2010 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 972

CHAPTER NUMBER: 96
File Code: Corporations and Associations Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 688
Sponsored By:
Delegate Feldman
Entitled:
Maryland General Corporation Law - Miscellaneous Provisions

Synopsis:

Altering the manner in which specified charter documents of specified business entities must be executed by authorizing specified officers, agents, and persons to sign, acknowledge, witness, and attest the documents and to verify specified matters and facts; clarifying that a corporation may provide by its charter that holders of one or more classes or series of stock have specified voting rights; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
2/12
First Reading Economic Matters
Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.
3/16
Favorable Report by Economic Matters
3/17
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
3/19
Third Reading Passed (137-0)
3/30
Returned Passed
Senate Action
3/22
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
4/2
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
3/31
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
4/1
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
4/13
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 96

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Business Trusts
Charters
Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
Corporations -see also- Municipal Corps; Public Corps & Inst
Electronic Commerce -see also- Electronic Funds Transfer
Mergers and Acquisitions
Notices
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Securities
Voting -see also- Ballots; Elections

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Corporations and Associations
( 1-301 , 2-105 , 2-309 , 2-309 , 2-411 , 2-504 , 2-504.1 , 2-511 , 2-604 , 3-413 , 3-702 , 8-601.1 )

Documents

All documents except Roll Call Votes are displayed in PDF format:
Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
Fiscal and Policy Note: Available
Amendments: None offered
Committee Votes :
House
Economic Matters
Senate
Judicial Proceedings
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 19, 2010: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
Senate
April 1, 2010: Third Reading Passed (47-0)