1997 Regular Session

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 98

HB 6
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 638
Sponsored By
Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Vallario, Dypski, Bobo, Snodgrass, Getty, DeCarlo, Brinkley, Wood, Benson, Rudolph, and Pitkin
Entitled
Election Laws - Reporting of Contributions by Persons Doing Business with State or Local Government
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 38
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 624
Sponsored By
Delegates Hixson, Goldwater, and Kopp
Entitled
Tax Credits - Businesses That Create New Jobs
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 39
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 387
Sponsored By
Delegates Elliott and Brinkley
Entitled
State Police - Equipment for Local Law Enforcement
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 99
Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Stup and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled
Task Force on the Future of Maryland Agriculture
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 185
Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Allegany County Delegation
Entitled
Property Taxes - Constant Yield Tax Rate - County Advertisement Requirements
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 272
Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 83
Sponsored By
Allegany County Delegation
Entitled
Allegany County and City of Cumberland - Property Tax Credit - Rehabilitated Property
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 276
Status as of February 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Gordon, Barve, and Kirk
Entitled
Law Enforcement Officers - Powers
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 278
Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 227
Sponsored By
Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
Entitled
Maryland Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act - Amendments
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 302
Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Hammen, Krysiak, Dypski, Rawlings, Marriott, Boston, McIntosh, Rosenberg, Montague, Kirk, C. Mitchell, Watson, Branch, C. Davis, Harrison, T. Murphy, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, and Parker
Entitled
District Court - Appeals - Enforcement of Certain Local Codes
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 311
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 426
Sponsored By
Delegates Arnick and Malone
Entitled
Local Government - State Residency Requirements - Prohibition
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 316
Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Frank, Krysiak, and Morhaim
Entitled
Real Property - Home Offices - Residential Use
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
HB 357
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 572
Sponsored By
Delegates Howard, Exum, Healey, McKee, Harkins, Hubbard, D. Davis, C. Davis, Frush, Menes, Pitkin, Grosfeld, Kirk, Harrison, Hixson, Watson, C. Mitchell, Muse, Conroy, Bonsack, Branch, Rosapepe, Dembrow, and Cryor
Entitled
Urban Highways - Sidewalks and Bicycle Pathways
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Finance
HB 369
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 663
Sponsored By
Delegates Hammen, Krysiak, Dypski, Mohorovic, Minnick, and Arnick
Entitled
Incinerators - Authority to Prohibit
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 393
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 437
Sponsored By
Delegate Bissett
Entitled
Local Government - Acceptance of Credit and Debit Cards
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 409
Status as of February 25, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 2
Sponsored By
Delegates Guns and Taylor and the Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Weir, Billings, D. Hughes, Mohorovic, D. Davis, Ciliberti, Redmer, Hammen, McHale, Stup, Nathan-Pulliam, Hubbard, Frush, Morhaim, Klausmeier, and Watson and the Committee on Ways and Means
Entitled
Brownfields - Voluntary Cleanup and Revitalization Programs
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 410
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 438
Sponsored By
The Speaker (Department of Fiscal Services)
Entitled
Local Government Pension Systems - Annual Report - Technical Corrections
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 446
Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Delegates Gordon and C. Davis
Entitled
Income Tax Reform
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 470
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 448
Sponsored By
Delegate Edwards
Entitled
Garrett County Sanitary Commission - Unpaid Sewerage Charges - Disconnection of Water Service
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 487
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 450
Sponsored By
Delegates Holt, Weir, DeCarlo, Ports, Klausmeier, and Hammen
Entitled
Baltimore County - Property Tax Credit - Gunpowder Valley Conservancy , Inc.
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 508
Status as of April 4, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
The Speaker (Administration)
Entitled
"Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - "Smart Growth" Areas
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
HB 511
Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 4
Sponsored By
Delegates Taylor, Rawlings, Owings, Harrison, E. Burns, Genn, Fry, Proctor, Howard, Dembrow, Valderrama, Minnick, Boston, Rudolph, Guns, Barve, Love, Dewberry, Curran, Vallario, Bozman, Dypski, Gordon, Weir, V. Mitchell, Mossburg, Hixson, Arnick, Hurson, Conway, Busch, Linton, Preis, Poole, Hecht, Heller, Morhaim, Donoghue, Frank, W. Baker, Franchot, DeCarlo, C. Davis, Wood, Krysiak, and Crumlin
Entitled
1997 Tax Reduction Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 534
Status as of March 31, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Delegates Conroy, Workman, Kagan, Gordon, Morgan, Snodgrass, Barve, Healey, Hubbard, Conway, Hecht, Howard, Menes, B. Hughes, Pitkin, Guns, Hixson, Bonsack, Rudolph, and Benson
Entitled
Municipal Corporations - Incorporation Process
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 535
Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 87
Sponsored By
Delegate Schisler
Entitled
Dorchester County and Talbot County - Property Tax Credit - Chesapeake Audubon Society, Inc.
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 580
Status as of January 29, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Delegates Campbell and Healey
Entitled
Sales and Use Tax - Services
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 582
Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Delegate Heller (Co-Chairman, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)
Entitled
Local Government Investment Authority
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 601
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 457
Sponsored By
Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled
Takoma Park Unification - County Income Tax Receipts for 1997 PG 416-97
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 617
Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Harkins
Entitled
Regulation of Scrap Metal Processors - Record Keeping
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 627
Status as of February 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By
Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled
Municipal Corporations - Express Powers - Regulation of Hours of Operation of Businesses PG 425-97
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
HB 647
Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Benson
Entitled
Vehicle Laws - Improperly Registered Motor Vehicles - Law Enforcement Incentive Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
HB 703
Status as of March 13, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled
Prince George's County - Municipal Corporations - Property Tax Credits for Police Officers PG 424-97
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 781
Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled
Local Governmental Entities and School Boards - Budget Review Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 804
Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Morgan
Entitled
Historic Preservation - Right of Appeal
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
HB 811
Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Snodgrass
Entitled
Home Improvement Contractors and Subcontractors - Local Enforcement Actions
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 844
Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By
Delegate Getty
Entitled
Public Records - Copying and Access
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 870
Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Stocksdale, Donoghue, Elliott, Hurson, and Getty
Entitled
Tire Recycling Fee - Disposition
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 878
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 486
Sponsored By
Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled
City of Takoma Park - Alcoholic Beverages (Unification Issues - II) MC/PG 22A-97
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 891
Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 65
Sponsored By
Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled
Prince George's County - Zoning - Municipal Corporations MC/PG 3-97
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Select Committee 07
HB 895
Status as of March 27, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled
Prince George's County - Municipal Corporations - Property Tax Differential - Residential Property MC/PG 49-97
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 904
Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By
Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled
Prince George's County - Municipal Corporations - Zoning Authority MC/PG 32-97
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
HB 905
Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 93
Sponsored By
Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled
City of Takoma Park - Unification - Technical Corrections MC/PG 28-97
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 911
Status as of February 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By
Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled
Regional District - Prince George's County - Express Powers - Planning and Zoning MC/PG 15-97
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
HB 941
Status as of April 2, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled
Prince George's County - Property Tax - Property in Municipal Corporations PG 430-97
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 1013
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 705
Sponsored By
Delegates Boston, Cadden, Love, and Minnick
Entitled
For-Hire Drivers - Licensing
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1018
Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled
Board of Government Innovation and Cooperation
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
HB 1041
Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 269
Sponsored By
Delegates Howard and Exum
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Town of Fairmount Heights - Sheriff Road Revitalization Project
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 1090
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 715
Sponsored By
Frederick County Delegation
Entitled
Frederick County - Property Tax Credit - Leased Property Used for Educational Purposes
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 1095
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 517
Sponsored By
Frederick County Delegation
Entitled
Frederick County - Community Development Authorities
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 1112
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 719
Sponsored By
Delegates Healey, Hixson, Rosapepe, Howard, Gordon, Shriver, Bonsack, Conroy, Snodgrass, Exum, Morgan, Workman, Hecht, Menes, Pitkin, Benson, Hubbard, Frush, and McKee
Entitled
Task Force to Study County Property Tax Setoffs and Related Fiscal Issues
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 1139
Status as of March 13, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegate Malone
Entitled
Collective Bargaining and Binding Arbitration for Fire and Rescue Personnel
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 1153
Status as of February 21, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegate Slade (Chairman, Joint Budget and Audit Committee)
Entitled
General Assembly - Department of Fiscal Services - Office of Legislative Audits
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 1184
Status as of February 19, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Delegate Hixson
Entitled
Admissions and Amusement Tax - Videotape and Game Cartridge Rentals
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 1325
Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Delegates Healey, Taylor, Hixson, Bozman, Willis, Howard, Muse, Workman, McIntosh, Pitkin, Dembrow, Heller, Frank, Owings, Krysiak, Hecht, Hurson, Valderrama, McKee, Shriver, Marriott, and Finifter
Entitled
Clarification of Property Tax Assessment - Real Property
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 1348
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 740
Sponsored By
Washington County Delegation, Allegany County Delegation, and Delegates Hixson, Dembrow, Conroy, Hubbard, Franchot, and Pitkin
Entitled
Retirement and Pensions - Participating Governmental Units - Deficits
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 1381
Status as of February 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Stup
Entitled
State Assumption of Waste Facilities
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1392
Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Kach and Klima
Entitled
Public Debt - Public Information on Debt Service
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
HB 1418
Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Delegates Muse, Beck, Bozman, and McKee
Entitled
Income Tax Revenue Distribution - Municipalities
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 1452
Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Guns
Entitled
Transfer of the Authority to Regulate the Land Application of Sewage Sludge from the Department of the Environment to the Department of Agriculture
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1456
Status as of March 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules
Sponsored By
Delegates Klausmeier and Redmer
Entitled
Public Service Commission - Safety and Damage Prevention of Underground Facilities
Committee
Assignments
House: House Rules
HJ 17
Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Klausmeier, D. Davis, Ports, Redmer, Mohorovic, Malone, DeCarlo, Finifter, Kach, Holt, McClenahan, Conway, M. Burns, Love, Stocksdale, Snodgrass, Krysiak, Hammen, Weir, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled
Graffiti
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
SB 1
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 319
Sponsored By
Senator Currie (Co-Chairman, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)
Entitled
Local Government Investment Authority
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 33
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 559
Sponsored By
Senator Colburn
Entitled
Forest Conservation
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 44
Status as of February 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Trotter
Entitled
Litter Control - Counties - Enforcement of Littering Prohibitions
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 50
Status as of February 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Craig , Hafer, Middleton, and Stoltzfus
Entitled
Task Force on the Future of Maryland Agriculture
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 58
Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 6
Sponsored By
Senator Stone
Entitled
Vehicle Laws - Local Authorities - Establishment of Speed Limits in Alleys
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Commerce and Government Matters
SB 65
Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senator Ruben
Entitled
Retirement and Pensions - Participating Governmental Units - Deficit Payments
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 128
Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By
Senators Miller, Blount, and Collins
Entitled
Election Laws - Reporting of Contributions by Persons Doing Business with State or Local Government
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Commerce and Government Matters
SB 143
Status as of January 23, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Della
Entitled
Regulation of Scrap Metal Processors - Record Keeping
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 146
Status as of January 10, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Della
Entitled
Collective Bargaining and Binding Arbitration for Fire and Rescue Personnel
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 189
Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Senators Hoffman, Blount, Currie, Dorman, Green, Kelley, Lawlah, Trotter, and Amoss
Entitled
Admissions and Amusement Tax - Videotape and Game Cartridge Rentals
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
SB 190
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 564
Sponsored By
Senators Amoss, Miller, Hoffman, Currie, Lawlah, Munson, Middleton, Boozer, and Hogan
Entitled
Economic Development - Loans Guaranteed by Political Subdivisions
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Economic Matters
SB 203
Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Della
Entitled
Regulation of Scrap Metal Processors - Record Keeping
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 217
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 566
Sponsored By
Senator Haines
Entitled
Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Services - Local Licensure of Individuals Licensed by the State Board
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
SB 237
Status as of April 1, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By
The President (Administration) and Senators Baker, Amoss, Lawlah, Jimeno, Astle, Bromwell, Collins, Stone, Hollinger, McFadden, Kasemeyer, Neall, and Munson
Entitled
1997 Tax Reduction Act
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
SB 263
Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Anne Arundel County Senators
Entitled
Local Government - Acceptance of Credit and Debit Cards
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Commerce and Government Matters
SB 267
Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Sfikas, McFadden, Hughes, Blount, Young, Conway, Kelley, and Della
Entitled
District Court - Appeals - Enforcement of Certain Local Codes
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 295
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 571
Sponsored By
Senators Currie, Trotter, Dorman, Green, and Ferguson
Entitled
Urban Highways - Sidewalks and Bicycle Pathways
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Ways and Means
SB 316
Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
The President (Department of Fiscal Services)
Entitled
Local Government Pension Systems - Annual Report - Technical Corrections
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 340
Status as of February 25, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 1
Sponsored By
Senators Frosh, Blount, the President (Administration) , and Senators Collins, Conway, Craig, Dyson, Hollinger, McCabe, Pinsky, Sfikas, and Stoltzfus
Entitled
Brownfields - Voluntary Cleanup and Revitalization Programs
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 352
Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senator Ferguson
Entitled
Golf Facilities - Use of State or Local Public Funds - Prohibition
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 389
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 759
Sponsored By
The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Collins, Conway, Frosh, Hollinger, Pinsky, and Sfikas
Entitled
"Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - "Smart Growth" Areas
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
House: Environmental Matters
SB 399
Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
Entitled
Maryland Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act - Amendments
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
SB 417
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 355
Sponsored By
Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Housing and Community Dev.)
Entitled
Department of Housing and Community Development - Neighborhood Business Development Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 457
Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senators Sfikas and Stone
Entitled
Incinerators - Authority to Prohibit
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 489
Status as of March 6, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senators Craig, Trotter, and Green
Entitled
Municipal Corporations - Incorporation Process
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 569
Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Madden
Entitled
Incentive Program - Reporting Improperly Registered Motor Vehicles - Employees of Local Law Enforcement Agencies
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 570
Status as of March 21, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Madden
Entitled
Political Subdivisions - Airport Zoning Appeals
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 575
Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senators Derr and Ferguson (Frederick County Senators)
Entitled
Frederick County - Property Tax Credit - Leased Property Used for Educational Purposes
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
SB 605
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 754
Sponsored By
Senators Stone , Bromwell, Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, Green, Haines, Hughes, Jimeno, Kelley, and Middlebrooks
Entitled
Crimes and Punishments - Crimes Against Children and Sex Offenders - Registration
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 623
Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senator Della
Entitled
Environment - Special Medical Waste Incinerators - Fees
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 689
Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senators Derr and Ferguson (Frederick County Senators)
Entitled
Frederick County - Community Development Authorities
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Commerce and Government Matters
SB 703
Status as of April 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Senators Colburn and Baker
Entitled
Police Training Commission - Probationary Certification
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 712
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 623
Sponsored By
Senators Van Hollen , Hogan, Middleton, Ruben, McFadden, Lawlah, and Currie
Entitled
Tax Credits - Businesses That Create New Jobs
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
SB 734
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 627
Sponsored By
Senator Craig
Entitled
Scrap Tire Disposal - Use of Fund - Fee Termination
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 753
Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senator Young
Entitled
Zoning - Personal Wireless Services - Antennas and Antenna Towers
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 789
Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By
Senators Amoss, Green, Munson, Currie, and Ferguson
Entitled
Task Force to Study County Property Tax Setoffs and Related Fiscal Issues
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
SB 861
Status as of February 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senator Trotter
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Town of Fairmount Heights - Sheriff Road Revitalization Project
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 886
Status as of March 28, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By
Senator Colburn
Entitled
Caroline County - Community Development Authorities
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Commerce and Government Matters
SB 908
Status as of March 13, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Bromwell
Entitled
Public Service Commission - Safety and Damage Prevention of Underground Facilities
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance