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Schedule 17

PLEASE NOTE: February 21 - As required by House Rule 32(b), bills introduced after this date will be referred to the House Committee on Rules and Executive Nominations.

HOUSE BILLS INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 5, 1997

HB 1046Delegate Taylor
Task Force to Review the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights and the Police Training Commission Act
Establishing a Task Force to Review the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights and the Police Training Commission Act; providing for the membership, chairman, duties, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to issue a report; etc.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1997
Assigned to: Judiciary Committee
HB 1047Carroll County Delegation
Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages (Special and Temporary Licenses - Fees)
Increasing the fee for a special and temporary alcoholic beverages license in Carroll County from $10 to $50.
Art. 2B, § 7-101(b)(5)-amended
Assigned to: Economic Matters Committee
HB 1048Carroll County Delegation
Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages (Wine Festival Fees)
Increasing from $15 to $50 the fee for the Maryland Wine Festival License which is held in Carroll County; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages in Carroll County.
Art. 2B, § 8-304(e)-amended
Assigned to: Economic Matters Committee
HB 1049Carroll County Delegation
Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages (Sunday Sales Sitting at a Bar or Counter)
Exempting in Carroll County Class B and C alcoholic beverages licensees from the general prohibition on permitting the sale of alcoholic beverages from a bar or counter on Sunday.
Art. 2B, § 11-403(a)-amended
Assigned to: Economic Matters Committee
HB 1050Carroll County Delegation
Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages (Micro-Brewery Licenses)
Permitting micro-breweries to be located throughout all of Carroll County and not just in the thirteenth election district; placing distance requirements between the micro-brewery and certain protected buildings; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages in Carroll County.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1997
Art. 2B, § 2-208-amended and § 9-207-added
Assigned to: Economic Matters Committee
HB 1051Carroll County Delegation
Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages (Golf Course Licenses)
Repealing provisions which deal with golf course licenses in Carroll County; specifying an annual fee of $1,500 and providing for a golf course license for Carroll County; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages in Carroll County.
Art. 2B, § 8-501-added and § 6-301(h)(3)-repealed
Assigned to: Economic Matters Committee
HB 1052Carroll County Delegation
Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages (License Fees)
Repealing the license fees for alcoholic beverages licenses in Carroll County and vesting the authority to set those fees in the County Commissioners; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages in Carroll County.
Preliminary analysis: local government mandate
Art. 2B, Various Sections-amended
Assigned to: Economic Matters Committee
HB 1053Carroll County Delegation
Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages (Beer Tasting License)
Creating a beer tasting license in Carroll County; imposing conditions and restrictions on the license; specifying an annual fee of $100; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages in Carroll County.
Art. 2B, § 8-901-added
Assigned to: Economic Matters Committee
HB 1054Carroll County Delegation
Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages (License Renewal Late Fees)
Providing that in Carroll County any alcoholic beverages licensee who fails to renew the license may be charged a $50 per day late fee by the Board of License Commissioners, up to $500; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages in Carroll County.
Art. 2B, § 10-301(q)-added
Assigned to: Economic Matters Committee
HB 1055Delegate Elliott
Department of Transportation - Study of Sites for Open Water Placement of Dredged Material - Inclusion of a Portion of the Deep Trough
Requiring the Department of Transportation to include in its study of "Site 104" for open water placement of dredged material the area of the Deep Trough south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge; and providing that extension of the study may not prevent timely completion of the study.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 1997
Assigned to: Environmental Matters Committee
HB 1056Delegate Arnick
Vehicle Laws - Alcohol and Drug Related Driving Offenses - "DUI" Registration Plates
Allowing the MVA to recall the registration plates assigned to a vehicle owned by a person convicted of alcohol and drug related driving offenses and issue for the vehicle special DUI registration plates; providing for the design of DUI plates; requiring the MVA to notify an owner whose registration plates have been recalled and requiring the owner to comply with the notice within 30 days; requiring the owner of a vehicle assigned DUI plates to pay a fee; requiring DUI plates to be displayed for a specified period; etc.
TR, § 13-630-added
Assigned to: Judiciary Committee
HB 1057Delegate Doory
Health Maintenance Organizations - Negotiated Alternative Rates - Coinsurance Payments
Providing that, if a health maintenance organization negotiates and enters into a contract with specified health care providers to provide health care services to its insureds at alternative rates of payment and coinsurance payments are to be based on a percentage of the fee for health care services rendered by a provider, the health maintenance organization shall calculate the amount of the coinsurance payment to be paid by the insured from the negotiated alternative rate; etc.
HG, § 19-706(n)-added
Assigned to: Economic Matters Committee
HB 1058Delegates Leopold and Heller
Primary and Secondary Education - New Targeted Poverty Grant Program
Establishing a New Targeted Poverty Grant Program; providing for grants to the counties and Baltimore City for students living in poverty; requiring the money to be used to improve educational performance and academic achievement of schools with students living in poverty, improve the management and administration of schools with students living in poverty, and implement other improvements that directly support improved classroom instruction; and requiring a school board that receives a grant to make a certain accounting.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1997
ED, § 5-207-amended
Assigned to: Ways and Means Committee
HB 1059Delegates Guns and McHale
Medical Assistance Program - Fraud
Establishing criminal penalties for Medicaid health plan fraud and false statements relating to Medicaid health plans; establishing a 3-year statute of limitations for misdemeanor Medicaid health plan fraud and false statements relating to Medicaid health plans; and defining specified terms.
CJ, § 5-106(t)-added and HG, § 15-123-amended and § 15-123.1-added
Assigned to: Environmental Matters Committee
HB 1060Delegate Curran, et al
State Retirement and Pension System - Board of Trustees - Membership
Altering the eligibility requirements for membership on the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to require one member to be a retiree of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System, the Employees' Pension System, the Employees' Retirement System, the Judges' Retirement System, the Legislative Pension Plan, the Local Fire and Police System, or the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension Plan and one member to be a retiree of the Teachers' Pension System or the Teachers' Retirement System.
SP, § 21-104(a)-amended
Assigned to: Appropriations Committee
HB 1061Delegate Guns, et al
Maryland Health Care Foundation
Establishing the Maryland Health Care Foundation to promote public awareness of the need to provide more timely and cost-effective care for Marylanders without health insurance and to receive moneys that can be used to provide financial support to programs that expand access to health care services for uninsured Marylanders; establishing a Board of Trustees to hold and exercise the powers and duties of the Foundation; establishing specified powers and duties of the Foundation; etc.
HG, §§ 20-501 through 20-510-added
Assigned to: Environmental Matters Committee
HB 1062Delegate Frank
Insurance Article - Use of Term "Business Entity"
Adding to the Insurance Article the defined term "business entity" to include corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies; amending provisions of the Insurance Article to use the term "business entity"; and generally relating to terminology used in the Insurance Article.
IN, Various Sections-added and amended
Assigned to: Economic Matters Committee
HB 1063Delegate Rawlings, et al
Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - New Song Urban Ministries - Fulton Avenue Center
Creating a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, with a matching fund requirement, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of New Song Urban Ministries, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, renovation, repair, reconstruction, and construction of, and for the provision of capital equipment for the Fulton Avenue Center in Baltimore, a center for community revitalization and outreach programs; and prohibiting the use of the proceeds of the bonds or the matching funds for sectarian religious purposes.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 1997
Assigned to: Appropriations Committee
HB 1064Chairman APP (Dept)
University of Maryland System Workforce Flexibility Act
Allowing certain State employees of the University of Maryland System to retire early; setting standards for early retirement; specifying how retirement allowances will be calculated; setting a deadline for applying for early retirement; etc.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 1997
SP, §§ 21-304(d)(4) and 21-308(b)(1)-amended
Assigned to: Appropriations Committee
HB 1065Delegate C Mitchell
Pension Systems - Cost-of-Living Adjustment
Altering the method of calculating the cost-of-living adjustments for retirement allowances of retirees of the Employees' Pension System, the Local Fire and Police System, and the Teachers' Pension System to provide for compounding the adjustment on an annual basis; and altering the method of calculating the maximum rate of the cost-of-living adjustment to provide for compounding on an annual basis.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1997
SP, § 29-406-amended
Assigned to: Appropriations Committee
HB 1066Delegates Rosenberg and Marriott
Department of Transportation - Holidays of Employees
Requiring the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to ensure, through regulation, that the employees of the Department have the same number and type of holidays as other State employees.
TR, § 2-103.4(d)-amended
Assigned to: Appropriations Committee
HB 1067Delegates Hixson and Grosfeld
Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Notification of Out-of-State Agencies
Requiring that specified persons notify an out-of-state agency if a child suspected of being abused or neglected does not live in this State and the suspected abuse or neglect did not occur in this State; requiring a specified written report to be made not later than 48 hours after a written report; and specifying the requirements for the notification to an out-of-state agency.
Preliminary analysis: local government mandate
FL, § 5-701(q)-added and §§ 5-704(a) and (b)(1), 5-705(a), and 5-706(a) and (b)-amended
Assigned to: Judiciary Committee
HB 1068Delegate Guns, et al
Lead Paint - Rent Escrow Law - Repeal
Repealing the two provisions of law authorizing a lessee to invoke rent escrow remedies if the lessor fails to remove or eliminate lead-based paint from a residential dwelling unit within a certain period of time after receiving notice of the presence of lead-based paint within the residential dwelling unit.
RP, § 8-211(e)-amended and § 8-211.1-repealed
Assigned to: Environmental Matters Committee
HB 1069Delegates Healey and Rosapepe
Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Transfers of Controlling Interests
Imposing recordation and transfer taxes on the transfer of controlling interest in a corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, other unincorporated form of doing business, or trust that owns interests in real property in Maryland that constitutes at least 80% of the value of its assets and has an aggregate value of at least $500,000; establishing the rate of taxation and the method of calculation of tax liability; exempting specified transfers; providing for interest and a penalty for specified filings; etc.
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1998
TP, §§ 12-114 and 13-103-added
Assigned to: Ways and Means Committee
HB 1070Delegate McKee
Property Tax Appeals - Appeals to Maryland Tax Court
Providing that property tax and recordation and transfer tax appeals to the Maryland Tax Court shall be deemed to be filed on time if they are submitted by mail to the Court with a postmark date within the time allowed for appeal.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1997
TP, § 14-512(g)-added
Assigned to: Ways and Means Committee
HB 1071Delegate Fulton, et al
Baltimore City - Grace Outreach Center Loan of 1995
Amending Chapter 197 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1995, the Baltimore City - Grace Outreach Center Loan of 1995, to extend the time by which the Grace Outreach Development Corporation shall provide and expend a matching fund.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 1997
Chapter 197 of the Acts of 1995, § 1-amended
Assigned to: Appropriations Committee
HB 1072Delegate Nathan-Pulliam, et al
Maryland Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Fund and Advisory Board
Establishing the Maryland Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Fund and Advisory Board; imposing additional fees for incarcerable violations of the Vehicle Law, to be paid into the Fund; setting requirements for use of the Fund; setting the membership and requirements for the Board; enabling the Board to qualify for federal funding; requiring the Board to carry out various advisory duties; requiring the Division of Rehabilitation Services to administer the Fund and authorizing it to adopt regulations; etc.
ED, §§ 21-3A-01 through 21-3A-07 and TR, § 27-111-added
Assigned to: Environmental Matters Committee
HB 1073Delegate C Mitchell, et al
Primary and Secondary Education - Baltimore City Education First School Board
Establishing the Baltimore City Education First School Board; transferring responsibility for the functions formerly performed by the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City to the Baltimore City Education First School Board (hereinafter "the Board"); providing for a referendum on whether the Board should be converted to an elected board; requiring the Governor to include in the Governor's annual budget submission certain amounts of General Fund State support for the Baltimore City public schools in certain fiscal years; etc.
REFERENDUM-EFF. JUNE 1, 1997
ED, Various Sections-added and amended and The Charter of Baltimore City, Art. II, § (30)-amended
Assigned to: Appropriations & Ways and Means Committee
HB 1074Chairman JUD (Dept)
Child Support - Enforcement Procedures
Amending the procedures on the enforcement of payment of child support by granting additional powers to the Child Support Enforcement Administration; and requiring specified individuals to provide specified information.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1997
FL, FI, and LE, Various Sections-amended, added, and repealed
Assigned to: Judiciary Committee
HB 1075Chairman JUD (Maryland Judicial Conference)
Vehicle Offenses - Incarcerable and Nonincarcerable Offenses
Decriminalizing motor vehicle violations that are not punishable by imprisonment; and requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to keep a record of any probation before judgment that is imposed for any motor vehicle violation.
CONTINGENT
Art. 27, CJ, and TR, Various Sections-amended and added
Assigned to: Judiciary Committee
HB 1076Delegate Marriott, et al
Baltimore City - Public Schools - Educational Assistants and Paraprofessional Employees - Licensing
Requiring educational assistants and paraprofessional employees who work in the public schools in Baltimore City to be licensed; requiring the State Board of Education and the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City to review and refine the recommendations of the 1996 Paraprofessional Task Force; and requiring the State Board of Education to adopt as regulations the Rules and Regulations for Training, Examining, and Licensing Educational Assistants and Paraprofessional Employees in the Baltimore City Public Schools.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1997
ED, § 6-201(h)-added
Assigned to: Ways and Means Committee
HB 1077Delegate Marriott, et al
Pensions - Economically Targeted Investments
Requiring the Board of Trustees for the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System to set investment goals relating to economically targeted investments to fill community development needs and other market related objectives; establishing a Commission on Economically Targeted Investments; providing for the status, composition, and procedures of the Commission; etc.
SP, §§ 21-701 through 21-704-added
Assigned to: Appropriations Committee
HB 1078Howard County Delegation
Howard County - Vehicle Laws - Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems
Authorizing law enforcement agencies of Howard County to mail a citation to the owner of a motor vehicle which is recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system running a solid red light; establishing the content of a citation; authorizing the sending of a warning in lieu of a citation; authorizing the County to enact by local law or ordinance provisions for the imposition of civil penalties not to exceed $100; providing that persons receiving citations may elect to stand trial in the District Court; etc.
CJ and TR, Various Sections-added and amended
Assigned to: Commerce and Government Matters Committee
HB 1079Eastern Shore Delegation
Kent and Queen Anne's Counties - Stationary Blinds and Blind Sites - Licenses
Altering the requirements for a riparian owner or the owner's lessee, licensee, or assignee in Kent and Queen Anne's Counties to erect and maintain a stationary blind or blind site by eliminating the requirement on the owner or owner's lessee, licensee, or assignee to apply to erect and maintain a stationary blind or blind site by a specified date.
NR, § 10-612(c)-amended
Assigned to: Environmental Matters Committee
HB 1080Delegate Bozman, et al
Charitable Organizations - Fund-Raising Containers - Labeling
Modifying information that must be provided on specified devices or containers used for charitable fund-raising purposes and given to specified persons granting permission for their placement; expanding locations to which disclosure requirements apply; and generally relating to the modification of the Maryland Charitable Solicitations Act as it relates to disclosure requirements and specified devices and containers used for charitable fund-raising purposes.
BR, § 6-620-amended
Assigned to: Economic Matters Committee
HB 1081Delegate O'Donnell
Minors - Treatment - Capacity to Consent
Altering a specified condition under which a minor has the same capacity as an adult to consent to medical treatment; repealing specified authority concerning the capacity of a minor to consent as an adult to specified types of treatment; providing that the capacity of a minor to consent to treatment for drug abuse or alcoholism does not include the capacity to refuse this type of treatment under specified circumstances; repealing a specified immunity from liability; etc.
HG, § 20-102-amended
Assigned to: Environmental Matters Committee
HB 1082Delegate Morgan, et al
Blind or Visually Impaired Individuals - Information Technology - Access
Establishing the General Assembly's findings on access to information technology by blind and visually impaired individuals; requiring heads of State entities and State-assisted organizations to ensure that blind and visually impaired individuals be able to access and use information technology; requiring any contract or agreement entered into by the State or State-assisted organizations for purchase of information technology to contain a technology access clause with provisions that relate to blind or visually impaired individuals; etc.
Art. 30, §§ 34 through 39 and SF, §§ 3-1001 through 3-1003-added
Assigned to: Commerce and Government Matters Committee
HB 1083Delegate Harrison
Life and Health Insurance and Annuities - Rebates
Prohibiting persons from offering, promising, or giving any valuable consideration not specified in a contract of life or health insurance or an annuity contract, regardless of whether a policy is purchased; providing exceptions for educational materials, promotional materials, and merchandise of nominal value; and generally relating to rebates on contracts of life and health insurance and annuity contracts.
IN, § 27-209-amended
Assigned to: Economic Matters Committee
HB 1084Delegate Marriott, et al
Public Health - Food Service Facilities - Availability of List of Ingredients of Prepared Food
Requiring a food service facility to make a list of ingredients in the prepared food items that it sells available to its employees; and requiring a food service facility to train its employees to inform customers, upon request, of the ingredients in prepared food items.
HG, § 21-330.1-added
Assigned to: Environmental Matters Committee
HB 1085Delegate Hurson
Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Minimum Liability Coverage - Property Damage
Increasing from $10,000 to $20,000 the minimum liability coverage for property damage in a motor vehicle liability insurance policy.
Preliminary analysis: local government mandate
TR, § 17-103-amended
Assigned to: Economic Matters Committee
HB 1086Delegate Curran
State Budget - Lump-Sum Requirement - Capital Projects
Requiring the Governor to use a lump-sum method of appropriation for capital projects in the annual Budget and Budget Bill; requiring the Governor, under specified circumstances, to itemize in separate authorizing legislation specified capital projects for the lump-sum appropriation included in the Budget Bill; etc.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Constitution of Maryland, Art. III, § 52-amended
Assigned to: Appropriations Committee
HB 1087Delegate Curran
Vehicle Laws - Dump Service Registration
Altering dates relating to the applicability of gross vehicle weight limitations for purposes of dump truck registration; clarifying a contingency relating to the approval of certain provisions of law by Act of Congress; altering a date relating to the authority to continue to haul loose materials in bulk under certain provisions of law for a certain period; declaring that a contingency relating to the taking effect of dump truck weight limits has been fulfilled; repealing obsolete provisions; etc.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 1997
TR, § 13-919-amended and Chapter 480 of the Acts of 1993, §§ 6 and 9, as amended-amended and § 7, as amended-repealed
Assigned to: Commerce and Government Matters Committee
HB 1088Delegate McKee
Courts - Victims of Crime - Immunity From Civil Liability
Establishing that a person who engages in criminal conduct involving a crime of violence assumes the risk of loss, injury, or death resulting from acts or omissions of a victim of the criminal conduct and may not maintain a civil action for damages resulting from such acts or omissions; establishing a certified copy of specified documents as conclusive proof in a civil action under the Act that a person engaged in criminal conduct involving a crime of violence; etc.
CJ, § 5-399.8-added
Assigned to: Judiciary Committee
HB 1089Delegate Exum
Child Support - Payment by Father - Terminating Events
Authorizing a court to require a father to continue paying child support if the child is an adult but is not self-supporting and is enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student in an accredited university or post-high school graduate vocational program; specifying that the support shall only be construed during the period of undergraduate enrollment; providing for the retroactive application of the Act; etc.
FL, § 5-1032-amended
Assigned to: Judiciary Committee
HB 1090Frederick County Delegation
Frederick County - Property Tax Credit - Leased Property Used for Educational Purposes
Authorizing the governing body of Frederick County and a municipal corporation in Frederick County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property leased to a nonprofit school and used exclusively for primary or secondary educational purposes; and providing for the duration of the property tax credit.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1997
TP, § 9-312(e) and (f)-amended
Assigned to: Ways and Means Committee
HB 1091Frederick County Delegation
Frederick County - Marriage License Fee
Increasing the maximum amount of the additional marriage license fee that the Frederick County Board of County Commissioners may set.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1997
FL, § 2-404(l)-amended
Assigned to: Judiciary Committee
HB 1092Frederick County Delegation
Frederick County - Rights of Redemption - Limit on Reimbursement of Foreclosure Expenses
Providing that in Frederick County expenses in connection with the foreclosure of a right of redemption are not reimbursable if they are incurred within 4 months after the tax sale.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 1997
TP, § 14-843-amended
Assigned to: Ways and Means Committee
HB 1093Frederick County Delegation
Frederick County - Aggravated Harassment by Inmates
Making it a felony for an inmate to throw or expel certain body fluids with the intent to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm a person employed at the Frederick County Adult Detention Center or by the Sheriff's Office of Frederick County; specifying a certain maximum and a certain minimum term of imprisonment; prohibiting an inmate who is convicted of a certain offense from being eligible for certain programs that are alternatives to incarceration; requiring that a penalty imposed under the Act run consecutively to certain other sentences; etc.
Art. 27, § 12A-8-added
Assigned to: Judiciary Committee
HB 1094Frederick County Delegation
Frederick County - Frederick County Adult Detention Center - Testing of Inmates
Providing for the medical testing of inmates at the Frederick County Adult Detention Center for contagious disease or virus when there has been a violation of institutional regulations by the inmate and a correctional employee has been exposed to the inmate; defining terms; providing for notification to the correctional employee of the medical test results; providing for counseling for the correctional employee and the inmate if the blood sample test results are positive; and exempting health care providers from specified liability.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1997
PLL of Frederick Co., Art. 11, § 2-2-101-added
Assigned to: Judiciary Committee
HB 1095Frederick County Delegation
Frederick County - Community Development Authorities
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Frederick County to establish community development authorities in specified areas of Frederick County for purposes of developing and financing qualifying infrastructure and improvements; authorizing the issuance of limited obligation debt; providing for imposition of taxes or fees; specifying purposes for which a community development authority may be established; requiring a municipality's consent if a community development authority extends into a municipal corporation; etc.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1997
PLL of Fred. Co., Art. 11, § 2-7-125-added
Assigned to: Commerce and Government Matters Committee
HB 1096Frederick County Delegation
Frederick County - Orphans' Court Judges, State's Attorney, Treasurer, and Sheriff - Salary Adjustments
Increasing the salaries of the State's Attorney, Treasurer, Sheriff, and Orphans' Court Judges for Frederick County; providing that the Act may not be construed to increase or diminish the salary or compensation of the incumbent or any future State's Attorney for Frederick County during the term of office as State's Attorney; providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent Treasurer, Sheriff, and Orphans' Court Judges for Frederick County during specified terms of office; etc.
Preliminary analysis: local government mandate
Art. 10, § 40(k)(1), Art. 25, § 51(m), CJ, § 2-309(l)(1), and ET, § 2-108(l)-amended
Assigned to: Judiciary Committee

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 5, 1997

HJ 15 Delegates Minnick and Edwards (BCounty and WMD Delegations)
Railroads - Competitive Access of Class I Railroads - Maryland Midland Railway Plan
Urging Governor Parris Glendening and State Transportation Secretary David Winstead, as well as the Maryland Congressional Delegation, to encourage the federal Surface Transportation Board to include, as part of the approval of any merger between CSX, Conrail, and Norfolk Southern Railway, the 4-part plan offered by Maryland Midland Railway, Inc., for purposes of maintaining competition at the Port of Baltimore, generating new jobs, increasing State revenues, and promoting the overall economic development of the State.
Assigned to: Appropriations Committee
HJ 16 Delegate Valderrama, et al
Maryland Immigrants - Recognition of Contributions
Recognizing the contributions of Maryland immigrants to the cultural, social, political, and economic growth of the State; and urging the leaders of all three branches of the State government and all citizens of the State to join in this recognition.
Assigned to: Commerce and Government Matters Committee

REASSIGNMENT OF BILLS

HB 771Reassigned to: APP
HB 817Reassigned to: JUD
HB 739Reassigned to: CGM
HB 746Reassigned to: JUD
HB 797Reassigned to: JUD
HB 838Reassigned to: APP