File Code: Agriculture
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Cane, Stull, Bartlett, Bozman, Conway, Donoghue,
Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Haddaway, Hogan, McKee, Rudolph, Shank,
Sossi, Walkup, Weldon, Bobo,
V. Clagett, Glassman, Jennings, Montgomery, Parker, and Weir
- Entitled:
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Agriculture - Critical Farms Program
Requiring the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation and
the Department of Planning to establish a Critical Farms Program to
provide specified financing for the acquisition of specified
agricultural preservation easements on specified farms; requiring a
county to determine if a property qualifies for the Program in
accordance with specified criteria developed by the Foundation and the
Department; requiring the Foundation and the Department to conduct a
specified study and submit a report; etc.
House Action
- 2/11
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (134-0)
- 4/2
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Cane, Weir, and Stull
- 4/8
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (133-0)
- Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
- 3/22
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
- 4/7
- Senate Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Harris, Greenip, and Kittleman
- 4/8
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/26
- Governor vetoed - Duplicative
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
- Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B
- Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
- Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
- Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
- Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B
- Delegate Patrick N. Hogan, District 3A
- Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7
- Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Rosetta C. Parker, District 47
- Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
- Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
- Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36
- Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
- Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
- Delegate Michael H. Weir, Jr., District 6
- Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES -see also- ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
- AGRICULTURE -see also- FARMLAND
- CONSERVATION -see also- SOIL CONSERVATION
- COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
- EASEMENTS
- FARMLAND
- LEGISLATION - see also- CORRECTIVE LEGISLATION; CURATIV LEG.
- PLANNING, DEPARTMENT OF
- REPORTS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Agriculture
- (
2-517
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
House
- Number: 330817/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 21, 2005 at:
6:36 p.m. Status: Adopted
Senate
- Number: 804439/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 5, 2005 at:
11:27 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Conference Committee Documents (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
- Report Number: 633023/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 2005 at:
6:22 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 22, 2005: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
- April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed (133-0)
Senate
- April 4, 2005: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed (47-0)