HOUSE BILL 1078

File Code: State Debt (Bond Bills)

Sponsored By:

Delegates Cummings, Kirk, and C. Mitchell

Entitled:

Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - The Eubie Blake National Museum and Cultural Center

Synopsis:

Creating a State Debt not to exceed $1,000,000 with a matching fund requirement, for a grant to the Board of Directors of the Eubie Blake National Museum and Cultural Center, Inc. for the necessary demolition of existing structures, and for the planning, design, construction, and equipping of a new building at Franklin and Howard Streets in Baltimore City, to be used as a national jazz museum and cultural center, as well as for the revitalization of a once flourishing, but now depressed and neglected, area of Baltimore City.

Legislative History

House Action

2/7

First Reading Appropriations

2/21

Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m.

3/27

Unfavorable Report by Appropriations

Senate Action

No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Elijah E. Cummings, District 44

Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44

Delegate Clarence Mitchell, IV, District 44

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ART, MUSIC AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS -see also- MUSEUMS, THEATERS

BALTIMORE CITY

BONDS - STATE

MUSEUMS

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None available