer in Charles County to sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motor vehicle or certificate of title for a motor vehicle on Sunday.
HB-344: Charles County - Sunday Car Sales Blue Law Exemption - Enabling Authority
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles County Delegation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 395 on 05/05/2014
Vehicle Laws - Electric Bicycle - Definition [HB-205]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Energy ]
Altering the definition of "bicycle" for purposes of the Maryland Vehicle Law to include an electric bicycle; defining the term "electric bicycle" as a vehicle designed to be operated by human power with the assistance of an electric motor, has a motor with a rating of 500 watts or less and other specified characteristics; establishing that the definitions of "moped", "motorized minibike", and "motor vehicle" do not include an electric bicycle; and specifying an exception for Ocean City, Maryland.
HB-205: Vehicle Laws - Electric Bicycle - Definition
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis S. Anderson
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
Title Insurers - Statutory or Unearned Premium Reserves [HB-1082]
[Insurance ]
Altering the formula in accordance with which a title insurer domiciled in the State shall reduce the reserves applicable to specified contracts of title insurance for purposes of a statutory or unearned premium reserve; altering a provision of law relating to a certification that a title insurer is required to file with its annual report; etc.
HB-1082: Title Insurers - Statutory or Unearned Premium Reserves
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Y Jameson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 351 on 05/05/2014
HB-1043: Authorize the Department of Revenue to establish an electronic title system for motor vehicles and to revise certain provisions regarding an electronic lien filing system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Transportation
Signed By Governor H.j. 348 on 02/12/2013
You have voted HB-1043: Authorize the Department of Revenue to establish an electronic title system for motor vehicles and to revise certain provisions regarding an electronic lien filing system..
Motor Vehicle Administration - Fee-Setting Authority - Miscellaneous Fees [SB-76]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Repealing the requirement that the Motor Vehicle Administration, before the start of a fiscal year, alter the levels of specified miscellaneous fees for the upcoming fiscal year if a specified projected cost recovery exceeds 100%; etc.
SB-76: Motor Vehicle Administration - Fee-Setting Authority - Miscellaneous Fees
Sponsored by: Sen. Budget and Taxation
Hearing 2/20 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/20/2013
Corporations and Associations - Conversions [SB-697]
[Small Business ]
Authorizing specified entities to convert to other entities; establishing the manner of and procedures for conversions; requiring articles of conversion to be filed for record with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; specifying the contents of articles of conversion; providing for the effects of a conversion; providing for the timing of the effectiveness of articles of conversion and the effective time for the completion of a conversion; etc.
SB-697: Corporations and Associations - Conversions
Sponsored by: Sen. Jamin B Raskin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 527 on 05/16/2013
Manufactured Homes - Affixation to Real Property - Liens [SB-696]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
Altering specified lien information that must be included in specified statements that accompany the recordation of an affidavit of affixation for a manufactured home under specified circumstances.
SB-696: Manufactured Homes - Affixation to Real Property - Liens
Sponsored by: Sen. Norman R Stone
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/16/2013
Vehicle Laws - Title and Registration - Transfer to Surviving Spouse [SB-25]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Establishing that when the interest in a vehicle of one joint owner passes to another joint owner who is the surviving spouse, the surviving spouse is not required to apply for a new certificate of title or submit a specified certificate of title to the Motor Vehicle Administration until a specified time; authorizing a surviving spouse to drive a vehicle and allow the vehicle to be driven on a highway until a specified time without applying for a registration; etc.
SB-25: Vehicle Laws - Title and Registration - Transfer to Surviving Spouse
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 167 on 05/02/2013
Manufactured Homes - Affixation to Real Property - Liens [HB-794]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
Altering specified lien information that must be included in specified statements that accompany the recordation of an affidavit of affixation for a manufactured home under specified circumstances.
HB-794: Manufactured Homes - Affixation to Real Property - Liens
Sponsored by: Rep. Doyle L Niemann
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 640 on 05/16/2013
Vehicle Laws - Title and Registration - Transfer to Surviving Spouse [HB-725]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Establishing that when the interest in a vehicle of one joint owner passes to another joint owner who is the surviving spouse, the surviving spouse is not required to apply for a new certificate of title or submit a specified certificate of title to the Motor Vehicle Administration until a specified time; authorizing a surviving spouse to drive a vehicle and allow the vehicle to be driven on a highway until a specified time without applying for a registration; etc.
HB-725: Vehicle Laws - Title and Registration - Transfer to Surviving Spouse
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/16/2013
Tax Sales - Redemption of Property - Payments and Fees [HB-518]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
Requiring a tax collector to receive specified payments in full before a property sold at a tax sale may be redeemed; prohibiting a tax collector from issuing a certificate of redemption unless specified payments are received in full; repealing a requirement that, before an action to foreclose the right of redemption is filed, specified costs required to be paid to redeem a property sold at a tax sale have to be actually incurred; etc.
HB-518: Tax Sales - Redemption of Property - Payments and Fees
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2013
Corporations and Associations - Conversions [HB-1140]
[Small Business ]
Authorizing specified entities to convert into other entities; establishing the manner of and procedures for conversions; requiring articles of conversion to be filed for record with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; specifying the contents of articles of conversion; providing for the effects of a conversion; providing for the timing of the effectiveness of articles of conversion and the effective time for the completion of a conversion; etc.
HB-1140: Corporations and Associations - Conversions
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 528 on 05/16/2013
Baltimore County - Car Dealers - Sunday Operations [SB-79]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
Authorizing, in Baltimore County, a new or used car dealer to sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motor vehicle or certificate of title for a motor vehicle on Sunday.
SB-79: Baltimore County - Car Dealers - Sunday Operations
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert A Zirkin
Hearing 2/7 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/18/2012
Title Insurance - Closing or Settlement Protection Practices - Study [SB-724]
[Insurance ]
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to study closing or settlement protection practices of the title insurance industry and to make specified recommendations; requiring the Commissioner to consider specified matters in conducting the study; requiring the Commissioner to report findings and recommendations to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2012; etc.
SB-724: Title Insurance - Closing or Settlement Protection Practices - Study
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/04/2012