File Code: Economic and Community Development
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1097  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Astle, Forehand, Jacobs, and Middleton
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Tourism Promotion Act of 2008
 
Requiring the Maryland Tourism Development Board to provide grants to
the destination marketing organizations and financial assistance to
the Office of Tourism Development; requiring the Comptroller, on or
before August 1 each year, to make a specified calculation regarding
specified annual sales and use tax revenues collected on the retail
sale of tourist-oriented goods and services under specified codes
after consultation with the Department of Business and Economic
Development; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 1/31
 - First Reading Finance & Budget and Taxation
 - 2/6
 - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.  (Finance)
 - 3/24
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 3/23
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/24
 - Third Reading Passed (45-2)
 - 4/5
 - Senate Concur - House Amendment
 -      Third Reading Passed (45-2)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
House Action
- 3/24
 - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
 - 4/1
 - Re-referred Economic Matters & Appropriations
 -      Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.  (Economic Matters)
 - 4/7
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
 - 4/4
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 -      Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day  (Delegate Rudolph) Adopted (136-3)
 -      Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-4)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/24
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 181
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
 - Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
 - Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
 - Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Administrative Agencies -see also- Electronic Government
 - Appropriations
 - Budgets -see also- Capital Budgets
 - Business and Economic Development, Department of
 - Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
 - Comptroller
 - Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties
 - Grants
 - Hotels and Motels
 - Reports
 - Revenue and Taxes -see also- Dev Fees &Taxes; specific tax
 - Sales and Use Tax
 - Tourism
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Economic Development
 - (
 4-214 ,
 4-216 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Senate
- Number: 337476/01     Offered on: March 25, 2008      at:
12:28 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
House 
- Number: 323790/01     Offered on: April 7, 2008       at:
10:05 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 24, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (45-2)
 - April 5, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (45-2)
 
House 
- April 4, 2008: Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Rudolph) Adopted  (136-3)
 - April 4, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (137-4)