NATURAL RESOURCES -see also- FORESTS AND PARKS

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 22

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  HB 35

  Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Stup

  Entitled

  Forest Conservation Act - Limited Exemption - Commercial or Industrial Zoning Districts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 198

  Status as of January 28, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Conroy, Pitkin, Frush, D. Davis, Proctor, Menes, Healey, and Crumlin

  Entitled

  Wildland and Open Areas - Belt Woods Wildland - Modification of Boundary

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 453

  Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 58

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Edwards

  Entitled

  Deep Creek Lake Advisory and Review Committee - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 498

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 568

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Frush, D. Davis, Conroy, Pitkin, Proctor, Menes, Healey, and Crumlin and the Speaker (Administration)

  Entitled

  Wildland and Open Areas - Designation of New Wildlands

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 507

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 758

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Fry, Rosapepe, Frush, Hammen, Turner, Preis, Harkins, Kopp, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  "Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - Rural Legacy Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 550

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 672

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Natural Resources)

  Entitled

  Department of Natural Resources - Program Open Space - Use of Funds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 560

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 676

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Taylor, Dewberry, Hurson, Curran, Wood, Owings, Branch, Cadden, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Harkins, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, McHale, C. Mitchell, Mossburg, Parker, Patterson, Pitkin, Poole, Preis, Rudolph, Weir, B. Hughes, Boston, Holt, and Stup

  Entitled

  Forest and Park Rangers - Salary, Step, and Grade Increases - In Relationship to Natural Resources Police

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 672

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Weir and Schisler

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Snapping Turtles

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 758

  Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Wood, McClenahan, and Weir (Chesapeake Bay Commission)

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - New Fishery Management Plans for Certain Varieties of Fish

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1254

  Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 285

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Guns

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - New Fishery Management Plans for Certain Varieties of Fish

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1408

  Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 303

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Guns

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Fisheries Management - Black Bass

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1460

  Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Shriver

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Public Recreation on Private and Public Land

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HJ 2

  Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Billings, Hubbard, Bobo, Cadden, Grosfeld, Heller, Howard, Mandel, Menes, Muse, Pitkin, Rosapepe, Valderrama, Frush, and Marriott

  Entitled

  Constitutional Amendment for Environmental Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  SB 33

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 559

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Forest Conservation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 214

  Status as of March 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Frosh (Chesapeake Bay Commission)

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - New Fishery Management Plans for Certain Varieties of Fish

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 234

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 567

  Sponsored By

  The President (Administration) and Senator Green

  Entitled

  Wildland and Open Areas - Designation of New Wildlands

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 290

  Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh and Roesser

  Entitled

  Environment - Water Appropriation or Use Permits

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 388

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 757

  Sponsored By

  The President (Administration) and Senators Collins, Blount, Frosh, Hollinger, Craig, Green, Van Hollen, Dorman, and Middleton

  Entitled

  "Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - Rural Legacy Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 443

  Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hafer

  Entitled

  Wildlife Advisory Commission - Membership and Authority

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 538

  Status as of March 31, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Lawlah, Stone, Blount, Currie, Dorman, Kasemeyer, Craig, Colburn, Ferguson, Derr, and McFadden

  Entitled

  Forest and Park Rangers - Salary, Step, and Grade Increases - In Relationship to Natural Resources Police

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 591

  Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Derr and Ferguson (Frederick County Senators)

  Entitled

  Forest Conservation - Afforestation Requirements - Exemption in Frederick County

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 725

  Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dyson and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Commercial Fishing - Apprenticeship

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters