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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Environment - Yard Waste Composting - Plastic Bag Prohibition [HB-961]
Prohibiting a person from using a plastic bag for the final disposal of yard waste or natural wood waste under specified circumstances; and allowing a person to transport yard waste or natural wood waste in a plastic bag under specified circumstances.
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Vehicle Laws - Exceptional Hauling Permits - Validity in Select Eastern Shore [HB-667]
Including Dorchester, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties as those in which an exceptional hauling permit issued by the State Highway Administration is valid for a combination of vehicles that transports specified forestry products, subject to axle configuration requirements, increased maximum load limits, weight tolerances, inspection requirements, operation restrictions and requirements, penalties, record keeping and reporting requirements, and fees; codifying provisions of law concerning hauling permits; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Local Forest Conservation Funds - Use of Money [HB-606]
Repealing the requirement that, at the end of 2 years or 3 growing seasons, unused money in a local forest conservation fund be returned to the person who provided the money for specified tree planting purposes.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Forest Product Operators - Standards, Procedures, and Enforcement [HB-356]
Establishing an application process for a forest product operator's license; providing for the term of a forest product operator's license; establishing standards and requirements for a forest product operator license holder; repealing obsolete provisions of law governing inspections of woodlands and leases on woodlands for timber harvesting; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to suspend or revoke the license of a forest product operator under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Department of Agriculture - Invasive Plants - Labeling and Notice [HB-1360]
Designating specified species of plant as invasive plants; authorizing the Department of Agriculture to designate specified additional species of plant as invasive species if the species meet specified criteria; prohibiting a person, except as provided under the Act, from selling or offering for sale in the State, or from planting or supplying as part of a specified landscaping service in the State, invasive plants; establishing specified labeling, signage, and notice requirements for invasive plants; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Forest Conservation Fund - Contribution Rates - Priority Funding Areas [HB-1352]
Altering the rates for contributions required to be made to the Forest Conservation Fund and a local forest conservation fund on the basis of whether a project is inside or outside a priority funding area under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Climate Solutions Act of 2020 – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act [HB-1425]
Increasing the greenhouse gas emissions reductions that the State must achieve by 2030; requiring the State to achieve net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt a final plan that reduces statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030 and sets the State on a path toward achieving net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, on or before December 31, 2020; establishing the Climate Jobs Working Group; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Local Governments - Responsibility for Repairing or Replacing Sidewalks [HB-1155]
Providing that a county or municipality is responsible for repairing or replacing a sidewalk that becomes damaged as a result of a tree planted by the county or municipality; and prohibiting a county or municipality from requiring a certain property owner to repair or replace, or contribute to the cost of repairing or replacing, a sidewalk that has become damaged as a result of a tree planted by the county or municipality.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Natural Resources – Tree Expert License – Eligibility Criteria [HB-1311]
Altering the eligibility criteria for an applicant for a tree expert license to be issued a license.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Climate Solutions Act of 2020 – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act [SB-926]
Increasing the greenhouse gas emissions reductions that the State must achieve by 2030; requiring the State to achieve net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt a final plan that reduces statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030 and sets the State on a path toward achieving net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, on or before December 31, 2020; establishing the Climate Jobs Workgroup; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Allegany County and Garrett County - Definition of "Tree Expert" - Alteration [SB-867]
Altering the definition of "tree expert" to exclude, in Allegany County and Garrett County, a person who, for the immediately preceding 3 years, has participated in a certain program and has been engaged continuously in the practice of timber harvesting, carries certain liability and property damage insurance, and is compensated for cutting, trimming, or removing certain trees on private property.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Fixed Natural Filter Practices [SB-597]
Prohibiting the use of certain cost-sharing funds to fund a conservation practice that does not meet certain requirements; authorizing certain cost-sharing funds to be made available for certain fixed natural filter practices; prohibiting basing a reduction in certain cost-sharing rates on tons of soil saved or an amortization formula; requiring that cost-sharing rates for the planting of multiple species of cover crops equal or exceed the rates paid for the planting a single species of cover crop; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Fixed Natural Filter Practices [HB-687]
Prohibiting the use of certain cost-sharing funds to fund a conservation practice that does not meet certain requirements; authorizing certain cost-sharing funds to be made available for certain fixed natural filter practices; prohibiting basing a reduction in certain cost-sharing rates on tons of soil saved or an amortization formula; requiring that certain cost-sharing for the planting of multiple species of cover crops equal or exceed the rates paid for the planting of a single species of cover crop; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Agriculture - Farmers Markets - Advertising, Labeling, and Enforcement (Farmers Market Integrity Act) [SB-351]
Prohibiting a person from using the term "farmers market" to describe certain venues; prohibiting a person from selling farm and food products at a farmers market unless 75% of the products offered were grown or processed by the person or under the supervision of the person; authorizing a person operating or coordinating a farmers market to impose more stringent requirements than the provisions of the Act; establishing the Farmers Market Review Panel; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Panel; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Pesticides - Use of Chlorpyrifos - Prohibition [SB-300]
Prohibiting the aerial application of chlorpyrifos on or after October 1, 2020; prohibiting the use of chlorpyrifos in the State on or after December 31, 2020; establishing the Pesticide Transition Fund to support Maryland farmers in the transition away from the use of chlorpyrifos and to support the work of the Pesticide Transition Task Force, including research on integrated pest management and implementation of the State's plan to transition away from the use of chlorpyrifos; establishing the Pesticide Transition Task Force; etc.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To The Environment. [SB-2077]
Establishes a tree planting program in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electricity - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Qualifying Biomass [SB-168]
Altering the definition of "qualifying biomass" for purposes of excluding energy derived from certain material from being eligible for meeting certain Tier 1 obligations under the renewable energy portfolio standard; providing that existing obligations or contract rights may not be impaired by the Act; and applying the Act to all renewable energy portfolio standard compliance years beginning January 1, 2021, or later.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electricity - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Qualifying Biomass [HB-98]
Altering the definition of "qualifying biomass" for purposes of excluding energy derived from certain material from being eligible for meeting certain Tier 1 obligations under the renewable energy portfolio standard; providing that existing obligations or contract rights may not be impaired by the Act; and applying the Act to all renewable energy portfolio standard compliance years beginning January 1, 2021, or later.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Rapid Ohia Death. [HB-1472]
Appropriates moneys for research to combat rapid ohia death. (HB1472 HD1)
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Roadside Trees - Preservation and Protection [HB-1118]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow under a permit for roadside tree care the maintenance or removal of a tree to eliminate a hazard, to enable necessary roadway improvements, and for locally zoned development and land use requirements; prohibiting the Department from authorizing under a permit the maintenance or removal of a roadside tree for specified purposes; requiring an applicant for a permit to remove a roadside tree to demonstrate that a reasonable effort has been made to protect and to preserve the tree; etc.