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Establishing the Maryland Healthy Soils Grant Program to provide funds to eligible grantees to administer projects to improve the health, yield, and profitability of soils of the State; requiring the Department of Agriculture to implement and administer the Grant Program and to calculate an eligible grantee's greenhouse gas reduction per acre by using the COMET-Planner developed by certain agencies; authorizing the Governor to include $300,000 in the budget bill for the Grant Program beginning in fiscal year 2022; etc.

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Original:: Environment and Transportation Click to view Recorded Media

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Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): June 1, 2020

Bill imposes a mandated appropriation in the annual State Budget Bill

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/07/2020 Legislative Date 2/07/2020 Action First Reading Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Agriculture - Maryland Healthy Soils Grant Program Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/10/2020 Legislative Date 2/10/2020 Action Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	2/07/2020	2/07/2020	First Reading Environment and Transportation
			Text - First - Agriculture - Maryland Healthy Soils Grant Program
House	2/10/2020	2/10/2020	Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.

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