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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Green Maryland Act of 2010 [SB-693]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
Increasing the minimum amount of the total volume of paper that the Secretary of General Services buys to at least 90% recycled paper; requiring a review of procurement practices and a study of the use of recycled materials; establishing a goal to increase use of compost as fertilizer; requiring development of strategies and best practices for implementing environmentally preferable purchasing; requiring review and alteration of specifications to account for environmentally preferable procurement strategies and best practices; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Department of Transportation - Repeal of Secretary's Authority to Abolish [SB-368]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Repealing the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to abolish specified employee positions.
Sponsored by: Sen. George W Della
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Smart, Green, and Growing - The Sustainable Communities Act of 2010 [SB-285]
[Community Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Housing ]
Stating findings and intent of the General Assembly concerning sustainable communities; providing for the designation of specified areas as sustainable communities eligible for specified programs; reestablishing and altering the Maryland Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program to be the Sustainable Communities Tax Credit Program; authorizing the Director of the Maryland Historical Trust to issue up to $50,000,000 in the aggregate in initial credit certificates for the tax credit; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Exum
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding [SB-229]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing a Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding; requiring the Commission to review, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning specified issues; specifying the membership and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Governor to designate the chair of the Commission; prohibiting members of the Commission from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Task Force on the Minority Business Enterprise Program and Equity Investment [SB-2]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Investments ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing a Task Force on the Minority Business Enterprise Program and Equity Investment Capital; providing for the composition and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study how to facilitate the acquisition of investment equity capital by minority business enterprises in Maryland in a specified manner; requiring the Task Force to report its recommendations and draft legislation to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2010; and terminating the Act at the end of May 31, 2011.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises - Electronic Certification [SB-131]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations that include provisions that promote and facilitate the submission of all or part of a specified application for certification as a minority business enterprise through an electronic process.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises - Certification Process [SB-130]
[Small Business ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations to promote and facilitate certification under the State's minority business enterprise program of minority business enterprises that have received certification from the U. S. Small Business Administration or a county that uses a qualification process substantially similar to the State's certification process; and requiring the Board to keep records and submit an annual report to the General Assembly regarding specified minority business enterprises.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Snowstorm and Related Climate Change Preparation Act [SB-1092]
[Climate Change ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Energy ]
Requiring, on or before December 1, 2010, the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, to submit a specified report to the Governor and the General Assembly on specified investments necessary for the State to respond to specified weather emergencies; requiring the report to include specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. (education Health And Environmental Affairs) on 03/22/2010
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Maryland Transportation Authority Police Officers - Collective Bargaining [HB-815]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding the application of provisions of law relating to collective bargaining to specified Maryland Transportation Authority police officers; providing that the provisions of law do not apply to Maryland Transportation Authority police officers who are supervisory, managerial, or confidential employees, as defined in specified regulations; requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority Police officers to have a separate bargaining unit; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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State Government - Priority Funding for Transportation Projects for BRAC [HB-732]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Defense ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Military ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation, in its Consolidated Transportation Program, to include as a priority any capital project needed to accommodate projected transportation needs resulting from recommendations of the 2005 Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Wayne Norman
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means Withdrawn on 03/15/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding [HB-710]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing a Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding; requiring the Commission to review, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning specified issues; specifying the membership and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Governor to designate the chair of the Commission; prohibiting members of the Commission from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Prince George's County - Maryland Department of Transportation - Study of Rail [HB-575]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation, using existing resources, to study and determine the technical feasibility and economic viability of constructing a Metro rail, light rail, or monorail transit system in southern Prince George's County in the MD 201/I-295 corridor from Indian Head to one of two specified Metro stations near the border of Washington, D.C.; requiring the Department to solicit input from specified entities and residents for the study; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/25/2010
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Smart, Green, and Growing - The Sustainable Communities Act of 2010 [HB-475]
[Community Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Environmental ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Housing ]
Stating findings and the intent of the General Assembly concerning sustainable communities; providing for the designation of specified areas as sustainable communities eligible for specified programs; authorizing the Smart Growth Subcabinet to designate sustainable communities; extending and altering the Maryland Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program to be the Sustainable Communities Tax Credit Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Bobo
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Transportation Projects - Bicycle and Pedestrian Access - Funding and Reporting [HB-282]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Declaring that it is the policy of the State that, in developing the annual Consolidated Transportation Program, the Maryland Department of Transportation shall work to ensure that there is an appropriate balance between funding for specified transportation projects for pedestrians and bicycle riders and specified highway construction projects and place increased emphasis on specified transportation projects; requiring the Statewide 20-Year Bicycle-Pedestrian Master Plan to be reviewed and updated in specified years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Transportation - Public-Private Partnerships - Notice to the General Assembly [HB-271]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to provide specified information to specified committees of the General Assembly and the Department of Legislative Services not less than 45 days prior to issuing a public notice of solicitation related to specified public-private partnerships; requiring the Department to provide specified information to specified committees of the General Assembly and the Department of Legislative Services not less than 10 days prior to entering into specified public-private partnerships; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ellis Hixson
Hearing 3/2 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises - Electronic Certification [HB-251]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations that include provisions that promote and facilitate the submission of all or part of specified applications for certification as a minority business enterprise through an electronic process.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises - Certification Process [HB-250]
[Small Business ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations to promote and facilitate certification under the State's minority business enterprise program of minority business enterprises that have received certification from the U. S. Small Business Administration or a county that uses a qualification process substantially similar to the State's certification process; and requiring the Board to keep records and submit an annual report to the General Assembly regarding certification of specified minority business enterprises.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ellis Hixson
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Task Force on the Minority Business Enterprise Program and Equity Investment [HB-222]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Investments ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing a Task Force on the Minority Business Enterprise Program and Equity Investment Capital; providing for the composition and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study how to facilitate the acquisition of investment equity capital by minority business enterprises in Maryland in a specified manner; requiring the Task Force to report its recommendations and draft legislation to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 1, 2010; and terminating the Act at the end of May 31, 2011.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael L Vaughn
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Traffic Accident Clearance Procedures [HB-22]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing a Task Force to Study Traffic Accident Clearance Procedures; providing for the membership and duties of the Task Force; providing for the staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Governor to appoint the chair of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation; authorizing a member of the Task Force to receive reimbursement for specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to report to the General Assembly by a specified date; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Veronica Turner
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 02/22/2010
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Commission on Responses to Serious Incidents of Inclement Weather [HB-1429]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Establishing a Commission on Responses to Serious Incidents of Inclement Weather; providing for the membership, duties, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Governor to appoint the chair of the Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing a member to be reimbursed for specified expenses; requiring the Commission to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by specified dates; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/01/2010