File Code: Agriculture
- Sponsored By:
-
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental -
Agriculture)
- Entitled:
-
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Critical Farms Fund and
Program
Authorizing the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to
acquire specified interests in property for specified purposes and to
dispose of property under specified circumstances in accordance with
the Critical Farms Program; requiring the development of a specified
method and procedure for a specified purpose; establishing a Critical
Farms Fund; requiring the Foundation to submit a specified report; and
exempting specified dispositions of real property from approval by the
Board of Public Works.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/28
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 2/2
- Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/28
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- 3/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/4
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- 3/31
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/7
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/16
- Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/1
- Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/30
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/31
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/19
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 581
Sponsored by:
- Environmental Matters Committee, Chair
- Departmental
- Agriculture, Department of
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Administrative Agencies -see also- Electronic Government
- Agriculture -see also- Farmland
- Appropriations
- Conservation -see also- Soil Conservation
- Easements
- Farmland
- Forests and Parks -see also- Program Open Space; Trees
- Public Works, Board of
- Real Property
- Reports
- Revenue and Taxes -see also- Dev Fees & Taxes; specific tax.
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Agriculture
- (
2-504 ,
2-505 ,
2-505 ,
2-505 ,
2-517 ,
2-517.1
)
- State Finance and Procurement
- (
10-302.1
)
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:
House
- Number: 470513/01 Offered on: March 1, 2011 at:
10:19 a.m. Status: Adopted
-
Committee Votes :
House
- Environmental Matters
Senate
- Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 4, 2011: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
Senate
- March 31, 2011: Third Reading Passed (46-0)