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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Evaluation of the Application of Minority Business Enterprise Program by the Public Service Commission - Data Collection and Termination Extension [HB-1318]
[Energy ]
[Small Business ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation, the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, and the Public Service Commission to collect specified data regarding specified minority business enterprise participation with specified electricity suppliers from specified electricity suppliers that have entered into a specified memorandum of understanding; altering the date by which specified persons must submit a specified report to the General Assembly; and altering the termination of a specified Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara A. Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 03/07/2014
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Maryland Economic Development Act of 2014 [HB-1123]
[Economic Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the State corporate income tax rate; allocating a portion of the corporate income tax to the Transportation Infrastructure Bank established under the Act; establishing the Transportation Infrastructure Bank; requiring that money in the Bank be held in a special, nonlapsing, revolving loan fund in the Transportation Trust Fund; specifying the contents of the Bank; requiring the money in the Bank to be used to finance specified types of transportation infrastructure projects; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2014
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Transportation - Interstate 95 Link to Roadways or Property Near the University of Maryland, College Park - Spending Prohibited PG 406-14 [HB-1061]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
Prohibiting the Department of Transportation from spending any funds for the planning, design, or construction of a roadway to link Interstate 95 in or through Prince George's County to specified roadways or to a specified mixed-use development or shopping center located within a specified distance of the University of Maryland, College Park; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Prince George's County Delegation
First Reading Environmental Matters on 02/06/2014
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State Personnel - Contractual Employees - Filling of Vacant Positions [HB-1025]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring that specified selection plans for specified employment in the State Personnel Management System include information that selection for a specified position may be limited to consideration of specified contractual employees; authorizing specified appointing authorities to select specified candidates from a list of contractual employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 633 on 05/15/2014
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Service Contracts - Notice and Reporting Requirements [HB-1008]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring specified reporting agencies each year to submit specified reports to the budget committees of the General Assembly; requiring the Board of Public Works to submit a proposed service contract to specified persons and post notice of the Board's intent to enter into a specified service contract on a specified Web site at 45 days before entering into a specified service contract; authorizing specified budget committees to submit comments to the Board within 30 days after receiving the proposal; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/04/2014
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Transportation - Life Cycle Cost Analysis [SB-906]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to adopt regulations to establish a methodology for applying life cycle cost analysis to the evaluation of specified capital projects; requiring that the methodology address specified matters; requiring the Department to submit a report of the results of the life cycle cost analysis for specified projects to the Board of Public Works; defining a term; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James E DeGrange
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/11/2013
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Sales and Use Tax - Mass Transit [SB-653]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Increasing the sales and use tax rate on a sale in counties with specified services by a specified amount; creating the Mass Transit Account in the Transportation Trust Fund to pay for the costs of light rail and Metro subway transit facilities and transit service in specified counties; requiring that revenue from the increase in the sales and use tax rate under the Act be credited to the Mass Transit Account; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George C Edwards
Hearing 2/20 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/20/2013
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Motor Fuel - Mass Transit Tax - Transit Funding [SB-652]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Imposing a mass transit tax on motor fuel in specified jurisdictions; establishing the rate of the mass transit tax as 2.1% of the sales price charged by a distributor for motor fuel sold to a retail service station dealer; requiring the mass transit tax to be imposed at a specified time and collected and paid in a specified manner; requiring a distributor to file a mass transit tax return; allowing a distributor to deduct a specified amount of the mass transit tax due to reimburse the distributor for expenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George C Edwards
Hearing 2/20 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/20/2013
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Sales and Use Tax - Motor Fuel - Local Transportation Tax [SB-362]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
Authorizing the governing body of a county or a municipal corporation to impose a sales and use tax on motor fuel for the purpose of financing local road and transit capital projects; defining the county or municipal corporation sales and use tax on motor fuel authorized by the Act as a "local transportation tax"; providing that the local transportation tax rate may not exceed 2%; providing that State laws and regulations applicable to the State sales and use tax apply to a local transportation tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/20/2013
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Minority Business Enterprises - Participation and Goals and Subgoals [SB-188]
[Small Business ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Special Secretary of Minority Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Attorney General, to establish guidelines for units of State government to consider when determining the appropriate minority business enterprise participation percentage goal for specified procurements; altering the termination date for specified provisions of law concerning the minority business enterprise program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 200 on 05/02/2013
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Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2013 [SB-127]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Property Tax ]
Altering the frequency with which specified payments from a special fund are required to be paid; requiring the reduction of specified grants and payments under specified circumstances; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering the distribution of specified revenue; providing for the transfer of specified funds for specified purposes; repealing specified requirements for a notice relating to abandoned property to be published in specified newspapers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2013
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Evaluation of the Application of Minority Business Enterprise Program by the Public Service Commission [SB-1063]
[Small Business ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation, the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, and the Public Service Commission, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, to evaluate the feasibility and constitutionality of requiring the Commission to apply the provisions of a specified minority business enterprise program when exercising specified authority; and terminating the Act at the end of June 30, 2014.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel J McFadden
Favorable Report By Finance on 04/08/2013
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Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013 [SB-1054]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the distribution of motor fuel tax revenue; reducing specified motor fuel tax rates on July 1, 2013; requiring that specified motor fuel tax rates be increased on July 1 of each year based on the percentage growth in the Consumer Price Index; requiring a specified sales and use tax equivalent rate to be added to specified motor fuel tax rates and collected in the same manner as the motor fuel tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/04/2013
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Transportation Trust Fund - Use of Funds - Transit Financing [SB-1013]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Requiring that specified funds in the Transportation Trust Fund be allocated for highway expenditures, transit expenditures, and other transportation expenditures in a specified manner; establishing the Mass Transit Account in the Transportation Trust Fund; requiring that specified revenues be credited to the Mass Transit Account; requiring that funds in the Mass Transit Account be used to pay specified costs of transit facilities and transit service; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Ross Brinkley
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2013
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Transportation Projects - Transportation Facilities - Water Access [HB-797]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation and local governments, in developing a construction or improvement project involving a bridge or other transportation facility that is adjacent to or that crosses a waterway, to consider any reasonable and appropriate measures to provide or improve specified water access for specified activities; requiring the Department and local governments, in consultation with specified entities, to establish specified standards and guidelines; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie L. McIntosh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 140 on 04/09/2013
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Mass Transit Trust Fund [HB-771]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Establishing a Mass Transit Trust Fund (MTTF) in the Maryland Department of Transportation; requiring that the MTTF be used for specified purposes; requiring the Department to identify and establish a funding source for specified expenses for mass transit in the State; prohibiting the Department from using funds deposited in the Transportation Trust Fund to support specified expenses for mass transit in the State; providing that MTTF funds may not revert to or be credited to the State general or special funds, as specified; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gail H Bates
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 03/14/2013
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Family Investment Program - State Government Hiring Plans - Application [HB-632]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Providing that the requirements for developing and implementing a State plan for hiring current and former recipients under the Family Investment Program, foster youth, and obligors do not apply to the Department of Transportation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Kelly
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2013
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Public-Private Partnerships [HB-605]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the policy of the State on public-private partnerships; altering provisions of law relating to public-private partnerships; establishing that the Court of Special Appeals has jurisdiction over specified immediate appeals related to specified public-private partnerships; authorizing a reporting agency to establish a public-private partnership and execute an agreement in connection with any public infrastructure asset; requiring a reporting agency to adopt regulations and establish processes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Galen Ronald Clagett
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. (environmental Matters) on 02/15/2013
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Public-Private Partnerships [HB-560]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the policy of the State on public-private partnerships; authorizing a reporting agency to establish a public-private partnership and execute an agreement in connection with specified functions, services, or assets; requiring a reporting agency to adopt regulations and establish processes for the development, solicitation, evaluation, award, and delivery of public-private partnerships; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 5 on 04/09/2013
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Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013 [HB-1515]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the distribution of motor fuel tax revenue; requiring that specified motor fuel tax rates be increased on July 1 of each year based on the percentage growth in the Consumer Price Index; limiting the increase in specified motor fuel tax rates by a specified amount of the motor fuel tax rate effective in the previous year; requiring a specified sales and use tax equivalent rate to be added to specified motor fuel tax rates and collected in the same manner as the motor fuel tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 429 on 05/16/2013