This is your link to MML's legislative initiatives during the 2010 Session of the Maryland General Assembly. Like the traditional paper version of the Legislative Status Report found in the Bulletin, this page lists:

• bills important to cities and towns that are monitored by MML
• what positions have been taken by the committee (if any)
• synopsis of each bill

2010 bills (Latest update: March 03, 2010)

Select a Senate or House bill by number from the drop down list below, or simply scan through the bills by scrolling down. If you are searching for a particular topic, use your browser's "find" feature to search for key terms. Click the bill number to jump to MLIS for detailed information about each bill.

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In MLIS, "Third Reader" or the "Enrolled" versions of bills are final, but bills do not become law until signed by the governor. The governor has until June to act on any enrolled bill (those passed by both the House of Delegates and the Maryland State Senate and sent to the governor for his signature).

Summary of Senate Bills

SB 99
TITLE: Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors - Required Records
Altering requirements for records that specified junk dealers and scrap metal processors must keep for each purchase of specified junk or scrap metal in the State; preempting specified rights and superseding specified laws of specified counties and municipalities; providing that specified provisions of law do not apply to specified transactions; providing that the Act applies to specified automotive dismantlers and scrap metal processors; making the Act an emergency measure; etc.

SPONSOR: Senators DeGrange and Astle
ASSIGNED TO: Finance
MML POSITION:  SA

SB 158
TITLE: Foreclosures - Unpaid Water and Sanitary Charges - Prohibition
Prohibiting the forced sale or foreclosure of a property due to unpaid water, sewer, or other sanitary system bills; and repealing provisions rendered inconsistent with the Act.

SPONSOR: Senators Brochin and Muse
ASSIGNED TO: Judicial Proceedings
MML POSITION:  O

SB210
TITLE: General Assembly - Fiscal Notes - Analysis of Long-Term Savings
Requiring a fiscal note for a bill to include an analysis of any potential long-term reduction in the expenditures of State government and of local governments and other long-term savings that could result from the bill; and requiring the analysis to project the potential long-term savings for a 5-year period beginning 1 year after the effective date of the bill.

SPONSOR: Senator Kelley, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Budget & Taxation
MML POSITION:  S

SB 229
TITLE: Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation 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.

SPONSOR: Senator Garagiola, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Budget & Taxation
MML POSITION:  SA

SB 232
TITLE: Property Tax - Homestead Tax Credit - Extension to Second Property
Extending the homestead property tax credit to a second dwelling under specified circumstances; and applying the Act to tax years beginning after a specified date.

SPONSOR: Senator Brinkley, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Budget & Taxation
MML POSITION:  O

SB 257
TITLE: Vehicle Laws - Disposition of Traffic Citations
Requiring persons who receive traffic citations for offenses that are not punishable by incarceration to, within 30 days, waive the right to trial and pay the fine, request a specified hearing, or elect to stand trial; altering the traffic citations for which the District Court or a circuit court are required to issue a notice to appear; authorizing the District Court to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of the failure of a person to comply with a citation; etc.

SPONSOR: Senators Forehand, King, and Madaleno
ASSIGNED TO: Judicial Proceedings
MML POSITION:  S

SB 278
TITLE: Smart, Green, and Growing - Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission
Repealing the Task Force on the Future for Growth and Development in Maryland; establishing the Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission; establishing the membership and the charge of the Commission; authorizing the Commission to adopt rules of procedure; etc. (Crossfiled as HB 474 by The Speaker-By Request - Administration, et al.)

SPONSOR: The President (By Request - Administration), et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Education, Health and Environmental Affairs
MML POSITION:  SA

SB 285
TITLE: Smart, Green, and Growing - The Sustainable Communities Act of 2010
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. (Crossfiled as HB 475 by The Speaker-By Request-Admin., et al.)

SPONSOR: The President (By Request - Administration), et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Budge t& Taxation
MML POSITION:  S

SB 361
TITLE: Natural Resources - Local Forest Conservation Funds - Use of Money
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. (Crossfiled as HB 606 by Delegate Love, et al.)

SPONSOR: Senator Astle
ASSIGNED TO: Education, Health and Environmental Affairs
MML POSITION:  S

SB 394
TITLE: Municipalities - Authority to Enter into Agreements with Other Municipalities
Authorizing municipalities to enter into agreements with other municipalities for purposes that include the joint administration of the municipalities, procurement activities, the provision of municipal services, and the joint funding and management of projects that are centrally located to the municipalities.

SPONSOR: Senator Exum, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Education, Health and Environmental Affairs
MML POSITION:  S

SB 413
TITLE: Property Tax Credit - Replacement Home Purchased After Acquisition of Dwelling for Public Use
Requiring the State and the governing body of a county and municipal corporation to grant a tax credit against the State, county, and municipal corporation property taxes for a replacement dwelling purchased by a displaced owner of a dwelling acquired for public use by eminent domain; providing for the computation of the credit; requiring owners to apply for the credit; etc.

SPONSOR: Senator Pugh, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Budget & Taxation
MML POSITION:  O

SB 420
TITLE: Environment - Stormwater Management - New Development and Redevelopment Projects
Making specified stormwater management regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment applicable to all new development and redevelopment projects that do not have final approval for erosion and sediment control and stormwater management plans by May 4, 2020; and making the Act an emergency measure. (Crossfiled as HB 964 by Delegate Haddaway, et al.)

SPONSOR: Senators Colburn, Haines, Jacobs, and Mooney
ASSIGNED TO: Education, Health and Environmental Affairs
MML POSITION:  S

SB 457
TITLE: State Highway Administration - Speed Limits - Small Cities and Towns
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to establish, for the portion of a specified State highway that is located within the boundaries of a municipal corporation with a population of not more than 1,000, a maximum speed limit that is lower than the maximum speed limit that is otherwise specified under specified provisions of law; declaring a specified policy of the State; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly.

SPONSOR: Senator Glassman
ASSIGNED TO: Judicial Proceedings
MML POSITION:  SA

SB 560
TITLE: Vehicle Laws - Traffic Citations - Option to Request Trial
Requiring that a traffic citation issued to a person contain a notice that, if the citation is a payable violation, the person must comply with one of a specified list of options, including the option to request, within a specified time period, a trial date at the date, time, and place established by the District Court by writ or trial notice; and making conforming changes. (Crossfiled as HB 826 by Delegate Jameson, et al.)

SPONSOR: Senators Forehand, King, and Madaleno
ASSIGNED TO: Judicial Proceedings
MML POSITION:  S

SB 685
TITLE: Personal Property Tax - Heavy Equipment
Authorizing a county or municipality to impose a tax, not exceeding 2%, on the gross receipts from the short-term lease or rental of specified heavy equipment property; requiring a person who owns a business with gross receipts subject to the tax to collect and remit the tax by the last day of the month after the end of each quarter; providing that specified heavy equipment property is not subject to the personal property tax under specified circumstances; etc. (Crossfiled as HB 817 by Delegate Frick, et al.)

SPONSOR: Senator DeGrange, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Budget and Taxation
MML POSITION:  SA

SB 707
TITLE: Vehicle Laws - Parking Violations - Administrative Enforcement by Counties and Municipal Corporations
Authorizing a county or a municipal corporation, by ordinance, to establish an alternative enforcement program for the issuance of civil parking citations for violations of specified restrictions on the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles; establishing requirements for an ordinance adopted under the Act; requiring an ordinance adopted under the Act to provide for a specified judicial review in the District Court; etc. (Crossfiled as HB 954 by Delegate Anderson)

SPONSOR: Senator McFadden (By Request - Baltimore County Administration)
ASSIGNED TO: Judicial Proceedings
MML POSITION:  S

SB 713
TITLE: Public and Commercial Buildings - Energy Benchmarking and Disclosure
Requiring gas or electric companies to maintain, in a specified format, gas or electric consumption records for nonresidential retail gas and electric customers; requiring a gas or electric company to upload to the EPA Portfolio Manager certain gas consumption records after receiving authorization from an owner or operator of a nonresidential building; requiring that certain commercial buildings be benchmarked annually, beginning in certain years, using the EPA Portfolio Manager; etc. (Crossfiled as HB 985 by Delegate Hecht, et al.)

SPONSOR: Senator Lenett, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Finance
MML POSITION:  O

SB 720
TITLE: Clean Energy Loan Programs
Altering the requirements of a specified Clean Energy Loan Program adopted by a political subdivision under specified circumstances; requiring that a specified energy audit required to be performed before a political subdivision approves a specified loan identify specified cost-effective energy efficiency projects and renewable energy projects that would generate a specified projected yearly energy cost savings; etc. (Crossfiled as HB 1014 by Delegate Hecht, et al.)

SPONSOR: Senator Middleton
ASSIGNED TO: Finance
MML POSITION:  S

SB 775
TITLE: Environment - Road Salt Management Programs
Environment - Road Salt Management Programs (Crossfiled as HB 903 by Delegate Kramer, et al.)

SPONSOR: Senator Kramer, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Education, Health and Environmental Affairs
MML POSITION:  O

SB 840
TITLE: Budget Reduction Act
Altering or repealing specified State aid to local jurisdictions; altering or repealing specified grants to specified persons or institutions; altering the distribution of specified revenues; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering the distribution of highway user revenues; stating the intent of the General Assembly regarding restraining spending in the State budget by implementation of specified actions; etc. (Crossfiled as HB 1159 by Delegate Costa, et al.)

SPONSOR: Senator Reilly
ASSIGNED TO: Budget and Taxation
MML POSITION:  O

SB 911
TITLE: Underground Facilities - Damage Prevention
Repealing provisions of Maryland's underground facilities damage prevention laws; expanding the scope of the underground facilities damage prevention laws to apply to an owner or lessee of a private residence who performs an excavation or demolition on the land of the private residence; establishing the Maryland Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Authority; establishing the Maryland Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Education and Outreach Fund; etc. (Crossfiled as HB 1290 by Delegate Davis)

SPONSOR: Senator Astle
ASSIGNED TO: Finance
MML POSITION:  O

SB 1046
TITLE: Bonds Supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Authorizing the Board of Public Works to issue general obligation bonds and other evidence of indebtedness of the State or of a local government unit that are authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA); authorizing the Board to provide for specific terms and conditions of the ARRA bonds; providing that the Board may issue ARRA bonds to finance State projects that have been authorized by separate State enabling acts; providing that ARRA bonds issued to finance State projects shall be State debt; etc. (Crossfiled as HB 1446 by Delegate Heller, et al.)

SPONSOR: Senator Jones (Chair, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)
ASSIGNED TO: Rules
MML POSITION:  S

Summary of House Bills

HB 3
TITLE: Business Regulation - Employees Who Carry Firearms - Protective Body Armor
Requiring an employer to provide protective body armor to an employee who is required to carry a firearm loaded with live rounds; and defining terms.

SPONSOR: Delegate Conaway
ASSIGNED TO: Economic Matters
MML POSITION:  O

HB 58
TITLE: State Government - Open Meetings Act - Definition of Public Body
Altering the definition of a public body in the context of the Open Meetings Act to include an entity created by a memorandum of understanding, memorandum of agreement, or contract entered into by the chief executive authority of a political subdivision of the State and an entity created by a political subdivision of the State while carrying out a quasi-legislative function; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegate Smigiel
ASSIGNED TO: Health and Government Operations
MML POSITION:  O

HB 70
TITLE: Bay Restoration Fund - Expanded Use of Funds
Authorizing the use of the Bay Restoration Fund as a source of revenue or security for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds issued by a local government if the proceeds are used to fund the eligible costs of enhanced nutrient removal under specified circumstances.

SPONSOR: Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)
ASSIGNED TO: Environmental Matters
MML POSITION:  S

HB 73
TITLE: Environment - Water Quality Revolving Loan Fund - Use of Funds
Authorizing the use of the Maryland Water Quality Revolving Loan Fund to provide assistance in the form of grants, negative interest loans, forgiveness of principal, subsidized interest rates, and any other form of financial assistance as authorized or required by specified provisions of federal law.

SPONSOR: Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)
ASSIGNED TO: Environmental Matters
MML POSITION:  S

HB 169
TITLE: Marilyn J. Praisner Safe and Earth-Friendly Roadway Act
Authorizing the State Highway Administration, the Maryland Transportation Authority, or a political subdivision to install or replace a specified luminaire for highway lighting only if it determines that the concerns to be addressed by the lighting cannot be addressed by specified alternative means; authorizing the Administration, the Authority, a political subdivision, or an electric company to install or replace a specified luminaire only with a luminaire that meets specified requirements; etc. (Crossfiled as SB 464 by Senator Forehand, et al.)

SPONSOR: Delegate Carr, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Environmental Matters
MML POSITION:  SA

HB 216
TITLE: State Highway Administration - Unauthorized Signs on Highway Rights-of-Way
Providing for original jurisdiction of the District Court for specified actions; prohibiting a person without authorization from the State Highway Administration from placing a sign within the right-of-way of a State highway; clarifying that such signs may be removed by the Administration or other designated agencies; authorizing the Administration or a specified county or municipal corporation government to collect civil penalties and to seek an injunction against violations; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegate Pena-Melnyk, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Environmental Matters
MML POSITION:  S

HB 273
TITLE: Public Safety - Pool Lifeguards - Regulation (Connor's Law)
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations requiring the owners of specified types of swimming pools to have one lifeguard on duty for each group of 25 or fewer individuals in the water.

SPONSOR: Delegate King
ASSIGNED TO: Health and Government Operations
MML POSITION:  O

HB 282
TITLE: Transportation Projects - Bicycle and Pedestrian Access - Funding and Reporting
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 a 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 revised in each year that the Maryland Transportation Plan is revised; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegate Pena-Melnyk
ASSIGNED TO: Ways and Means
MML POSITION:  S

HB 555
TITLE: Political Subdivisions - Electronic Legal Notices Option
Authorizing a county or municipality to satisfy a requirement to publish specified legal notices in a newspaper of general circulation by posting the notice on its website; requiring a county or municipality that chooses to post notices on the Internet to publish a specified notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality, and to offer a specified mail service to provide paper copies of notices; requiring the first year of the mail service to be paid for by the county or municipality; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegate Reznik, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Environmental Matters
MML POSITION:  S

HB 670
TITLE: Joint Committee on Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight - Membership
Expanding the membership of the Joint Committee on Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight to include a representative from a self-insured local government entity.

SPONSOR: Delegate Feldman
ASSIGNED TO: Economic Matters
MML POSITION:  S

HB 705
TITLE: Energy Performance Ratings - State, County, and Municipal Buildings
Requiring, beginning October 1, 2011, the governing body of a county or a municipal corporation to post a specified Energy Star rating for specified county or municipal buildings in a specified area of the buildings; and beginning on specified dates, requiring the Department of General Services to post a specified Energy Star rating for specified State buildings in a specified area of the buildings. (Crossfiled as SB 656 by Senator Lenett)

SPONSOR: Delegate Stein, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Health and Government Operations
MML POSITION:  O

HB 715
TITLE: Department of Planning - Disposition of Real Property
Requiring the Department of Planning to give specified notice to the governing body of a specified jurisdiction regarding specified real property owned by the State if a unit of State government expresses interest in the property under specified circumstances; and requiring the Department to include the response of a specified jurisdiction to a proposed use of specified property by a unit of State government under specified circumstances.

SPONSOR: Delegates Kipke, Dwyer, George, and Schuh
ASSIGNED TO: Appropriations
MML POSITION:  S

HB 759
TITLE: Political Subdivisions - Construction Projects - Demolition
Prohibiting a political subdivision from issuing a demolition permit unless specified requirements are met; requiring a political subdivision to enact laws or regulations that require an owner of a building or structure to arrange for a salvage period prior to the commencement of demolition of the building or structure unless specified conditions are met; requiring a political subdivision to establish specified laws or regulations; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegate Niemann, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Environmental Matters
MML POSITION:  O

HB 786
TITLE: State Highway Administration - Sidewalk Construction in Priority Funding Areas
Requiring the State Highway Administration to categorize as "system preservation" and give corresponding funding priority to sidewalk construction projects that are requested by a local government along an urban highway that is located in a priority funding area and is not under construction or reconstruction; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegate Healey, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Environmental Matters
MML POSITION:  S

HB 812
TITLE: Environment - Water Service - Property Owners
Clarifying that a political subdivision shall send a bill for water service to each property owner for each property served on a monthly, quarterly, or semiannual basis.

SPONSOR: Delegate Rudolph
ASSIGNED TO: Environmental Matters
MML POSITION:  SA

HB 852
TITLE: Energy Companies - Net Energy Metering Credit Transfers - Municipalities
Authorizing specified municipalities to transfer specified generation credits to specified properties; and requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt specified regulations.

SPONSOR: Delegate George, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Economic Matters
MML POSITION:  S

HB 976
TITLE: Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing
Repealing provisions of law relating to specified qualified offers in connection with the liability of an owner of specified rental property; repealing a provision of law relating to a specified window replacement program; repealing obsolete provisions of law relating to the reduction of lead risk in housing; etc.

SPONSOR: Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)
ASSIGNED TO: Environmental Matters
MML POSITION:  O

HB 982
TITLE: Solid Waste Management - Recycling - Requirements
Requiring the Office of Recycling in the Department of the Environment to establish specified commodity-based solid waste reduction through recycling goals; altering county recycling requirements by requiring counties to include in specified county plans a specified commodity-based recycling plan by October 1, 2011, that provides for specified solid waste reduction and requires full implementation by January 1, 2020; establishing a solid waste management fee; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegate Niemann, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Environmental Matters
MML POSITION:  O

HB 1000
TITLE: Vehicle Laws - Police Vehicles Engaged in Traffic Stops - Video Recording Systems
Requiring that, on or after a specified date, a motor vehicle of a law enforcement agency used to initiate a traffic stop shall be equipped with an in-car video recording system that activates on the activation of the vehicle's emergency lights and makes a video recording of any activity occurring immediately in front of the vehicle during the traffic stop; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegates Conaway and Anderson
ASSIGNED TO: Judiciary
MML POSITION:  O

HB 1031
TITLE: State Government - Open Meetings Act - Online Training
Requiring the State Open Meetings Law Compliance Board to develop and offer an online training program on the requirements of the open meetings law to employees, officers, and members of a public body; requiring a public body to designate employees, officers, and members of the public body to receive the online training; requiring the designated individuals to complete the training within 30 days of being designated; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegates O'Donnell and Mizeur
ASSIGNED TO: Health and Government Operations
MML POSITION:  O

HB 1125
TITLE: Stormwater Management - Development Projects - Redevelopment and Preliminary Plan Approval
Establishing specified requirements for a specified redevelopment project design; authorizing a developer to make a fee-in-lieu payment to a local government to offset specified stormwater management requirements; requiring the fee-in-lieu payment to be in an amount determined by a local government and used for specified purposes; authorizing a person to submit a stormwater management plan that complies with specified laws and regulations if a development project receives specified approvals before May 4, 2010; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegate Holmes, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Environmental Matters
MML POSITION:  S

HB 1182
TITLE: Business Improvement Districts
Authorizing a county or municipal corporation to create specified business improvement districts; providing for the purposes of a district; requiring a county or municipal corporation to adopt specified resolutions to provide for the creation, organization, and alteration of a district; providing for the governance of the district through a district corporation; requiring that a county or municipal corporation impose a specified tax in a specified manner under specified circumstances; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegate Ivey, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Environmental Matters
MML POSITION:  O

HB 1244
TITLE: Municipal Corporations - Planning Commissions - Meetings
Requiring that a planning commission appointed by a municipal corporation shall hold specified meetings at the call of the chair of the planning commission or at other times determined by the planning commission.

SPONSOR: Delegates Sossi, Eckardt, Haddaway, James, Rudolph, and Smigiel
ASSIGNED TO:  Environmental Matters
MML POSITION:  SA

HB 1301
TITLE: State Government - Access to Public Records - Electronic Documents
Requiring a custodian of a public record to provide specified applicants with a copy of the public record in an electronic format under specified circumstances; requiring the custodian to make a public record available in any electronic format in which the public record is kept; requiring a custodian of a public record to provide the public record in the electronic format requested under specified circumstances; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegate Carr, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Health and Government Operations
MML POSITION:  SA

HB 1321
TITLE: Transportation - Littering and Securing Loads on Vehicles - Online Reporting of Violations and Issuance of Citations
Requiring the State Highway Administration to establish an online reporting system that allows an individual to report violations of specified provisions of law relating to littering and to securing loads on vehicles; requiring the Administration to forward specified reports to specified local police departments; requiring a police officer with a local police department to conduct an investigation and mail a specified citation under specified circumstances; requiring the maintenance of specified records; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegate Carr, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Environmental Matters
MML POSITION:  O

HB 1325
TITLE: State and Local Government Procurement - Banking and Financial Services - Preference for State Financial Institutions
Requiring the State Treasurer to apply a specified preference in favor of a State financial institution when evaluating competing bids or proposals submitted by financial institutions to provide banking or financial services to the State or an agency of the State; requiring a local government unit to apply a specified preference in favor of a State financial institution when evaluating competing bids submitted by financial institutions to provide banking or financial services to the local government unit; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegate Frick, et al.
ASSIGNED TO: Health and Government Operations
MML POSITION:  O

HB 1377
TITLE: Department of Transportation - Local Development Reviews - Comments
Requiring the Department of Transportation to act as a reviewing unit for specified land use and development review activities of local jurisdictions in a specified manner; requiring the Department to provide comments in a specified manner to specified local jurisdictions in the development of the transportation element of a comprehensive plan and specified plans and plats; providing for the scope of actions subject to review under the Act; requiring the comments of the Department to address specified matters; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegate Lafferty
ASSIGNED TO: Ways and Means
MML POSITION:  O

HB 1418
TITLE: Environment - At-Store Recycling - Plastic Carryout Bags
Requiring the operator of specified stores to establish an at-store recycling program for plastic carryout bags; requiring stores to print or display specified language on plastic carryout bags; requiring stores to provide collection bins for the recycling of plastic carryout bags; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegate Lafferty
ASSIGNED TO: Rules
MML POSITION:  O

HB 1464
TITLE: Land Bank Authorities - Establishment by Municipal Corporations
Authorizing a municipal corporation to establish a land bank authority by ordinance; requiring an ordinance establishing an authority to include specified articles of incorporation; requiring specified articles of incorporation to be filed, accepted, and amended in a specified manner; authorizing a municipal corporation creating an authority to take specified actions by ordinance; providing for the disposition of property and obligations of the authority on termination; etc.

SPONSOR: Delegates Myers, Beitzel, Kelly, Lafferty, Norman, Serafini, Stein, and Stull
ASSIGNED TO: Rules
MML POSITION:  S