Environment - Construction of Wells [HB-1354]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to take specified actions before proposing to adopt or make changes to specified regulations and laws governing the construction of water wells; prohibiting the Department from proposing to adopt specified changes to regulations and laws governing the construction of wells unless the State Board of Well Drillers approves the changes; providing an exception; etc.
HB-1354: Environment - Construction of Wells
Sponsored by: Rep. Rudolph Cane
Re-referred Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 04/11/2011
Environment - Oil and Gas Drilling - Wells [SB-448]
Reducing, from 1,000 feet to 500 feet, the distance from the boundary of a property from which gas or oil wells may be drilled for the production or underground storage of gas or oil; and adding a definition of "well".
SB-448: Environment - Oil and Gas Drilling - Wells
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 03/16/2010
Department of the Environment - Oil and Gas Production Permits - Fees [HB-72]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to collect fees for specified purposes concerning oil and gas wells; requiring the Department to set the fees at a specified rate; requiring the Department to reduce the fees under specified circumstances; establishing an Oil and Gas Fund; specifying the composition of the Fund; providing that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund; prohibiting the reversion of unused money from the Fund to the General Fund; etc.
HB-72: Department of the Environment - Oil and Gas Production Permits - Fees
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Environment - Water Appropriation or Use Permits - Wells [HB-486]
Requiring a water appropriation or use permit to include provisions that prohibit the capping or elimination of specified wells and require the installation of a hand pump in specified wells; and providing that the Act does not apply if water in existing wells is determined to be contaminated and unsuitable for human or animal use.
HB-486: Environment - Water Appropriation or Use Permits - Wells
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2010
Environment - Oil and Gas Drilling - Wells [HB-398]
Reducing, from 1,000 feet to 500 feet, the distance from the boundary of a property from which gas or oil wells may be drilled for the production or underground storage of gas or oil; and adding a definition of "well".
HB-398: Environment - Oil and Gas Drilling - Wells
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/15/2010
Montgomery County - Septic System and Well Easements - Rural Zones [HB-1506]
Providing that, with specified exceptions, in Montgomery County a subdivision located in a specified rural zone may be served by a septic system or a well located on a contiguous property under a septic system easement or a well easement; establishing specified exceptions; and clarifying that the Act does not authorize the creation of additional lots.
HB-1506: Montgomery County - Septic System and Well Easements - Rural Zones
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2010
Well Drilling - Regulation of Water Supply - Public Hearing and Notice [HB-1289]
Authorizing persons who reside in a specified hydrogeologic area to request that the Department of the Environment hold a public hearing on proposed regulations that affect a groundwater aquifer or well; requiring, under specified circumstances, the Department to hold a public hearing before adopting the regulations; requiring the public hearing to be held at a location in the affected hydrogeologic area; etc.
HB-1289: Well Drilling - Regulation of Water Supply - Public Hearing and Notice
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Costa
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2010
Well Drilling - Local Health Department - Appeal [HB-1274]
Authorizing a person that has been issued or has applied for a well drilling permit to appeal a specified decision of a specified local health department to the Department of the Environment; requiring the Department to make a specified final decision and provide specified notice within 24 hours of receiving the appeal; etc.
HB-1274: Well Drilling - Local Health Department - Appeal
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Costa
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2010
You have voted HB-1526: Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 700: Wellhead Protection: Siting of Facilities That Pose a Significant Threat to Drinking Water, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Environmental Protection.
Clean Energy Jobs - Workforce Development - Scope [SB-224]
Altering the scope of apprenticeship and training programs that may receive certain support through the Clean Energy Workforce Account from the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund for clean energy industry development; providing that $750,000 from the Fund be designated for the recruitment of individuals, including veterans and formerly incarcerated individuals, to the pre-apprenticeship jobs training programs and the registered apprenticeship jobs training programs beginning in fiscal year 2021; etc.
SB-224: Clean Energy Jobs - Workforce Development - Scope
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 410 on 05/08/2020
Clean Energy Jobs - Workforce Development - Scope [SB-224]
Altering the scope of apprenticeship and training programs that may receive certain support through the Clean Energy Workforce Account from the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund for clean energy industry development; providing that $750,000 from the Fund be designated for the recruitment of individuals, including veterans and formerly incarcerated individuals, to the pre-apprenticeship jobs training programs and the registered apprenticeship jobs training programs beginning in fiscal year 2021; etc.
SB-224: Clean Energy Jobs - Workforce Development - Scope
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 410 on 05/08/2020
Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Regulation [HB-136]
Establishing the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals in the Department of the Environment to regulate individuals who perform on-site wastewater services in the State and to establish minimum standards for certain on-site waste water systems; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Board, to set by regulation certain fees for the issuance and renewal of licenses and other services provided by the Board; establishing the On-Site Wastewater Professionals Fund; etc.
HB-23: Amends existing law relating to drilling permits to revise fee provisions, to provide for the use of certain permit fees, to authorize the director of the Department of Water Resources to provide blanket drilling permits for closed loop heat exchange wells and to provide that the applications for blanket permits for site specific monitoring programs shall include specified design proposals.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Senate Intro on 03/03/2011
You have voted HB-23: Amends existing law relating to drilling permits to revise fee provisions, to provide for the use of certain permit fees, to authorize the director of the Department of Water Resources to provide blanket drilling permits for closed loop heat exchange wells and to provide that the applications for blanket permits for site specific monitoring programs shall include specified design proposals..
Relating To Water. [HB-631]
Requires an owner or prior owner of an abandoned well to repair or seal the well at the owner's or prior owner's expense. Appropriates funds for three new positions to assist DLNR with the inspection of abandoned wells, the enforcement of well construction and pump installation standards, and enforcement of well abandonment requirements. (HB631 HD1)
HB-631: Relating To Water.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daynette Morikawa
Reported From Wal (stand. Com. Rep. No. 355) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Fin. on 02/15/2017
Personal Property Tax - Exemption - Property Used in Well Construction [HB-1561]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to exempt, under specified circumstances, specified personal property used in the construction of specified wells from the county or municipal corporation property tax; authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to enact specified provisions to carry out the exemption; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2017.
HB-1561: Personal Property Tax - Exemption - Property Used in Well Construction
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Frush
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/17/2017