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SENATE BILL 389

CHAPTER NUMBER: 759
File Code: Agencies, Offices, and Officials
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 508

Sponsored By:
The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Collins, Conway, Frosh, Hollinger, Pinsky, and Sfikas

Entitled:
"Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - "Smart Growth" Areas

Synopsis:

Establishing priority funding areas in the State so as to preserve existing neighborhoods and agricultural, natural, and rural resources; prohibiting State agencies from approving specified projects that are not in priority funding areas; providing for specified exceptions; establishing a certification process for the designation of eligible priority funding areas; requiring municipal corporations to adopt specified development standards and assist counties in the collection of fees to finance specified school construction; etc.

Legislative History

Senate Action
1/27
First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs & Budget and Taxation
Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Senator Trotter) Adopted (46-0)
Referred Economic and Environmental Affairs Budget and Taxation
2/5
Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
3/25
Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs
Favorable with Amendments
Laid Over (Senator W. Baker) Adopted
3/26
Favorable with Amendments
Committee Amendment (#1-7, 9-13) Adopted
Committee Amendment (#8) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Neall) to Committee Amendment (#
Special Order later (The President) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Neall) to Committee Amendment (# Rejected (21-24)
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted (40-5)
Floor Amendment (Senator Neall) Rejected (20-27)
Floor Amendment (Senator Neall) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator McCabe) Rejected (15-32)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/27
Third Reading Passed (42-5)
4/4
Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
Senate Requests House Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Senators Frosh, Blount, Collins
4/6
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (41-5)
4/3
Passed Enrolled
5/22
Signed by the Governor Chapter 759
House Action
3/25
First Reading Environmental Matters
4/4
Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
3/31
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Motion Rules Suspended 2rdgs same day (Delegate Hurson) Adopted (125-3)
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (121-10)
House Refuses to Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Delegates Guns, Schisler, Weir
4/3
Special Order later today (Delegate Billings) Adopted
8)
4/3
Conference Committee Report Adopted
8)
4/3
Third Reading Passed (126-15)

Sponsored by:

President of the Senate
Administration
Senator Clarence W. Blount, District 41
Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6
Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11
Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
COMMERCE AND BUSINESS -see also- SMALL BUSINESS
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
CONSERVATION -see also- RECYCLING; SOIL CONSERVATION
COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
LOANS
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
PLANNING, OFFICE OF
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUBLIC WORKS, BOARD OF
REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
TAX CREDITS
ZONING AND PLANNING

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Article - 23A Corporations - Municipal
( 8C )

State Finance and Procurement
( 5-7B-01 , 5-7B-02 , 5-7B-03 , 5-7B-04 , 5-7B-05 , 5-7B-06 , 5-7B-07 , 5-7B-08 , 5-7B-09 , 5-7B-10 , 7-314 )

Transportation
( 2-103.1 , 8-610 )

Documents:

Bill Text:
First Reading (RTF / PDF), Third Reading (RTF / PDF), Enrolled (RTF / PDF)

Fiscal Note: Available (RTF / PDF)

Amendments:
Senate
Number: 222092/1 (WordPerfect / PDF) Offered on: MARCH 26, 1997 at: 11:33 Status: Rejected
Number: 512492/1 (WordPerfect / PDF) Offered on: MARCH 26, 1997 at: 11:39 Status: Adopted
Number: 672797/1 (WordPerfect / PDF) Offered on: MARCH 26, 1997 at: 11:04 Status: Rejected
Number: 754807/1 (WordPerfect / PDF) Offered on: MARCH 26, 1997 at: 10:42 Status: Incomplete
Number: 962696/1 (WordPerfect / PDF) Offered on: MARCH 26, 1997 at: 11:40 Status: Rejected
House
Number: 129574/2 (WordPerfect / PDF) Offered on: APRIL 4, 1997 at: 12:56 Status: Adopted


Conference Committee Documents:
Report Number: 322298/1 (WordPerfect / PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997 at: 14:37 Status: Adopted
Amendment Number: 632396/2 (WordPerfect / PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997 at: 14:37 Status: Incomplete

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