2000 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 232

File Code: Environment
Sponsored By:
Delegate Hixson (By Request)
Entitled:
Maryland Clean Air Fund - Reimbursement for Legal Expenses

Synopsis:

Requiring the Maryland Department of the Environment to reimburse a qualified applicant from the Maryland Clean Air Fund for legal expenses reasonably incurred under specified circumstances in closing a source of air pollution that operated in an illegal manner to produce the pollution; limiting the amount of the reimbursement and the period of time in which the qualified applicant may be reimbursed; allowing reimbursement in installments; defining "qualified applicant"; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/25
First Reading Environmental Matters
2/2
Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
2/21
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
Senate Action
No Action
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ATTORNEYS
ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
POLLUTION -see also- SEDIMENT CONTROL
REPORTS
SUNSET
TIME
Bill affects the following Statute:
Environment
( 2-107 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered