File Code: Agriculture
- Sponsored By:
-
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental -
Agriculture)
- Entitled:
-
Certification of County Priority Preservation Areas
Altering the requirements for a priority preservation area; requiring
a priority preservation area to be large enough to support normal
agricultural and forestry activities under specified circumstances;
prohibiting the Department of Planning and the Maryland Agricultural
Land Preservation Foundation from certifying a priority preservation
area unless specified requirements are met; etc.
House Action
- 3/2
- First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- 3/6
- Re-referred Environmental Matters
- Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/23
- Favorable Report by Environmental Matters
- 3/20
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- 4/5
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/24
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/28
- Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/6
- Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/2
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/3
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/8
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 476
Sponsored by:
- Environmental Matters Committee, Chair
- Departmental
- Agriculture, Department of
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Agriculture -see also- Farmland
- Conservation -see also- Soil Conservation
- Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties
- Farmland
- Planning, Department of
- Zoning and Planning
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Agriculture
- (
2-518
)
- State Finance and Procurement
- (
5-408
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 22, 2007: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
Senate
- April 3, 2007: Third Reading Passed (46-0)