UTILITIES -see also- HIGH VOLTAGE LINES; TELEPHONES; WATER

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 40

• 

  HB 20

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 296

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Taylor, Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, Wood, W. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Bohanan, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Conway, D'Amato, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Goldwater, Griffith, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hubers, James, V. Jones, Klausmeier, Krysiak, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, Mitchell, Moe, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosso, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Valderrama, Weir, Zirkin, Bartlett, Conroy, Cryor, McKee, Phillips, Rudolph, and Shriver

  Entitled

  Maryland Clean Energy Incentive Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

• 

  HB 56

  Status as of April 6, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stern, Gordon, Kopp, Howard, Menes, Barve, Conroy, Boutin, Frush, Heller, Cane, Barkley, Kagan, and Carlson

  Entitled

  Public Service Commission - Telephone Rates - Competition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 123

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gordon, Barve, Kagan, and Hubbard

  Entitled

  Electric Industry - Aggregation - Municipal Corporations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

• 

  HB 164

  Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson and Healey

  Entitled

  Public Service Company Franchise Tax - Telephone Companies - Sales of Services and Products for Resale

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

• 

  HB 493

  Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Sher

  Entitled

  Electricity - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

• 

  HB 529

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Billings

  Entitled

  Electric Industry - Aggregation - Counties and Municipal Corporations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

• 

  HB 567

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 390

  Sponsored By

  Charles County Delegation

  Entitled

  Charles County - Property Tax Credits

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

• 

  HB 690

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 405

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation

  Entitled

  Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Public Utility Construction - Violations PG/MC 2-00

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

• 

  HB 692

  Status as of March 1, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation

  Entitled

  Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Asset Sale PG/MC 20-00

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

• 

  HB 709

  Status as of March 1, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation

  Entitled

  Washington Suburban Sanitary District - System Development Charge - Exemption PG/MC 25-00

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

• 

  HB 729

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 700

  Sponsored By

  Garrett County Delegation and Allegany County Delegation

  Entitled

  Maryland-Mined Coal - Tax Credits

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

• 

  HB 741

  Status as of March 27, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Sher

  Entitled

  State Income Tax Credit for Competitive Transition Charges Paid for On-Site Generated Electricity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

• 

  HB 822

  Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Owings, W. Baker, Bozman, Cane, Conway, Eckardt, Hutchins, Linton, McClenahan, Proctor, Redmer, Schisler, Vallario, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Electric Cooperatives - Services and Governance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

• 

  HB 904

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Guns (Article 66B Study Commission)

  Entitled

  Land Use

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

• 

  HB 912

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bobo, Frush, Hurson, Hubbard, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and Oaks

  Entitled

  Telephones - Caller Identification Services - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

• 

  HB 1011

  Status as of March 1, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation

  Entitled

  Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Task Force on Privatization - Implementation of Recommendations PG/MC 10-00

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

• 

  HB 1012

  Status as of March 1, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation

  Entitled

  Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Ancillary Services Transfer PG/MC 12-00

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

• 

  HB 1019

  Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation

  Entitled

  WSSC - Subdivision Lines - Installation and Construction - Charges PG/MC 17-00

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

• 

  HB 1050

  Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Cecil County Delegation

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Cecil County - Town of Elkton

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

• 

  HB 1093

  Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation

  Entitled

  Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Easements - Property Use PG/MC 16-00

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

• 

  HB 1134

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 669

  Sponsored By

  Delegates D. Davis, Guns, and Billings

  Entitled

  Natural Gas Suppliers - Licensing and Consumer Protection

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 1276

  Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Electric Companies - Regulated and Nonregulated Business Separation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

• 

  HB 1277

  Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Public Service Companies - Standards of Conduct - Regulated and Nonregulated Business Activities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

• 

  HB 1417

  Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 199

  Sponsored By

  Washington County Delegation

  Entitled

  Washington County - Washington County Water and Sewer Debt Reduction Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

• 

  SB 20

  Status as of February 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone

  Entitled

  Telephone Misuse - Telephone Company Charges

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 57

  Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 34

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation)

  Entitled

  Montgomery County - Dam Assessments

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

• 

  SB 66

  Status as of February 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Green

  Entitled

  Retail Electricity Industry - Aggregators - Counties and Municipal Corporations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 162

  Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hoffman

  Entitled

  Public Service Company Franchise Tax - Telephone Companies - Sales of Services and Products for Resale

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 414

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 526

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hoffman

  Entitled

  Property Taxation - Property Used to Generate Steam or Hot or Chilled Water

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

• 

  SB 438

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 527

  Sponsored By

  Senator Baker

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Cecil County - Town of Elkton

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

• 

  SB 445

  Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Stoltzfus, and Colburn

  Entitled

  Electric Cooperatives - Services and Governance

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 479

  Status as of March 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Public Utilities - One-Call Systems - Information on Underground Facilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 480

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Public Utilities - Underground Facilities - Liability for Excavation or Demolition Damages

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 498

  Status as of February 8, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hogan, Roesser, and Forehand

  Entitled

  Public Utility Companies - Rates - Intra-County and Adjacent County Phone Calls

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 523

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 427

  Sponsored By

  Senator Frosh (Article 66B Study Commission)

  Entitled

  Land Use

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 581

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Frosh

  Entitled

  Natural Gas Suppliers - Licensing and Consumer Protection

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 622

  Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  State Income Tax Credit for Competitive Transition Charges Paid for On-Site Generated Electricity

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 623

  Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Electricity - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 744

  Status as of February 11, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman, Currie, Exum, Frosh, Hollinger, Kelley, Madden, Pinsky, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Electricity Regulation - Renewable Portfolio Standard

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 844

  Status as of February 25, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Exum

  Entitled

  Electric Utility Restructuring - Universal Service Charge - Allocation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance