CONSERVATION -see also- SOIL CONSERVATION

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 45

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  HB 8

  Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 621

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Taylor, Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Doory, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Owings, Vallario, Wood, W. Baker, Barkley, Bartlett, Bobo, Bohanan, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Campbell, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Cryor, D'Amato, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dypski, Finifter, Frush, Giannetti, Glassman, Goldwater, Greenip, Griffith, Grosfeld, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hubers, James, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kirk, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, McKee, Moe, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Ports, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Sher, Shriver, Stern, Swain, Turner, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Income Tax Credit for Green Buildings

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means and Environmental Matters
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 100

  Status as of January 17, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Wood, Weir, and McClenahan

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 131

  Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 642

  Sponsored By

  Southern Maryland Delegation

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Program - Inclusion of Smaller Farms

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 260

  Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 208

  Sponsored By

  Frederick County Delegation

  Entitled

  Frederick County - Public Facilities Bonds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 302

  Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Barve, Bronrott, Busch, Cole, D'Amato, D. Davis, Giannetti, Gordon, Guns, Hammen, Hubbard, Hurson, Kirk, Klausmeier, Krysiak, McHale, Moe, Morhaim, Oaks, Owings, Phillips, Pitkin, Turner, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Office of Smart Growth

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 376

  Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Edwards

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Natural Gas Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 413

  Status as of March 30, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Glassman, James, Hubers, Conroy, Rosso, Giannetti, Wood, Shank, Hutchins, Elliott, Boschert, Stull, Weir, Sophocleus, Rudolph, Bronrott, Riley, Parrott, Boutin, Hecht, Getty, and Clagett

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Land Preservation Grants Act of 2001

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 467

  Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 231

  Sponsored By

  Delegates W. Baker, Guns, Eckardt, Schisler, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Caroline County - Adkins Arboretum

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 502

  Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Glassman, James, Riley, Cadden, Bobo, McKee, Shank, Sophocleus, Parrott, Stull, and Conroy

  Entitled

  Municipal Corporations - Transfer of Development Rights - Agriculturally Zoned Land

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 616

  Status as of March 30, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates James and Glassman

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation - Termination of Easement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 646

  Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rudolph, Glassman, James, and Bohanan

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Gain Recognized on Sale of Preservation or Conservation Easements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 661

  Status as of February 7, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Weir (Chairman, Critical Areas Oversight Committee) and Delegates Owings, Cadden, and W. Baker

  Entitled

  Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Protection Program - Variances

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 681

  Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 676

  Sponsored By

  Delegates W. Baker and Stocksdale (Agricultural Land Preservation Task Force)

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Credit for Preservation and Conservation Easements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 748

  Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rudolph, Glassman, and James

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Fund - Income Tax Checkoff

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 947

  Status as of March 13, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates W. Baker and McClenahan

  Entitled

  Department of Natural Resources - Oysters - Harvesting Areas and Seed Areas

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 970

  Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Natural Resources)

  Entitled

  Forest Conservation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 988

  Status as of March 20, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Redmer and Baldwin

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Land Preservation - Termination of Easement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1026

  Status as of March 13, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Weir

  Entitled

  Resource Conservation Areas - Lots Created by Intrafamily Transfers and Preexisting Lots - Sewer Connections

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1109

  Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 161

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rudolph, Bozman, Hixson, and Taylor

  Entitled

  Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1317

  Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Guns, Arnick, R. Baker, W. Baker, Billings, Bobo, Boutin, Cane, Clagett, D'Amato, Franchot, Frush, Glassman, Hubbard, Hurson, James, Mandel, McHale, Montague, Morhaim, Owings, Parrott, Pendergrass, Redmer, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Stern, and Wood

  Entitled

  Environment - Dredged Material Management

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1318

  Status as of March 21, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate D'Amato

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Payments to Forest Conservation Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1322

  Status as of March 22, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McHale, Cane, Rosso, Cadden, Petzold, Bobo, Hurson, Bronrott, Goldwater, Hammen, Sher, Owings, Hecht, Kagan, Carlson, Oaks, Dembrow, DeCarlo, Nathan-Pulliam, Hubbard, Kopp, Montague, Frush, Barkley, Cole, Bartlett, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  Energy-Saving Investment Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1343

  Status as of March 22, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Western Maryland Delegation

  Entitled

  Forest Mitigation Banks - Creation - Use of Federal Funds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1354

  Status as of March 24, 2001: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cane, D. Davis, Nathan-Pulliam, and Owings

  Entitled

  Electric Industry Restructuring - Weatherization - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1379

  Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 570

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Guns

  Entitled

  Department of Natural Resources - Maryland GreenPrint Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1395

  Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 328

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Clagett, D'Amato, and Busch

  Entitled

  General Construction Loan of 1987 - Preservation Keep

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1439

  Status as of April 6, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Harford County Delegation and Howard County Delegation

  Entitled

  Harford and Howard Counties - Annexation of Agricultural Land

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HJ 9

  Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 10

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Owings and O'Donnell

  Entitled

  Patuxent River Watershed - Amendment of Policy Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  SB 37

  Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 114

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation)

  Entitled

  Property Tax - Full Value Assessments

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 172

  Status as of March 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 204

  Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 566

  Sponsored By

  The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Collins, Conway, Della, Exum, Frosh, Green, Hoffman, Hollinger, Jimeno, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Miller, Pinsky, Ruben, Sfikas, Stone, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Office of Smart Growth

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 303

  Status as of February 20, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Haines

  Entitled

  Political Subdivisions - Property Tax - State Grants

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 337

  Status as of March 28, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Land Preservation Grants Act of 2001

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 459

  Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Hoffman, Astle, and Currie

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Credit for Preservation and Conservation Easements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 523

  Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 160

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton and Hoffman

  Entitled

  Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 551

  Status as of February 21, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Caroline County - Adkins Arboretum

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 607

  Status as of March 28, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson (Chairman, Joint Committee on Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas)

  Entitled

  Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Protection Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 650

  Status as of March 22, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Roesser

  Entitled

  Income Tax Credit - Energy-Efficient Homes

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 688

  Status as of March 22, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Conway, Dorman, Dyson, Forehand, Green, Hollinger, Kelley, Madden, McFadden, Pinsky, Ruben, Sfikas, and Stone

  Entitled

  Energy-Saving Investment Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 710

  Status as of March 28, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stoltzfus and Frosh

  Entitled

  Reclaimed Water

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 744

  Status as of March 28, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Conway, Frosh, and Middleton

  Entitled

  Maryland Water Conservation Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 745

  Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 620

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Colburn, Conway, Dyson, Exum, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hollinger, Hughes, Kelley, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Roesser, Ruben, Sfikas, and Stone

  Entitled

  Income Tax Credit for Green Buildings

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means and Environmental Matters

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  SB 767

  Status as of March 23, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman, Conway, Dyson, Green, Hollinger, Kelley, McFadden, Mitchell, Munson, Sfikas, Stone, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Electricity Regulation - Clean Energy Portfolio Standard

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 830

  Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 627

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Astle, Blount, Bromwell, Collins, Currie, Dyson, Green, Hollinger, Pinsky, Sfikas, Stone, Van Hollen, Conway, Harris, and Jacobs

  Entitled

  Environment - Dredged Material Management

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SJ 7

  Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 2

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dyson and Frosh

  Entitled

  Patuxent River Watershed - Amendment of Policy Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters