2007 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 848

File Code: State Debt (Bond Bills) Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1272
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Sponsored By:
Senators Astle, Brinkley, Conway, DeGrange, Dyson, Edwards, Haines, Hooper, Jacobs, Klausmeier, Miller, Munson, Pipkin, Simonaire, and Stoltzfus
Entitled:
Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative

Synopsis:

Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $1,000,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Coastal Conservation Association, Inc. for the acquisition of the old Woodrow Wilson Bridge, located on the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Senate Action
2/19
First Reading Senate Rules
2/21
Re-referred Budget and Taxation
2/28
Hearing 3/10 at 5:00 p.m.
House Action
No Action

Sponsored by:

Senator John C. Astle, District 30
Senator David R. Brinkley, District 4
Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
Senator George C. Edwards, District 1
Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., District 27
Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
Senator E. J. Pipkin, District 36
Senator Bryan W. Simonaire, District 31
Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Bridges and Tunnels
Chesapeake Bay
Natural Resources -see also- Conserv; Forest & Park; Wildlds
State Bonds

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available    Bond Bill Fact Sheet: Available
The information in the Fact Sheet was provided by the potential grantee of the bond proceeds.
Amendments: None offered