CHAPTER NUMBER: 155
File Code: Agriculture
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Dyson,
Middleton, Colburn, Harris, and Greenip
- Entitled:
-
Agriculture - Critical Farms Program
Requiring the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation and
the Department of Planning to establish a Critical Farms Program to
provide interim or emergency 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 criteria developed by the Foundation and
the Department; requiring the Foundation and the Department to examine
and identify specified options; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/4
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/16
- Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/9
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Della) Adopted
- 3/10
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/14
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/7
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Returned Passed
House Action
- 3/15
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 3/23
- Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (135-0)
- 4/7
- Motion Recede (Delegate McIntosh) Adopted
- House Recede
- Third Reading Passed (136-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/26
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 155
Sponsored by:
- Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
- Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
- Senator Janet Greenip, District 33
- Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 7
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
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
- 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):
Senate
- Number: 414931/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 10, 2005 at:
11:01 a.m. Status: Adopted
House
- Number: 070417/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 7, 2005 at:
11:09 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 14, 2005: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
House
- April 4, 2005: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
- April 7, 2005: Third Reading Passed (136-0)