1997 Regular Session subject information current as of December 1, 1997 - 16:12

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HB 285	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 657
Sponsored By	Delegate Getty
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Termination of Easements - Distribution of Repurchase Payment
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

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

HB 669	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 467
Sponsored By	Delegates Finifter, Morhaim, and Frank
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Release of Lots From Easements - Limitation on Resulting Density
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 675	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 684
Sponsored By	St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled	St. Mary's County - Property Tax Credit - Agricultural Land
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 838	Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Stocksdale
Entitled	State Transfer Tax - Distribution of Revenues
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 984	Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - Recommit to Committee Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Marriott, Healey, and Rawlings
Entitled	Tobacco Tax - Tobacco Tax Health Protection Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1430	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 209
Sponsored By	Delegates Menes, Rosapepe, and Frush
Entitled	University of Maryland System - Sale of Great Oaks Center - Disposition of Proceeds
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 98	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 326
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation)
Entitled	Property Tax - Agricultural Use Assessment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 164	Status as of March 25, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Haines
Entitled	State Transfer Tax - Distribution of Revenues
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 355	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 349
Sponsored By	Senator Middleton (Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation) and Senator McCabe
Entitled	Agricultural Land Preservation - Easements Held by County Agricultural Land Preservation Programs - Condemnation Payments
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

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

SB 490	Status as of March 31, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Craig, Colburn, Middleton, Derr, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Recordation Tax and State Transfer Tax - Transfer of Agricultural Land
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 544	Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Hoffman
Entitled	State Tobacco Tax - Smoking and Cancer Prevention Fund - Poverty Grants for Schools
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings

SB 710	Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Hoffman, Forehand, Conway, Teitelbaum, McFadden, Ruben, Pinsky, Lawlah, Currie, and Frosh
Entitled	Taxation of Smokeless Tobacco Products - Tobacco Awareness Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings

SB 880	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 208
Sponsored By	Senators Dorman and Amoss
Entitled	University of Maryland System - Sale of Great Oaks Center - Disposition of Proceeds
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations