File Code: Agriculture
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request -
Departmental - Agriculture)
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Farmland Preservation
Partnership Program
 
Authorizing the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to
establish a Farmland Preservation Partnership Program to preserve
productive agricultural and forested lands; authorizing the Foundation
to form partnerships to purchase easements on specified qualifying
properties; requiring the Foundation's partners to cover specified
costs associated with the purchase of easements; requiring properties
that qualify for the Partnership Program to meet specified criteria
developed by the Foundation; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 10/29
 - Pre-filed
 - 1/13
 - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 - 1/6
 - Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m.
 - 2/25
 - Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 - 2/26
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 3/2
 - Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 - 4/4
 - Returned Passed
 
House Action
- 3/3
 - First Reading Environmental Matters
 - 3/22
 - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/5
 - Favorable Report by Environmental Matters
 - 3/30
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 3/31
 - Third Reading Passed (141-0)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/13
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 36
 
Sponsored by:
- Departmental
 - Agriculture, Department of
 - Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Com, Chair
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Agriculture -see also- Farmland
 - Conservation -see also- Soil Conservation
 - Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties
 - Easements
 - Farmland
 - Municipal Corporations -see also- Annap; Balt; Hager; OC
 - Reports
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Agriculture
 - (
 2-506 ,
 2-517.1 
)
 
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 :
 
 Senate
- Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
 
House 
- Environmental Matters
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 2, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (47-0)
 
House 
- March 31, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (141-0)