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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Licensed Tree Experts - Insurance and Fees [HB-832]
Requiring an insurer that provides proof of liability or property damage coverage to a licensed tree expert to immediately notify the Department of Natural Resources electronically of any termination of either type of insurance coverage; repealing restrictions on the amounts of the application or renewal fees for tree expert licenses; and authorizing the Department to permanently revoke or suspend the license of any tree expert who fails to maintain specified liability or property damage insurance.
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Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2015 [HB-72]
Authorizing or altering the distribution of specified revenue; increasing from 2 to 3 years the maximum number of years the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene may renew a registration of specified controlled dangerous substances; expanding the uses for which the Department of the Environment may use money in the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund; requiring a local school system with a specified structural deficit to provide specified notifications under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Thermal Energy [HB-636]
Altering the renewable energy portfolio standard for specified years; providing for specified thermal energy sources to be thermal tier energy sources; requiring an electricity supplier to meet the renewable energy portfolio standard by accumulating a specified amount of renewable energy credits and thermal renewable energy credits; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Electric Companies - Vegetation Management [HB-611]
Requiring the Public Service Commission, in adopting specified vegetation management regulations, to require that an electric company's vegetation management program comply with the International Society of Arboriculture's Best Management Practices for Utility Pruning of Trees; and prohibiting an electric company from removing a tree on private property unless the tree is hazardous and the private property owner has consented to removal of the hazardous tree.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Forest Harvesting - Public Notice of Process and Licensees [HB-513]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to timely maintain and make available to the public on its Web site in a prominent manner a specified list of and contact information for all licensed foresters and licensed forest product operators in the State and the forest harvest application process and appropriate contact information for each county in the State.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Electric Companies - Vegetation Management - Local Law, Rule, or Regulation [HB-376]
Repealing a prohibition against a county or municipal corporation taking specified actions that interfere with, or materially increase costs of the work of an electric company toward, compliance with specified vegetation management standards.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Forest Conservation Act - Exemption - Hazards to Air Navigation [HB-238]
Creating an exemption under the Forest Conservation Act for the cutting or clearing of trees to comply with a specified provision of law, under specified circumstances.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Board of Tree Experts - Establishment [HB-1145]
Establishing the State Board of Tree Experts in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; providing for the composition of the Board and the qualifications, appointments, removal, terms, and expenses of the Board members; requiring the Board to adopt a code of ethics for practicing as a tree expert; prohibiting a person from practicing as a tree expert in the State without a license issued by the Board, subject to specified exceptions; establishing specified qualifications for a license; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Solar Farms - Construction Requirements - Exemptions [SB-1020]
Exempting a solar farm from the requirement to submit a grading and sediment control plan in order to obtain a permit for grading or construction; exempting a solar farm from the requirement to submit a forest stand delineation and forest conservation plan in order to obtain a permit for grading or construction; and exempting a solar farm from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity before constructing a generating station if the solar farm meets specified requirements.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Licensed Tree Experts - Notification [HB-582]
Requiring a licensed tree expert to provide specified notice to the Department of Natural Resources of the status of any company that engages in the business or work of the treatment, care, or removal of trees under the tree expert's license and of the liability and property damage insurance and workers' compensation insurance carried by each company.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Tree Experts - Prohibition [HB-291]
Prohibiting a licensed tree expert from supervising more than one company that provides tree expert services.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Solar Farms - Construction Requirements - Exemptions [HB-1463]
Exempting a solar farm from the requirement to submit a grading and sediment control plan in order to obtain a permit for grading or construction; exempting a solar farm from the requirement to submit a forest stand delineation and forest conservation plan in order to obtain a permit for grading or construction; and exempting a solar farm from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity before constructing a generating station if the solar farm meets specified requirements.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Thermal Energy - Task Force and Regulations [SB-797]
Establishing the Maryland Thermal Renewable Energy Credit Task Force; requiring the Task Force to analyze how to restructure the renewable energy portfolio standard to incorporate specified thermal energy sources; requiring the Task Force to make specified determinations and consider the impact of specified changes; requiring the Task Force to report findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2013; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Piling, Poles, Mill Logs, and Similar Cargo - Length, Overhang, and Fastening Standards [SB-73]
Altering the exemptions from length and overhang limits for vehicles carrying piling, poles, or mill logs; establishing length and overhang limits at which a hauling permit from the State Highway Administration would be required for vehicles carrying piling, poles, or mill logs; repealing the requirement that piling, poles, mill logs, and similar cargo be transported while enclosed within the sides or ends of the vehicle; altering the fastening standards for transporting piling, poles, mill logs, and other similar cargo; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Licensed Tree Expert - License Renewal - Continuing Education Requirement [SB-692]
Requiring a licensed tree expert to complete specified continuing education requirements to qualify for license renewal; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to maintain specified records for each licensed tree expert; requiring the Department to update specified records when a document of completion is approved; requiring the Department to mail a renewal application form to a licensed tree expert under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Qualifying Biomass [SB-684]
Limiting the eligibility of qualifying biomass as a Tier 1 renewable source for the renewable energy portfolio standard to qualifying biomass used at a generation unit that started commercial operation on or after January 1, 2005, and that achieves a system efficiency of 65% or more; providing that before January 1, 2018, qualifying biomass used at a generation unit that started commercial operation on or before December 31, 2004, and was certified on or before December 31, 2005, is eligible as a Tier 1 renewable source; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Tree Experts - Prohibition [SB-211]
Prohibiting a licensed tree expert from supervising more than one company that provides tree expert services.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Maryland Botanical Heritage Workgroup [HB-936]
Establishing the Maryland Botanical Heritage Workgroup; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to define challenges to, explore opportunities for improving, and make recommendations regarding the preservation of plant species native to the State and region; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2013; and terminating the Act at the end of May 31, 2014.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Licensed Tree Expert - License Renewal - Continuing Education Requirement [HB-927]
Requiring a licensed tree expert to complete specified continuing education requirements to qualify for license renewal; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to maintain specified records for each licensed tree expert; requiring the Department to update specified records when a document of completion is approved; requiring the Department to mail a renewal application form to a licensed tree expert under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Tree Experts - Prohibition [HB-728]
Prohibiting a licensed tree expert from supervising more than one company that provides tree expert services.