Bills Signed and Vetoed
2001 Legislative Session
| April 10, 2001 | April 17, 2001 | April 20, 2001 | May 15, 2001 | May 18, 2001 | Vetoed Bills |
| April 10, 2001 | April 17, 2001 | April 20, 2001 | May 15, 2001 | May 18, 2001 | Vetoed Bills |
To the Members of the General Assembly
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On April 10, 2001, the Honorable Parris N. Glendening, Governor; the Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate; and the Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr., Speaker of the House of Delegates, signed the following pieces of legislation which you passed:
| SB 4 Chapter 1 | Drunk and Drugged Driving -- Evidence -- Refusal to Submit to
Test for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances
Repealing a prohibition against an inference or presumption concerning guilt or innocence arising because of a person's refusal to submit to a specified test for alcohol, drugs, or controlled dangerous substances. Senator Forehand, et al |
| HB 338 Chapter 2 | Drunk and Drugged Driving -- Evidence -- Refusal to Submit to
Test for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances
Repealing a prohibition against an inference or presumption concerning guilt or innocence arising because of a person's refusal to submit to a specified test for alcohol, drugs, or controlled dangerous substances. Delegate Giannetti, et al |
| HB 337 Chapter 3 | Drunk Driving -- Ignition Interlock System Program
Participants
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to modify any suspension and issue a restrictive license to a licensee convicted of specified alcohol--related driving offenses if the licensee is a participant in the Ignition Interlock System Program. Delegate Giannetti |
| SB 108 Chapter 4 | Alcohol Concentration -- "0.08"
Reducing the level of alcohol concentration required for a determination of being in violation of specified alcohol--related offenses to 0.08; making conforming changes to the level of alcohol concentration concerning a presumption of being in violation of a specified alcohol--related driving offense; expanding the applicability of specified evidentiary provisions concerning alcohol concentration levels to juvenile and civil proceedings; etc. Senator Ruben, et al |
| HB 3 Chapter 5 | Alcohol Concentration -- "0.08"
Reducing to 0.08 the level of alcohol concentration required for a determination of being in violation of specified alcohol--related driving or boating offenses; making conforming changes to the level of alcohol concentration concerning a presumption of being in violation of specified alcohol--related offenses; expanding the applicability of evidentiary provisions concerning alcohol concentration levels to juvenile and civil proceedings; etc. Delegate D Davis, et al |
| SB 55 Chapter 6 | Vehicle Laws -- Young Drivers -- Alcohol Restrictions
Altering the alcohol concentration restriction imposed by the Motor Vehicle Administration on a licensee under the age of 21 years who drives or attempts to drive a motor vehicle; and requiring that the Motor Vehicle Administration impose an alcohol restriction on a licensee under the age of 21 years that prohibits the licensee from driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while having alcohol in the licensee's blood. Chairman JPR (Dept) |
| HB 261 Chapter 7 | Drunk and Drugged Driving -- Death or Life Threatening Injury --
Prohibition of Expungement of Criminal Records of Probation Before
Judgment Dispositions
Prohibiting the expungement of criminal records relating to crimes involving death or life threatening injury caused by uses of motor vehicles or vessels while intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a controlled dangerous substance if a probation before judgment is entered. Delegate Doory |
| SB 775 Chapter 8 | Chesapeake Regional Olympic Games Authority Act
Establishing, through an interstate compact with the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the City of Baltimore, the Chesapeake Regional Olympic Games Authority for the purpose of overseeing the conduct of the 2012 Olympic Games; providing for the termination, composition, terms of the voting members, meetings, and financial controls of the Regional Authority; requiring the Regional Authority to comply with specified local laws; requiring the Governor to execute the interstate compact; etc. Senator Miller, et al |
| HB 586 Chapter 9 | Chesapeake Regional Olympic Games Authority Act
Establishing, through an interstate compact with the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the City of Baltimore, the Chesapeake Regional Olympic Games Authority for the purpose of overseeing the conduct of the 2012 Olympic Games; providing for the termination, composition, terms of the voting members, meetings, and financial controls of the Regional Authority; requiring the Regional Authority to comply with specified local laws; requiring the Governor to execute the interstate compact; etc. Delegate Taylor, et al |
| SB 1 Chapter 10 | Criminal Procedure
Adding a new article to the Annotated Code of Maryland, to be designated and known as the "Criminal Procedure Article"; revising, restating, and recodifying the laws relating to law enforcement procedures, arrests, the rights of victims, and pretrial, trial, and sentencing procedures; etc. The President (Department of Legislative Services -- Code Revision) |
| SB 2 Chapter 11 | Genetic Information -- Nondiscrimination in Employment
Making it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or discharge an individual or otherwise discriminate against an individual because of the individual's genetic information or the individual's refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available the results of a genetic test; etc. Senator Forehand |
| HB 18 Chapter 12 | Genetic Information -- Nondiscrimination in Employment
Making it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or discharge an individual or otherwise discriminate against an individual because of the individual's genetic information or the individual's refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available the results of a genetic test; etc. Delegate Finifter, et al |
| SB 9 Chapter 13 | Maryland Veterans Commission -- Membership -- World War II
Veteran
Requiring that the at--large member of the Maryland Veterans Commission be a veteran of World War II. Senator Blount |
| SB 36 Chapter 14 | Election Law -- Campaign Finance Reports -- Expenditures --
Receipts Required
Requiring that every expenditure made from a campaign account be supported by a receipt that is retained by the treasurer or subtreasurer of the campaign entity; authorizing specified persons to pay specified campaign expenses from funds other than a campaign account, provided the expenses are reimbursed by check from a campaign account and reported in accordance with law; etc. Senator Forehand |
| SB 42 Chapter 15 | Refusal of Psychiatric Medication -- Clinical Review Panel
Extending the termination date of specified provisions of law relating to the refusal of psychiatric medication. Chairman FIN (Dept) |
| SB 52 Chapter 16 | Public Safety Solicitors
Clarifying the registration requirements of public safety solicitors. Chairman JPR (Dept) |
| SB 63 Chapter 17 | Election Laws -- Campaign Finance Reports -- Timely Receipt
Providing that a campaign finance report received by the State or appropriate local election board within 3 days after the report is due is considered timely if a postmark of or receipt from the U.S. Postal Service or a private postal carrier verifies the report was mailed or delivered on or before the filing deadline. Chairman EEA (Dept) |
| SB 66 Chapter 18 | Election Laws -- Filing Additional Campaign Fund Reports
Repealing the requirement that those persons responsible for filing specified campaign fund reports or statements relating to campaign accounts also file a single copy of all required reports, statements, and affidavits with the local board of elections where the candidate resides. Chairman EEA (Dept) |
| SB 67 Chapter 19 | Election Law -- Campaign Accounts -- Administrative Closure
Authorizing the State Board of Elections to close a campaign account based on a finding that good cause and other specified criteria exist; and providing that closing a campaign account does not limit specified legal rights that the State Board, the State prosecutor, or creditors may have with regard to the campaign account. Chairman EEA (Dept) |
| SB 73 Chapter 20 | Fish -- Commercial Tidal Fish License Transfers
Requiring specified persons to have in possession any application to transfer a commercial tidal fish license, when engaged in any licensed activity; and requiring the persons to allow any police officers to inspect any application to transfer a commercial tidal fish license. Chairman EEA (Dept) |
| SB 89 Chapter 21 | Baltimore City -- Baltimore Museum of Industry Loan of 2000
Altering the matching fund requirement of Chapter 334 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2000, the Baltimore City -- Baltimore Museum of Industry Loan of 2000, to allow the matching fund to include real property or funds expended prior to the effective date of the Act. Senator Della |
| SB 110 Chapter 22 | Cecil County -- Winding Brook Special Taxing District
Establishing the Winding Brook Special Taxing District in a specified location; providing that the purpose of the special taxing district is to pay the costs of trash collection, mowing of common areas, and general maintenance of the Winding Brook area; establishing the District Board for the Winding Brook Taxing District; providing for the duties of the District Board; etc. Senators Baker and Hooper |
| SB 111 Chapter 23 | Cecil County -- County Treasurer -- Salary
Altering the salary of the County Treasurer of Cecil County from $48,000 to $60,000; providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent County Treasurer of Cecil County; and providing for a delayed effective date. Senators Baker and Hooper |
| SB 116 Chapter 24 | State Board of Examiners in Optometry -- Sunset Extension and
Program Evaluation
Continuing the State Board of Examiners in Optometry in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2013, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; and requiring that an evaluation of the Board be performed on or before July 1, 2012. The President (Department of Legislative Services) |
| SB 123 Chapter 25 | Montgomery County -- Rehabilitation Opportunities Loan of
2000
Altering the description of the location of the project in Chapter 310 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2000, Montgomery County -- Rehabilitation Opportunities Loan of 2000, to be Montgomery County, Maryland; making the Act an emergency measure; etc. Senator Hogan |
| SB 132 Chapter 26 | Health Insurance -- Standard Provisions
Repealing a standard provision allowed in health insurance contracts stating that the insurer is not responsible for a loss of which a contributing cause was the insured's commission of or attempt to commit a felony or the insured's being engaged in an illegal occupation; repealing a standard provision allowed in health insurance contracts stating that the insurer is not responsible for a loss caused by the insured's being intoxicated or under the influence of a nonprescription narcotic; etc. Chairman FIN (Dept) |
| SB 163 Chapter 27 | Business Occupations -- Security Guard Agencies -- Correctional
Supervisor Experience and Training
Establishing the option that a security guard agency license applicant shall have at least 5 years of experience as a full--time correctional supervisor in a correctional facility in the State and shall have completed the training required by the Correctional Training Commission. Senator Munson |
| SB 195 Chapter 28 | Annual Curative Bill
Generally curing previous Acts of the General Assembly with possible title or other defects. The President (Department of Legislative Services) |
| SB 196 Chapter 29 | Annual Corrective Bill
Correcting specified errors and omissions in various articles of the Annotated Code and in specified uncodified laws; establishing that the Act is not intended to affect any law other than to correct technical errors; ratifying and validating specified corrections made by the publisher of the Annotated Code; applying and construing the Act; etc. The President (Department of Legislative Services) |
| SB 263 Chapter 30 | Baltimore City -- Community Initiatives Academy Loan of
1999
Altering the use of the funds in Chapter 555 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999, Baltimore City -- Community Initiatives Academy Loan of 1999, to permit renovation, reconstruction, and repair; permitting the use of funds expended prior to June 1, 1999, for the matching fund; extending the date by which the grantee must provide and expend the matching fund from June 1, 2001, to June 1, 2002; etc. Senator McFadden |
| SB 264 Chapter 31 | Investment Companies -- Directors
Validating, by repealing and reenacting without amendments, Section 2 of Chapter 397 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1998, which provided that specified directors of specified investment companies shall be deemed to be independent and disinterested for purposes of performing their duties; restating Section 3 of Chapter 397 of 1998 providing for the retroactive application of Section 2; and stating the intent of the General Assembly to validate the enactment of Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter 397 of 1998. Senator Jimeno |
| SB 290 Chapter 32 | Baltimore City -- Baltimore American Indian Center Loan of
1999
Altering the use of funds in Chapter 288 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999, the Baltimore City -- Baltimore American Indian Center Loan of 1999; extending the date by which the grantee must provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Sfikas |
| SB 292 Chapter 33 | Motor Vehicle Registration -- Surcharge -- Maryland Emergency
Medical System Operations Fund
Increasing from $8 to $11 per year the surcharge used to help fund the Maryland Emergency Medical System Operations Fund that is paid by owners of motor vehicles when registering their vehicles; stating the intent of the General Assembly to establish a panel to study the potential funding needs of the network of trauma centers participating in the State's Emergency Medical Services System that do not receive funding under the Emergency Medical System Operations Fund; etc. Senator Middleton, et al |
| SB 368 Chapter 34 | State Retirement and Pension System -- Accidental Disability
Applications
Altering a provision of law that prohibits the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System from accepting an application for accidental disability retirement more than five years after the date of a specified type of accident; and providing for the Act to apply to individuals injured on or before January 1, 1992. Senator Hoffman |
| SB 381 Chapter 35 | Criminal Procedure Article -- Cross--References and
Corrections
Correcting specified cross--references to the Criminal Procedure Article in the Annotated Code of Maryland; correcting specified cross--references and obsolete terms in the Criminal Procedure Article; clarifying that specified rights of victims apply to victims' representatives; clarifying the duties of the trier of fact when determining the level of proof needed to prove criminal responsiblity; etc. The President (Department of Legislative Services -- Code Revision) |
| SB 520 Chapter 36 | Baltimore City -- Industrial Growth -- Condemnation
Authorizing and clarifying the authority of the Mayor and the Baltimore City Council to acquire land and property in Baltimore City by condemnation for the public purpose of industrial growth; and providing that property zoned and occupied exclusively for residential use in Baltimore City may not be acquired by condemnation for industrial growth. Senator McFadden (Baltimore City Administration) |
| SB 579 Chapter 37 | Garrett County -- Salary Study Commission -- Composition
Altering the composition of the Garrett County Salary Study Commission by replacing a member from the Garrett County Council of Parent--Teacher Associations with a member from the Garrett County Advisory Committee on Education. Senator Hafer |
| SB 708 Chapter 38 | Election Law -- Campaign Loans by a Candidate or the Candidate's
Spouse
Providing that specified loans by a candidate or the candidate's spouse may not accrue interest and that such foregone interest may not be deemed a contribution; providing that a loan by a candidate or the candidate's spouse to the candidate's own campaign is not required to comply with specified requirements; exempting specified candidates from the requirement to file a specified final campaign report by a specified date under specified circumstances; etc. Senator Hughes |
| SB 813 Chapter 39 | Prince George's County -- New Chapel Baptist Church Community
Center Loan of 1999
Extending the date by which the grantee in Chapter 182 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999, Prince George's County -- New Chapel Baptist Church Community Center Loan of 1999, must provide and expend a matching fund from June 1, 2001, to June 1, 2002; and generally relating to the Prince George's County -- New Chapel Baptist Church Community Center Loan of 1999. Senator Lawlah |
| SB 815 Chapter 40 | Maryland--National Capital Park and Planning Commission --
Minority Business Enterprise Utilization Program
Extending the authority of the Maryland--National Capital Park and Planning Commission to establish and administer a minority business enterprise utilization program until September 30, 2003. Senator Currie |
| SB 825 Chapter 41 | St. Mary's County -- The Sotterley Plantation Loan of 1997
Altering the matching fund provision in Chapter 207 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1997, St. Mary's County -- The Sotterley Plantation Loan of 1997, to repeal the requirement that the Board of Public Works distribute the matching fund in two installments within a specified time period; etc. Senator Dyson |
| HB 83 Chapter 42 | Real Estate Transactions -- Distribution of Trust Money
Allowing a real estate broker to release trust money when the real estate transaction is not completed by the owner or beneficial owner of the trust money; requiring that this statement be included in an agreement under which a broker may distribute the trust money; requiring the broker to notify specified parties before releasing trust money; specifying the contents and method of delivery of the notice; allowing a person receiving notice to protest the release; and providing immunity for a broker acting in good faith. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 84 Chapter 43 | State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air--Conditioning, and
Refrigeration Contractors
Clarifying that self--contained appliances are not regulated by the State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air--Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors; specifying that a Baltimore City resident may serve on the Board; and altering the criminal penalty provisions for a violation of specified statutes to $1,000, 6 months' imprisonment, or both and, on a second or subsequent conviction, to $5,000, 2 years' imprisonment, or both. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 86 Chapter 44 | Certified Public Accountancy -- Permits -- Firm Ownership by
Nonlicensees
Allowing an ownership interest in an accountancy firm by an individual who is not licensed to practice certified public accountancy; setting limits on the extent of ownership held by the nonlicensee; and requiring that the nonlicensee be an active participant. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 107 Chapter 45 | Militia -- National Guard -- Appointments
Clarifying and updating the laws governing the organized and unorganized militia of the State; adding two full--time positions that the Adjutant General may appoint; authorizing the appointment of two Assistant Adjutants General; etc. Chairman CGM (Dept), et al |
| HB 112 Chapter 46 | St. Mary's County -- Capital Revolving Financial Fund for Fire
Fighting Equipment and Facilities
Providing for the investment earnings of the St. Mary's County Capital Revolving Financial Fund for Fire Fighting Equipment and Facilities to be credited to the Fund instead of being paid into the county general fund; increasing the amount of general obligation bonding authority of the County Commissioners for St. Mary's County for the purpose of providing appropriations to the Fund; etc. St. Mary's County Delegation |
| HB 118 Chapter 47 | St. Mary's County -- County Commissioners -- Meeting
Requirements
Altering a provision of law from requiring the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to meet at least 4 times a month to requiring the County Commissioners to meet at least 48 times a year, in accordance with the St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act. St. Mary's County Delegation |
| HB 119 Chapter 48 | St. Mary's County -- Construction and Improvement of Roads and
Drainage -- Petition by Property Owners
Altering the percentage of property owners needed to petition the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to construct or improve specified roads or drainage in St. Mary's County from a majority of the property owners who will benefit from the construction or improvement to at least two--thirds of the property owners; requiring at least two--thirds of the property owners having a fee simple interest in the affected right--of--way to sign the petition to construct or improve the roads or drainage; etc. St. Mary's County Delegation |
| HB 123 Chapter 49 | Election Law -- Referendum Petitions and Ballot Questions
Clarifying procedures related to the qualification and certification of specified ballot questions; specifying the venue for a judicial review proceeding regarding a determination by an election official about a petition for a referendum under Article XVI of the Maryland Constitution; altering the notice requirements for ballot questions; etc. Chairman CGM (Dept) |
| HB 138 Chapter 50 | Howard County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Wine Tasting License Ho.
Co. 1--01
Repealing the termination provision relating to the authority of the Howard County Board of License Commissioners to issue wine tasting licenses under specified conditions; and repealing the termination provision relating to the creation of an exception to a prohibition in Howard County against holding an interest in more than one alcoholic beverages license. Howard County Delegation |
| HB 153 Chapter 51 | Insurance -- Risk Based Capital Standards for Insurers --
Exemption
Authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to exempt specified insurers from the application of specified provisions of the risk based capital standards. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 162 Chapter 52 | St. Mary's County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Regulation
Altering the name of the Board of License Commissioners in St. Mary's County from the Alcoholic Beverage Board of St. Mary's County to the Alcohol Beverage Board of St. Mary's County; and altering the qualifications of a person signing a specified certificate attached to a new alcoholic beverages license application in St. Mary's County to require the person to be a registered voter of St. Mary's County. St. Mary's County Delegation |
| HB 179 Chapter 53 | Health Insurance -- Private Review Agents and Complaint
Process
Clarifying that a grievance decision must be made by a physician with specified qualifications; applying \s 15--1001 of the Insurance Article to health maintenance organizations (HMOs); requiring HMOs to comply with the provisions of law; and substituting references to "substance abuse" for several references to "drug abuse" or "alcohol abuse". Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 189 Chapter 54 | Aquaculture Operations -- Transgenic and Genetically Altered
Species
Prohibiting for 5 years the introduction of transgenic species or any genetically altered species into any waterway of the State that flows into any other body of water. Delegate Morhaim, et al |
| HB 195 Chapter 55 | Baltimore City -- Goodwill Industries Loan of 2000
Altering the matching fund provision of Chapter 348 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2000, the Baltimore City -- Goodwill Industries Loan of 2000, to permit the use of funds expended prior to June 1, 2000, as part of the matching fund; etc. Delegate V Jones |
| HB 205 Chapter 56 | Fires and Investigations -- Mutual Aid Agreements --
Clarification
Altering the definition of the term "fire, rescue, or emergency medical services entity" in connection with specified mutual aid agreements; and clarifying language. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 207 Chapter 57 | Department of Housing and Community Development -- Financing for
Demolition and Lot Consolidation
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to include costs associated with specified demolitions and lot consolidations as part of the financing offered on specified residential developments; and defining specified terms. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 209 Chapter 58 | Department of Housing and Community Development -- Neighborhood
and Community Assistance Program
Specifying that the Neighborhood and Community Assistance Program shall encourage projects in priority funding areas; defining "priority funding area"; and allowing the Department of Housing and Community Development to give preference to designated revitalization areas in selecting projects for the Program. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 230 Chapter 59 | Garrett County -- Board of Supervisors of Elections and Orphans'
Court Judges -- Compensation
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Garrett County to set the amount of compensation to be paid to a substitute member of the Board of Supervisors of Elections and a judge of the Orphans' Court for Garrett County according to the recommendation of the Garrett County Salary Study Commission; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent substitute members of the Board of Supervisors of Elections or judges of the Orphans' Court for Garrett County. Delegate Edwards |
| HB 231 Chapter 60 | Department of Juvenile Justice -- Appointment of Deputy
Secretary
Authorizing the Secretary of Juvenile Justice to appoint two Deputy Secretaries to assist with the duties provided by law or designated by the Secretary. Chairman APP and Chairman JUD (Dept) |
| HB 248 Chapter 61 | Education -- Special Education
Altering the conditions under which a county board is not required to pay for the nonpublic school education for a child with a disability under specified circumstances; requiring the parent of a child with a disability to give a specified notice under specified circumstances; authorizing a hearing officer or court to require reimbursement under specified circumstances; etc. Chairman W&M (Dept) |
| HB 262 Chapter 62 | Frederick County -- Board of Community College Trustees
Increasing to three the maximum number of consecutive terms a person may serve as a member of the Board of Community College Trustees for Frederick County. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 264 Chapter 63 | Frederick County -- Citizens Nursing Home Board -- Selection of
Members
Altering the process by which specified members of the Frederick County Citizens Nursing Home Board are selected. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 278 Chapter 64 | Baltimore County -- Westchester Community Center Loan of
1999
Removing the requirement in Chapter 230 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999, Baltimore County -- Westchester Community Center Loan of 1999, that the grantee grant and convey a perpetual preservation easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; etc. Delegate Dewberry |
| HB 318 Chapter 65 | State Board of Occupational Therapy Practice -- Supervision of
Aides
Authorizing the State Board of Occupational Therapy Practice to allow a licensed occupational therapy assistant to supervise an unlicensed aide under specified circumstances. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 343 Chapter 66 | Charles County -- County Commissioners -- Salary
Altering salaries for the Charles County Commissioners and the President of the County Commissioners in accordance with the recommendations of the Charles County Salary Review Board; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent County Commissioners. Charles County Delegation |
| HB 344 Chapter 67 | Charles County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- License
Suspensions
Establishing for licensed premises that are open only on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday an exception to the requirement in Charles County that alcoholic beverages license suspensions for 4 days or less may not be on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Charles County Delegation |
| HB 347 Chapter 68 | Charles County -- Salary -- County Treasurer
Altering salaries for the Charles County Treasurer in accordance with the recommendations of the Charles County Salary Review Board; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent Treasurer. Charles County Delegation |
| HB 349 Chapter 69 | Charles County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Public Golf
Courses
Authorizing in Charles County an alcoholic beverages licensee to sell and a person to consume alcoholic beverages allowed under the license on the grounds of a public golf course; etc. Charles County Delegation |
| HB 351 Chapter 70 | Montgomery County -- Local Social Services Board -- Membership MC
106--01
Authorizing in Montgomery County an increase in the size of the board of the local department of social services as provided by local law, subject to a maximum membership of 13 members. Montgomery County Delegation |
| HB 352 Chapter 71 | Charles County -- Public Facilities Bonds
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Charles County to borrow not more than $37,700,000 to finance the cost of the acquisition, planning, design, construction, renovation, repair, capital equipping, and general improvement of public buildings, facilities, and works projects in Charles County; etc. Charles County Delegation |
| HB 370 Chapter 72 | Garrett County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Wine Festival
License
Creating in Garrett County a wine festival alcoholic beverages license; providing for the terms and conditions of the license; authorizing direct sale of alcoholic beverages from a wholesaler or producer to a wine festival licensee under specified circumstances; specifying conditions for the date of the festival; requiring the wine festival licensee to have a specified alcoholic beverages license; etc. Delegate Edwards |
| HB 384 Chapter 73 | Business Regulation and Occupations -- Regulatory Boards --
Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
Continuing the State Board of Architects, the State Board for Professional Engineers, the State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air--Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors, the State Board for Professional Land Surveyors, the State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects, and the State Board of Plumbing in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2013, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Boards; etc. Chairman ECM (Department of Legislative Services) |
| HB 408 Chapter 74 | Somerset County -- Volunteer Fire Companies --
Appropriations
Requiring the County Commissioners of Somerset County to appropriate to specified organized volunteer fire companies in the County specified amounts for specified fiscal years; and mandating that the required appropriations for fiscal year 2005 shall remain in effect for subsequent fiscal years unless altered by future enactment. Somerset County Delegation |
| HB 421 Chapter 75 | Board of Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, AND
Speech--Language Pathologists -- Disciplinary Actions
Authorizing the State Board of Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech--Language Pathologists to require licensees to submit to an examination by a health care provider upon the Board's demand; providing that the failure to submit to an exam is prima facie evidence of the inability of the licensee to continue to practice; etc. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 422 Chapter 76 | Hospitals and Residential Treatment Centers -- Inspections and
Oversight
Making specified hospitals and residential treatment centers subject to inspection by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to monitor actions taken to correct serious or life--threatening deficiencies identified by specified units and allowing the Secretary of the Department to take specified actions if a deficiency is not immediately corrected. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 429 Chapter 77 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program -- HealthChoice Performance
Incentive Fund
Establishing a HealthChoice Performance Incentive Fund in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring that specified fines be deposited in the Fund; requiring that the Fund be used for the provider reimbursement budget under the HealthChoice Program; requiring that, at the end of each fiscal year, any amount in excess of $3 million shall revert to the General Fund; requiring the Secretary to adopt specified regulations; etc. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 431 Chapter 78 | Allegany County -- Water and Sewerage Systems -- Benefit
Assessments and Connection Charges
Allowing a sanitary commission in Allegany County to set reasonable benefit assessments to pay the cost of capital improvements to a water or sewerage system. Allegany County Delegation |
| HB 463 Chapter 79 | HIV and AIDS Cases -- Confidentiality and Reporting
Provisions
Providing that any record, report, statement, note, or other information that is assembled by the AIDS Administration of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is a "confidential record"; requiring physicians to file confidential reports to county health officers in AIDS cases based on diagnosis, not suspicion; specifying contents and requirements of HIV/AIDS case reports; etc. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 468 Chapter 80 | Queen Anne's County -- Horsehead Education Center Loan of
1999
Altering the date by which the grantee is required to provide and expend a matching fund in Chapter 222 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999, the Queen Anne's County -- Horsehead Education Center Loan of 1999, from June 1, 2001, to June 1, 2003. Delegate W Baker |
| HB 469 Chapter 81 | Calvert County -- Board of County Commissioners -- Meetings
Requiring the Board of County Commissioners of Calvert County to meet regularly on days set by the Board by resolution to conduct county business; providing for special meetings and cancellation of meetings of the Board; requiring the meetings of the Board to comply with the Open Meetings Act; and repealing provisions of law concerning the meeting requirements of the Board. Calvert County Delegation |
| HB 481 Chapter 82 | Scrap Tires -- Disposal -- Penalties
Prohibiting the disposal of scrap tires except through a licensed scrap tire hauler or by delivering the tires to an approved facility; providing specified criminal penalties, in addition to other penalties, for persons who violate specified scrap tire procedures; requiring the Attorney General to take specified actions; etc. Delegate Branch, et al |
| HB 527 Chapter 83 | Dredge Spoil -- Cox Creek Citizens Oversight Committee
Establishing a Cox Creek Citizens Oversight Committee to monitor the redeposit of dredge spoil and respond to citizen complaints in the Cox Creek area; providing for the appointment of members of the Committee; requiring the Committee to appoint a liaison to the Innovative Use Advisory Council; authorizing the Governor to establish the terms of members of the Committee; establishing the qualifications of members of the Committee; and establishing the duties of the Committee. Anne Arundel County Delegation |
| HB 575 Chapter 84 | Harford County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Class D Licenses
Authorizing the Liquor Control Board for Harford County to issue specified Class D alcoholic beverages licenses to holders of Class B licenses in the county; establishing specified fees; authorizing holders of Class B licenses to apply for a Class D license authorized by the Act; authorizing the Liquor Control Board to decide the number of Class D licenses to be issued; etc. Harford County Delegation |
| HB 578 Chapter 85 | Washington County -- Exemption from Advertising Requirement for
Contracts for Covert Operations
Exempting from procurement provisions contracts for sales or purchases of equipment or other expenditures by specified law enforcement personnel for use in covert operations; and requiring all records maintained for the procurement to remain confidential until the conclusion of the covert operation, at which time they shall be made public. Washington County Delegation |
| HB 580 Chapter 86 | Washington County -- Exemption from Requirement of Licenses for
Transient or Temporary Vendors -- Nonenclosed Shopping Centers
Exempting shows, sales, exhibitions, or fairs conducted within specified areas of nonenclosed shopping centers in Washington County from the requirement for licenses for transient or temporary vendors under specified circumstances; and defining "nonenclosed shopping centers". Washington County Delegation |
| HB 596 Chapter 87 | Frederick County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Caterer's
License
Establishing a caterer's license in Frederick County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue a caterer's license to a holder of a specified alcoholic beverages license; establishing an annual license fee of $1,500; specifying the scope of the license; and requiring the holder of the license to prepare, deliver, and provide food with alcoholic beverages for consumption at a catered event. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 667 Chapter 88 | Frederick County -- Elected Board of Education Members -- Term
Limits
Repealing the provision that prohibits individuals from serving on the Frederick County Board of Education for more than two consecutive terms. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 711 Chapter 89 | Charles County -- Board of Education -- Salary Increases
Increasing to $5,000 the salary of the Chairman of the Charles County Board of Education; increasing to $4,000 the salaries of the Vice Chairman and members of the Charles County Board of Education; and providing that this Act does not apply to the salaries of the incumbent Chairman, Vice Chairman, and members of the Charles County Board of Education but will take effect at the beginning of the next following term of office. Charles County Delegation |
| HB 761 Chapter 90 | Garrett County -- Town of Oakland -- B&O Railroad Station Loan of
1999
Altering the purpose of the project in Chapter 296 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999, Garrett County -- Town of Oakland -- B&O Railroad Station Loan of 1999, to include repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping; altering the deadline of the matching fund provision; etc. Delegate Edwards |
| HB 808 Chapter 91 | Montgomery County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Class B License Fees
MC 104--01
Increasing in Montgomery County specified Class B alcoholic beverages license fees to $2,500. Montgomery County Delegation |
| HB 841 Chapter 92 | Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission -- Minority Business
Enterprise Program -- Graduation MC/PG 119--01
Altering the criteria for a minority business enterprise to graduate from a specified minority business utilization program of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission; and authorizing the WSSC to make a specified determination concerning eligibility for the program. Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 877 Chapter 93 | Frederick County -- Lamar Sanitarium Historic Museum Loan of
1999
Amending Chapter 225 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999, the Frederick County -- Lamar Sanitarium Historic Museum Loan of 1999, to allow the grantee to provide a matching fund consisting of funds expended prior to June 1, 1999. Delegate Snodgrass, et al |
| HB 972 Chapter 94 | Prince George's County -- Laurel Regional Hospital Loan of
1999
Extending the date, in Chapter 249 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999, the Prince George's County -- Laurel Regional Hospital Loan of 1999, by which the grantee is required to provide and expend a matching fund to June 1, 2003. Delegate Frush, et al |
| HB 984 Chapter 95 | Land Reclamation Committee -- Members -- Statement of Employment
and Financial Interests
Requiring members of the Land Reclamation Committee to file a United States Department of the Interior State Employee Statement of Employment and Financial Interests. Delegate Edwards |
| HB 1046 Chapter 96 | Dorchester County -- Public School Capital Improvement
Bonds
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Dorchester County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $2,500,000 in order to finance, with specified restrictions, specified public school capital improvements in Dorchester County and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds in like par amount; etc. Dorchester County Delegation |
| HB 1066 Chapter 97 | Soil Conservation Districts -- Sediment and Erosion Control --
Inspection Fees
Authorizing the Secretary of the Environment to authorize a soil conservation district to inspect sites for compliance with sediment control plans; describing and limiting the actions the soil conservation district may be authorized to take; authorizing a soil conservation district to recommend a fee system to the Department of the Environment under specified conditions; authorizing a soil conservation district under the Department of Agriculture to implement fees under specified conditions; etc. Delegate Stull, et al |
| HB 1076 Chapter 98 | Maryland Emergency Management Agency -- Report -- Statewide Swift
Water Flood Rescue Plan
Requiring the Director of the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, with special assistance, to develop a report evaluating the current swift water flood response capabilities in the State and recommending policies and procedures for inclusion in a statewide swift water flood rescue plan; requiring the Agency to submit the report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2002; etc. Delegate Redmer, et al |
| HB 1096 Chapter 99 | St. Mary's County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Exemption for Special
License Holders
Exempting in St. Mary's County specified holders of a special alcoholic beverages license from the prohibition against a license holder allowing a person to drink on the licensed premises any alcoholic beverages not purchased from the license holder on the premises. St. Mary's County Delegation |
| HB 319 Chapter 100 | Prohibited Species of Crabs
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations to limit or prohibit the importation, use, catching, or possessing of nonnative crab species (green crab, Japanese shore crab, and Chinese mitten crab), which have been determined to be harmful to the ecology and natural resources of the State. Delegate Bozman, et al |
| HB 357 Chapter 101 | Natural Resources -- Fishery Management Plans -- Chesapeake Bay
and Coastal Bays
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to prepare fishery management plans for specified species that apply to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, coastal bays and their tributaries, and the Atlantic Ocean; prohibiting the Department from adopting regulations to implement a fisheries management plan for the coastal bays until the Department holds public hearings; etc. Delegate Bozman, et al |
Sincerely,
Karl S. Aro, Executive Director
To the Members of the General Assembly
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Article III, Section 52(6) of the Constitution of Maryland, House Bill 150 of 2001 has become Chapter 102 of the Acts of 2001.
| HB 150 Chapter 102 | Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2002)
Making the proposed appropriations contained in the State Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, in accordance with Article III, Section 52 of the Maryland Constitution; etc. The Speaker (Administration) |
Sincerely,
Karl S. Aro, Executive Director
To the Members of the General Assembly
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On April 20, 2001, the Honorable Parris N. Glendening, Governor; the Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate; and the Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr., Speaker of the House of Delegates, signed the following pieces of legislation which you passed:
| SB 532 Chapter 103 | Creation of State Debt -- Southern Maryland Regional
Strategy--Action Plan for Agriculture
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt to be issued each year for 6 years beginning in 2003, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Tri--County Council for Southern Maryland to assist in the implementation of the Southern Maryland Regional Strategy--Action Plan for Agriculture adopted by the Tri--County Council for Southern Maryland; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; etc. Senator Miller and the President (Administration), et al |
| SB 203 Chapter 104 | Higher Education -- Private Donation Incentive Program -- Bowie
State University, Coppin State College, Morgan State University, and
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Increasing the State's share of matching funds pledged on or after July 1, 2001, to Bowie State University, Coppin State College, Morgan State University, and University of Maryland Eastern Shore under the Private Donation Incentive Program; and giving the institutions more time to raise donations under the Program. The President (Administration), et al |
| SB 206 Chapter 105 | Higher Education -- Student Financial Assistance -- Maryland
Teacher Scholarship
Expanding the eligibility and renewability requirements for the Maryland Teacher Scholarship to include full--time or part--time graduate students in programs leading to Maryland professional teachers' certificates; and setting the scholarship amount for those students. The President (Administration), et al |
| SB 96 Chapter 106 | Higher Education -- Financial Assistance -- Nursing
Students
Allowing recipients of nursing scholarships awarded under the Economic Development Student Assistance Grants Program to receive scholarships under the Legislative Scholarship Program and the Distinguished Scholar Program. Senator Baker |
| HB 329 Chapter 107 | Higher Education -- HOPE Scholarships -- Eligibility
Increasing to $95,000 the maximum annual total family income for a recipient of a Maryland HOPE Scholarship or a HOPE Community College Transfer Scholarship. Delegate Cryor, et al |
| HB 305 Chapter 108 | Bulletproof Body Armor -- Prohibitions
Prohibiting a person from wearing or possessing bulletproof body armor in the commission of a crime of violence and during a crime of drug trafficking; restricting the possession, use, and purchase of bulletproof body armor; providing for criminal penalties; authorizing the Secretary of State Police to issue, deny, or impose conditions or limitations on a permit to possess, purchase, or own bulletproof body armor; etc. The Speaker (Administration), et al |
| SB 432 Chapter 109 | Community Providers -- Developmentally Disabled Individuals --
Rate Increase
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to increase the rate of reimbursement paid to community providers of treatment or services to developmentally disabled individuals beginning July 1, 2002; requiring the Department to determine a disparity amount that is a calculation of the difference in wages and benefits between community direct service workers and developmental disabilities associates or other employees in State residential centers and to eliminate the disparity amount under the Act; etc. Senator Middleton, et al |
| HB 922 Chapter 110 | Community Providers -- Developmentally Disabled Individuals --
Rate Increase
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to increase the rate of reimbursement paid to community providers of services to developmentally disabled individuals by specified amounts beginning July 1, 2002; requiring the Department to determine a disparity amount that is a calculation of the difference in wages and benefits between community direct service workers and developmental disabilities associates or other comparable employees in State residential centers and to eliminate the disparity amount; etc. Delegate Pitkin, et al |
| HB 255 Chapter 111 | Creation of a State Debt -- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond
Loan of 2001 and Other Consolidated Capital and Bond Loans
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $470,231,000 for specified purposes; altering provisions of prior capital budgets; etc. The Speaker (Administration) |
| SB 11 Chapter 112 | Trader's Licenses -- Exception for Exhibitors at Antique, Coin,
or Collector Shows
Establishing an exception from the trader's license requirement for specified exhibitors at antique, coin, or collector shows under specified circumstances. Senator Teitelbaum |
| SB 27 Chapter 113 | Vehicle Laws -- Registration Plates -- Transfer into an Inter
Vivos Trust
Allowing the continued use of registration plates after the transfer of the title or interest in a vehicle into a specified inter vivos trust. Senator Roesser |
| SB 37 Chapter 114 | Property Tax -- Full Value Assessments
Clarifying and correcting laws relating to the assessment and taxation of property as a result of the transition to full value assessments; correcting a limit on debt to reflect the changes in computation of assessments; altering information required to be included in assessment records; clarifying the authority of municipal governing bodies to set property tax rates; confirming the reassessment of land subject to forest conservation management agreements; and repealing obsolete provisions. Chairman B&T (Dept) |
| SB 41 Chapter 115 | Education -- Adult External High School Program
Extending the termination date for the Maryland Adult External High School Program to June 30, 2006; requiring the State Board to report to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2005, on an evaluation of the Program; and extending the requirement that the Governor include a General Fund appropriation and federal funds for the Program for each fiscal year through 2006. Chairman B&T (Dept) |
| SB 48 Chapter 116 | Public Service Commission -- Meter Testing and Fees
Repealing the requirement that the Public Service Commission maintain specified testing equipment and charge a fee for the use of that equipment. Chairman FIN (Dept) |
| SB 49 Chapter 117 | Public Service Commission -- Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Repealing the grandfathering provision for companies providing liquefied petroleum gas service under franchises that existed on or before July 1, 1980; providing that owners of gas service installations must comply with specified metering requirements; and clarifying that consumers of gas service may request an inspection and test of the meter. Chairman FIN (Dept) |
| SB 53 Chapter 118 | Mass Transit Administration -- Prohibited Acts -- Issuance of
Citations
Requiring a person engaging in any specified prohibited act in a transit vehicle or transit facility under the jurisdiction of the Mass Transit Administration to provide a police officer or an authorized agent of the Administration with the person's name and address and any written verification of this information in the person's possession, when requested; and authorizing a police officer or authorized agent of the Administration to issue a citation to a person engaging in any specified prohibited act. Chairman JPR (Dept) |
| SB 56 Chapter 119 | Motor Vehicle Administration -- Collection of Fees --
Reinstatement of Revoked Driving Privileges
Modifying the collection of fees by the Motor Vehicle Administration in connection with an application for a new license or reinstatement of revoked driving privileges. Chairman JPR (Dept) |
| SB 57 Chapter 120 | Vehicle Laws -- Transfers -- Continued Use of Registration
Plates
Allowing specified transferees of the title or interest in a motor vehicle to continue to use the same registration plates on the vehicle after the transfer. Chairman JPR (Dept) |
| SB 58 Chapter 121 | Motor Vehicle Law -- Licensing of Businesses and
Occupations
Providing an exception to a provision of law requiring specified individuals and businesses licensed by the Motor Vehicle Administration to conduct the licensed activity only from a fixed location; altering provisions relating to the number and types of vehicle shows that a dealer or salesman may participate in annually; establishing that a dealer's bond covers the applicant's primary location and all supplemental locations that are licensed under the same dealer business license number; etc. Chairman JPR (Dept) |
| SB 81 Chapter 122 | Creation of a State Debt -- Garrett County Memorial
Hospital
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $1,600,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Garrett County Memorial Hospital for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a new emergency department and the renovation, repair, reconstruction, and capital equipping of existing hospital facilities; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Hafer |
| SB 85 Chapter 123 | Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision
Repealing the Uniform Act for Out--of--State Parolee Supervision; enacting the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision; establishing the Interstate Commission; providing for the creation of a State Council; specifying membership of the Council; providing for appointment of a Compact Administrator; etc. Senators Frosh and Green |
| SB 87 Chapter 124 | Creation of a State Debt -- Prince George's County -- Springhill
Lake Recreation Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Greenbelt for the repair, renovation, and reconstruction of the existing Springhill Lake Recreation Center and the construction and capital equipping of an addition to this facility; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; and providing generally for the issuance and sale of bonds evidencing the loan. Senator Green |
| SB 90 Chapter 125 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- Bong County,
Liberia/Maryland, USA Educational/Cultural Foundation
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Bong County, Liberia/Maryland, USA Educational/Cultural Foundation, Inc. for the planning, design, renovation, repair, and capital equipping of three buildings at 4335--4339 York Road, Baltimore, for an educational/cultural center; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Conway |
| SB 95 Chapter 126 | Cecil County -- Property Tax -- Payment in Lieu of Taxes --
Electricity Generation Facility
Authorizing the governing body of Cecil County to enter into an agreement with the owner of a facility for the generation of electricity that locates in Cecil County for a negotiated payment by the owner in lieu of county property tax on the facility; providing that the real and personal property at a facility for the generation of electricity that locates in Cecil County is exempt from Cecil County property tax as specified in a payment in lieu of taxes agreement; etc. Senator Baker |
| SB 100 Chapter 127 | Health Insurance -- Colorectal Cancer Screening -- Coverage
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for colorectal cancer screening in accordance with guidelines issued by the American Cancer Society; authorizing insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to impose cost--sharing requirements; and providing for the application of the Act. Senator Teitelbaum, et al |
| HB 190 Chapter 128 | Health Insurance -- Colorectal Cancer Screening -- Coverage
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for colorectal cancer screening in accordance with guidelines issued by the American Cancer Society; authorizing insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to impose cost--sharing requirements; and providing for the application of the Act. Delegate Morhaim, et al |
| SB 176 Chapter 129 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- The Link -- Ages
Place
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of Christ Congregational Church, Inc. for the planning, design, repair, reconstruction, renovation, and capital equipping of a facility located at 9525 Colesville Road in Silver Spring, for use as an intergenerational center; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Ruben |
| SB 188 Chapter 130 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- Hospice
Caring
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Hospice Caring, Inc. for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of 502 S. Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, so that it can be used as a nonmedical hospice for terminally ill ambulatory patients; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Forehand, et al |
| SB 194 Chapter 131 | Massage Therapists -- Exemption
Exempting the practice of specified therapies from the definition of "massage therapy"; etc. Senators Pinsky and Hafer |
| SB 223 Chapter 132 | Creation of a State Debt -- Prince George's County -- Pallotti
Day Care Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Pallottine Missionary Society, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a day care and after school care facility; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; prohibiting the use of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the matching fund for religious purposes; etc. Senators Dorman and Madden |
| SB 226 Chapter 133 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- Hillandale
Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of CHI Centers, Inc., for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of a former elementary school, Hillandale Elementary, to be used to provide services to developmentally disabled children and adults; etc. Senator Ruben |
| SB 236 Chapter 134 | Senior Prescription Drug Relief Act
Establishing the Maryland Pharmacy Discount Program and the Maryland MedBank Program; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to administer and operate the Maryland Pharmacy Discount Program as permitted by federal law or waiver; authorizing the Department to establish mechanisms to recover administrative costs, reimburse participating pharmacies in a specified amount, and allow the pharmacies to collect specified fees; etc. Senator Miller, et al |
| HB 6 Chapter 135 | Senior Prescription Drug Relief Act
Establishing the Maryland Pharmacy Discount Program and the Maryland MedBank Program; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to administer and operate the Maryland Pharmacy Discount Program as permitted by federal law or waiver; authorizing the Department to establish mechanisms to recover administrative costs, reimburse participating pharmacies in a specified amount, and allow the pharmacies to collect specified fees; etc. Delegate Taylor, et al |
| SB 249 Chapter 136 | Creation of a State Debt -- Olney Theatre Center Campus
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of The Olney Theatre Center for the Arts for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of The Olney Theatre Center for the Arts, located in Olney; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Ruben |
| SB 252 Chapter 137 | Sales and Use Tax -- Supplies Supporting Breast--Feeding
Exempting from the sales and use tax the sale of tangible personal property that is manufactured for the purpose of initiating, supporting, or sustaining breast--feeding, including breast pumps, breast pump kits, nipple enhancers, breast shields, breast shells, supplemental nursing systems, softcup feeders, feeding tubes, breast milk storage bags, periodontal syringes, finger feeders, Haberman feeders, and purified lanolin. Senator Forehand, et al |
| SB 284 Chapter 138 | Morgan State University Police -- Law Enforcement Officers' Bill
of Rights
Providing that officers of the Morgan State University Police are covered under and afforded the rights provided by the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights. Senator Conway, et al |
| SB 288 Chapter 139 | Creation of a State Debt -- Aging School Program -- Qualified
Zone Academy Bonds
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $8,270,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Interagency Committee on School Construction for the allocation to eligible school systems under the Aging School Program for the repair, renovation, and capital improvements of qualified zone academies, subject to a requirement that the grantee document the provision of a required federal matching fund; etc. Senator Miller |
| SB 312 Chapter 140 | Election Judges -- Selection Process and the Appointment of
Minors
Expanding State law to authorize each local board of elections in the State, rather than just the Prince George's County Board of Elections, to appoint specified minors to be election judges; and requiring an election judge who is a minor and too young to be a registered voter to demonstrate that the minor would otherwise qualify to be a registered voter in that county. Senator Green |
| SB 320 Chapter 141 | Tobacco Product Manufacturers -- Master Settlement Agreement --
Model Statute Corrective Bill
Correcting errors and omissions in a prior enactment of the General Assembly to conform it to the model statute provided by the Master Settlement Agreement between the State of Maryland and tobacco product manufacturers in the United States. Senator Green |
| SB 322 Chapter 142 | Circuit Courts -- Court Administrators -- Seventh Judicial
Circuit
Repealing provisions of law establishing an administrative office of the courts of the seventh judicial circuit and the position of administrator; authorizing a court administrator in each county of the seventh judicial circuit; providing for the appointment and tenure of a court administrator; requiring a court administrator to devote time and attention to the tasks, duties, and responsibilities that the county administrative judge prescribes; authorizing a court administrator to appoint employees; etc. Senator Green, et al |
| SB 324 Chapter 143 | Maryland Real Estate Commission -- Sunset Extension and Program
Evaluation
Continuing the Maryland Real Estate Commission in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2012, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Commission; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations that provide for the conduct of continuing education courses by specified methods of transmission; and requiring the Commission to submit a report to specified committees on or before December 1, 2001. Chairman EEA |
| SB 345 Chapter 144 | Cecil County -- Board of Electrical Examiners -- Appointment and
Licensing Fees and Requirements
Repealing a requirement that appointees of the Cecil County Board of Electrical Examiners be recommended to the Board of County Commissioners of Cecil County by the Cecil County Electrical Contractors Association; increasing specified licensing fees; altering the qualifications regarding appointees to the Board of Electrical Examiners; and requiring the issuance of any subsequent license to be subject to the payment of a specified fee and evidence of completion of continuing education. Senator Baker |
| SB 348 Chapter 145 | Creation of a State Debt -- Howard County -- Norbel School
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $352,500, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of Norbel School, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a high school, and for the repair, reconstruction, renovation, and capital equipping of the existing school structure, for Norbel School, located in Elkridge; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Kasemeyer |
| SB 355 Chapter 146 | Transportation -- Low--Income Workers -- Job Access Program
Establishing a job access program to provide grants to transportation providers for job access projects; requiring the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to transportation providers that meet specified criteria under specified circumstances; requiring the Secretary to give priority to specified areas of the State when allocating funds under the job access program; requiring a transportation provider that receives funds for a capital expenditure to expend a matching fund of a specified amount; etc. Chairman B&T (Dept) |
| SB 377 Chapter 147 | Financial Institutions -- Credit Union Law Modernization and
Other Credit Union Law Reforms
Requiring a State credit union to receive approval from the Commissioner of Financial Regulation before establishing an automated teller machine (ATM) at specified locations; altering the tax exempt status of a State credit union; altering the field of membership limitations for a State credit union; altering the incorporation process for a State credit union; altering the "wildcard" provision under which a State credit union may engage in specified activities with the prior approval of the Commissioner; etc. Senator Astle (Task Force Credit Unions) and Senator Hafer |
| HB 399 Chapter 148 | Financial Institutions -- Credit Union Law Modernization and
Other Credit Union Law Reforms
Requiring a State credit union to receive approval from the Commissioner of Financial Regulation before establishing an ATM at specified locations; altering the tax exempt status of a State credit union; altering the field of membership limitations for a State credit union; altering the incorporation process for a State credit union; altering the "wildcard" provision under which a State credit union may engage in specified activities with the prior approval of the Commissioner; etc. Delegate McIntosh (TF----Credit Union Laws), et al |
| SB 409 Chapter 149 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- Eubie Blake
National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $75,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center, Inc. for the acquisition of a new building, and for the renovation, repair, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the new building and the existing adjacent building, for the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senators Mitchell and Blount |
| SB 431 Chapter 150 | Partial--Year Property Taxation -- Newly Annexed Properties
Within Municipal Corporations
Authorizing municipal corporations to collect half--year, three quarter--year, and one quarter--year property taxes on properties newly annexed into a municipal corporation; providing that such action would not affect any county tax setoff; and providing that county billing and collection expenses associated with the collection of municipal property taxes under the Act would be payable by the affected municipal corporation. Senator Middleton, et al |
| HB 948 Chapter 151 | Partial--Year Property Taxation -- Newly Annexed Properties
Within Municipal Corporations
Authorizing municipal corporations to collect half--year, three quarter--year, and one quarter--year property taxes on properties newly annexed into a municipal corporation; providing that such action would not affect any county tax setoff; and providing that county billing and collection expenses associated with the collection of municipal property taxes under the Act would be payable by the affected municipal corporation. Delegate Conroy, et al |
| SB 456 Chapter 152 | Maryland Research and Development Tax Credit -- Maximum Approved
Credit
Increasing the maximum amount of credits that the Department of Business and Economic Development may approve for a calendar year for one component of the Maryland Research and Development Tax Credit if the maximum amount under the other component exceeds the total credits applied for under the second component; and applying the Act to tax years after 1999. Senator Hogan |
| SB 469 Chapter 153 | Education -- School Security -- School Resource Officer
Authorizing a school resource officer to deny access to buildings or grounds of school institutions; authorizing a school resource officer to demand identification and evidence of qualification of persons on premises of school institutions; and defining "school resource officer". Senator Collins |
| SB 472 Chapter 154 | Advisory Council to the Center for the Study of the Health
Effects of Fire
Repealing the requirement that the appointments of the members of the Advisory Council to the Center for the Study of the Health Effects of Fire, all of whom are appointed by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, are subject to the advice and consent of the Senate of Maryland. Senator Jimeno |
| SB 497 Chapter 155 | Creation of a State Debt -- Calvert County -- Calvert Animal
Shelter and Education Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $75,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Calvert Animal Welfare League, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a private humane shelter in Prince Frederick, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Dyson (By Request) |
| SB 501 Chapter 156 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore County -- Perry Hall
Mansion
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $400,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the County Executive and County Council of Baltimore County for the acquisition, planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Perry Hall Mansion located at 3930 Perry Hall Road; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a specified easement; etc. Senator Bromwell |
| SB 511 Chapter 157 | Health Insurance -- Requirements for Providers to Serve on
Provider Panels -- Dental Plans
Prohibiting a carrier that offers coverage for dental care services through health benefit plans or contracts with dentists to offer dental care services through provider panels from requiring a dentist, as a condition of participation or continuation on a provider panel, to serve on another provider panel under specified circumstances; and altering the definition of "health benefit plan". Senators Roesser and Teitelbaum |
| SB 518 Chapter 158 | Election Law -- Political Action Committees --
Contributions
Authorizing a political action committee (PAC) of an affiliated entity to collect contributions paid voluntarily by members by means of payroll deductions, together with payroll withholdings from employees that are made for the payment of dues by the members to the affiliated entity; authorizing a PAC to have the combined voluntary contributions collected by the affiliated entity in conjunction with receipt of membership dues or voluntary contributions made to a PAC established under federal law; etc. Senator Blount |
| HB 778 Chapter 159 | Election Law -- Political Action Committees --
Contributions
Authorizing a political action committee (PAC) of an affiliated entity to collect contributions paid voluntarily by members by means of payroll deductions, together with payroll withholdings from employees that are made for the payment of dues by the members to the affiliated entity; authorizing a PAC to have the combined voluntary contributions collected by the affiliated entity in conjunction with receipt of membership dues or voluntary contributions made to a PAC established under federal law; etc. Delegate Wood, et al |
| SB 523 Chapter 160 | Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit
Providing that specified tax credits for certified heritage structure rehabilitations may be allocated in a specified manner among the partners, members, or shareholders of an entity; altering the definition of "certified heritage structure"; making the tax credits for certified heritage structure rehabilitations refundable under specified circumstances; repealing certified rehabilitation tax credits as to the financial institution franchise tax and the public service company franchise tax; etc. Senators Middleton and Hoffman |
| HB 1109 Chapter 161 | Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit
Providing that specified tax credits for certified heritage structure rehabilitations may be allocated in a specified manner among the partners, members, or shareholders of an entity; altering the definition of "certified heritage structure"; making the tax credits for certified heritage structure rehabilitations refundable under specified circumstances; repealing certified rehabilitation tax credits as to the financial institution franchise tax and the public service company franchise tax; etc. Delegate Rudolph, et al |
| SB 527 Chapter 162 | Creation of a State Debt -- St. Mary's County -- St. Clement's
Island Lighthouse Memorial
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of St. Clement's Hundred, Inc. for the planning, design, and construction of a memorial structure that replicates the outline of the former St. Clement's Island Lighthouse in size and shape, to be located near the original site at St. Clement's Island State Park; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Dyson |
| SB 549 Chapter 163 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- Ivy Family Support
Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $225,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Epsilon Omega Foundation, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, renovation, and capital equipping of the Ivy Family Support Center, to be located at 3515 Dolfield Avenue in Baltimore; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; etc. Senator Blount, et al |
| SB 550 Chapter 164 | Creation of a State Debt -- Outward Bound Leakin Park
Project
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, Inc. for the planning, design, and construction of a new building to be used for offices and meeting space and for the repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of various existing buildings, and for repaving the road and improving parking areas and grounds at the Leakin Park facility located at 1900 Eagle Drive in Baltimore; etc. Senator Blount, et al |
| SB 588 Chapter 165 | Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority --
Community Colleges -- Tax Exempt Financing
Modifying the term "institution for higher education" under the Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority (MHHEFA) Act to include specified community colleges; authorizing the boards of trustees of community colleges to finance or refinance the costs of specified projects by entering into agreements with MHHEFA; providing that the principal amount of a note, the interest payable on the note, the transfer of the note, and any income derived from the transfer of the note are exempt from taxation by specified entities; etc. Senator Neall |
| SB 619 Chapter 166 | Crimes -- Sabotage and Related Crimes -- Revision
Revising and restating the laws relating to sabotage and hindering, delaying, or interfering with defense--related activities and related crimes under specified circumstances; repealing specified provisions of law relating to attempt and conspiracy to commit sabotage related offenses; prohibiting specified activities relating to hindering, delaying, or interfering with a defense--related activity; prohibiting the possession of identification material under specified circumstances; etc. Senators Hughes and Stone (Committee to Revise Article 27) |
| SB 620 Chapter 167 | Crimes -- Accessory After the Fact -- Benefit of Clergy
Providing that persons convicted of being an accessory after the fact are guilty of a felony and on conviction are subject to specified penalties; providing an exception if another law provides a penalty for being an accessory; repealing provisions of law relating to penalties for felonies and benefit of clergy; etc. Senators Stone and Hughes (Committee to Revise Article 27) |
| SB 640 Chapter 168 | Certified Public Accountants -- Waiver of Examination
Requirements
Altering one of the waiver of examination requirements to a licensure requirement for accountants. Senator Sfikas |
| SB 691 Chapter 169 | Family Law -- Unregistered Family Day Care Provider -- Civil
Penalties
Authorizing the Child Care Administration to issue a civil citation imposing civil penalties on an unregistered family day care provider; altering penalties for unregistered family day care providers; and providing procedures for an appeal of a civil citation imposed under the Act. Senator Sfikas |
| SB 733 Chapter 170 | Baltimore City Charter Amendment -- General Powers -- Tax
Increment Financing
Altering the definition of "development district" under provisions of law authorizing tax increment financing for the development of specified areas in Baltimore City; altering the purposes for which the proceeds of tax increment financing bonds issued by Baltimore City shall be applied; etc. Senator McFadden (Baltimore City Administration), et al |
| SB 779 Chapter 171 | Fireworks -- Sparklers and Sparkling Devices
Excluding specified sparklers or sparkling devices from the definition of "fireworks" under specified circumstances; eliminating the categories of specified 1.4 G fireworks that include specified cylindrical fountains and specified cone fountains; requiring the licensing of manufacturers of specified sparklers or sparkling devices; etc. Senators Collins and Baker |
| SB 789 Chapter 172 | Business and Economic Development -- Maryland Small Business
Development Financing Authority
Adding to the purposes of the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority; altering the eligibility criteria for applicants to the Contract Financing Fund program, the Guaranty Fund financing program, and the Equity Participation Investment Program of the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority; increasing the dollar amount of a loan that may be guaranteed by the Authority under the Guaranty Fund financing program; etc. Senators Exum and Kelley |
| SB 856 Chapter 173 | Health Insurance -- Appeals and Grievances Procedures --
Modifications
Establishing, for a retrospective denial, a 180--day minimum period for a member or a health care provider on behalf of a member to file a grievance related to a carrier's adverse decision; extending to 30 working days the period for a member or a provider on behalf of a member to file a complaint with the Insurance Commissioner for review of a carrier's grievance decision; requiring a carrier to report quarterly to the Commissioner the number of adverse decisions issued by the carrier and the type of service at issue; etc. Senator Bromwell |
| SB 865 Chapter 174 | Dental Plan Organizations -- Solvency Requirements
Exempting dental plan organizations with no enrollees from the requirement to have and maintain a specified surplus; altering the circumstances under which specified dental plan organizations are exempt from solvency requirements; etc. Senator Teitelbaum |
| SB 866 Chapter 175 | Creation of a State Debt -- Calvert County -- Chesapeake Beach
Railway Trail
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Chesapeake Beach for the planning, design, and construction of facilities for the Chesapeake Beach Railway Trail, a recreational trail that will include paved trails, timber walkways, and bridges; etc. Senator Miller |
| SB 870 Chapter 176 | Anne Arundel County -- Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts Loan
of 1999
Altering the date by which the grantee in Chapter 213 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999, Anne Arundel County -- Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts Loan of 1999, is required to provide and expend a matching fund from June 1, 2001, to June 1, 2003; etc. Senator Astle |
| SB 878 Chapter 177 | State Department of Education -- Professional Assistants
Authorizing the appointment of an additional Deputy State Superintendent of Schools. Chairman EEA (Dept) |
| HB 15 Chapter 178 | Nonprofit Health Entity Accountability
Requiring a nonprofit hospital to consider a community needs assessment, if available, when identifying unmet health care needs; requiring a nonprofit hospital to report its community benefit activities to the Health Services Cost Review Commission; requiring the Commission to prepare an annual community benefit report and make the report available to the public; requiring the Commission to submit the annual report to specified committees; etc. Delegate Busch, et al |
| HB 25 Chapter 179 | Life Insurance -- Insurable Interest in Adopted Child
Clarifying that an insurable interest in the life of a prospective adoptive child exists for the prospective parent of the child as of the date of the earlier of a placement for adoption, provided that specified consents have been given or a decree awarding guardianship has been granted, or an interlocutory or final decree if adoption. Delegate Brown |
| HB 38 Chapter 180 | State Highways -- Designation -- Korean War Veterans Memorial
Highway
Requiring the State Highway Administration to designate Maryland Route 43 as the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway. Delegate Klausmeier, et al |
| HB 51 Chapter 181 | Flags -- Rest Areas, Welcome Centers, and Exhibit Centers
Requiring that the flag of the United States, the State flag, and the POW/MIA flag of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia be flown year round at rest areas, welcome centers, and exhibit centers within interstate and State highway rights--of--way. Delegate Conroy, et al |
| HB 52 Chapter 182 | Creation of a State Debt -- The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical
Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center for the planning, design, renovation, repair, construction, and capital equipping of the emergency room of The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, to be located at 4940 Eastern Avenue in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Hammen, et al |
| HB 53 Chapter 183 | Education -- Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot
Program -- Establishment
Establishing the Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program; authorizing a county board of education to develop a proposal for educational curriculum and activities during the summer; requiring the State Board of Education to review a proposal and approve or disapprove the proposal based on specified priorities; requiring the State Board to distribute funds to cover the costs of implementing and operating the Pilot Program; applying the Act to Baltimore County and Prince George's County; etc. Delegate Zirkin, et al |
| HB 79 Chapter 184 | Board of Public Works -- Settlements, Judgments, and Counsel Fees
-- Payment Authority
Increasing to $10,000 the amount the Board of Public Works may authorize affected units to pay for settlements, judgments, and counsel fees. Chairman CGM (Dept) |
| HB 80 Chapter 185 | State Government -- Forms Management -- Higher Education
Altering the implementation date for the application of standards for data collection forms for institutions of higher education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission. Chairman CGM (Dept) |
| HB 85 Chapter 186 | Office of Cemetery Oversight -- Scope of Authority
Exempting specified State and local cemeteries from registration and permit requirements; altering reporting requirements; providing for restriction on finance charges for preneed burial contracts; expanding the list of eligible trustees for preneed trust accounts; altering the reporting requirements of registrants and permit holders; authorizing the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight to refer violations to the Attorney General or a State's Attorney; etc. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 88 Chapter 187 | Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation -- Occupational
and Professional Licensing Boards and Commissions -- Penalties and
Disciplinary Grounds
Authorizing specified occupational and professional licensing boards and commissions to impose civil penalties on specified persons; altering the penalty amount that specified boards and commissions may impose; altering specified grounds for disciplinary action against specified persons; and requiring the boards to pay specified penalties to the State General Fund. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 109 Chapter 188 | Criminal Procedure -- Mutual Aid Agreements -- Nonemergency
Aid
Expanding the authority of specified governing bodies to enter into mutual aid agreements under nonemergency circumstances. Delegate Petzold, et al |
| HB 127 Chapter 189 | Estates and Trusts -- Guardian -- Medical Procedures
Allowing the court to authorize a guardian to make decisions regarding medical procedures that involve a substantial risk to the life of a disabled person without further court authorization when the guardian is within one of specified classes of individuals and the court determines the guardian is familiar with the personal beliefs, values, and medical situation of the disabled person. Delegate Dembrow |
| HB 129 Chapter 190 | Howard County -- Sheriff -- Salary Ho. Co. 5--01
Increasing the annual salary of the Sheriff of Howard County from $55,183 to $62,000 for calendar year 2003, $63,500 for calendar year 2004, $65,000 for calendar year 2005, and $66,500 for calendar year 2006 and thereafter. Howard County Delegation |
| HB 136 Chapter 191 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- Concord
Apartments
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $750,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Concord Apartments, Inc. for the repair, renovation, and reconstruction of an apartment building in Baltimore City for seniors and disabled persons; prohibiting the use of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the matching fund for sectarian religious purposes; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Rosenberg, et al |
| HB 145 Chapter 192 | Criminal Background Investigations -- Care and Supervision of
Children -- Substitute Employee Pools
Requiring that specified provisions of law related to criminal history records checks apply to specified entities that establish and maintain a pool of individuals to work as substitute or temporary employees in facilities where children are cared for or supervised; defining "employer" and "employee"; and requiring an employer to require an employee to obtain a criminal history records check. Delegate Doory, et al |
| HB 147 Chapter 193 | Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation -- State Boards --
Scope of Practice
Clarifying the scope of practice of architecture, certified interior design services, engineering, and professional land surveying and property line surveying; modifying the scope of practice of landscape architecture; establishing uniform provisions that relate to design coordination; etc. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 157 Chapter 194 | State Designations -- Calico Cat as the State Cat
Designating the calico cat as the State cat. Delegate K Kelly |
| HB 161 Chapter 195 | Montgomery County -- Long Branch Community Facilities Loan of
1999
Changing the name of the project, the grantee, and the purpose and altering the date by which the grantee is required to provide a matching fund from June 1, 2001, to June 1, 2003, pursuant to Chapter 233 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999, Montgomery County -- Long Branch Community Center Loan of 1999; etc. Delegates Hixson and Franchot |
| HB 165 Chapter 196 | Task Force on Resource Based Industry in Maryland -- Membership,
Staffing, and Reporting Requirements
Continuing the Task Force on Resource Based Industry in Maryland until January 31, 2002; specifying that the first report is preliminary; requiring the Task Force to submit a final report, based on a comprehensive interagency needs assessment, on or before December 31, 2001; adding the Executive Director of the Maryland Food Center Authority and three economic development officials from rural counties to the membership of the Task Force; requiring specified research assistance and staff support for the Task Force; etc. Delegates McClenahan and Glassman |
| HB 167 Chapter 197 | Workers' Compensation -- Notice of Decision -- Appeal
Requiring the State Workers' Compensation Commission to send by first class mail a copy of a claim decision to each party's attorney of record or to each party, if unrepresented; providing that the period for filing an appeal from a decision of the Commission shall begin on the date of the mailing of the notice required under the Act; etc. Delegate Vallario, et al |
| HB 174 Chapter 198 | Creation of a State Debt -- Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland
Good Health Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of the Good Health Center at Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland; prohibiting the use of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the matching fund for religious purposes; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Montague, et al |
| HB 183 Chapter 199 | Courts -- Parent--Child Immunity -- Motor Vehicle Torts --
Abrogation
Abrogating the doctrine of parent--child immunity as it applies to motor vehicle torts up to specified mandatory minimum liability coverage levels; prohibiting a parent or child who is a tort--feasor in a wrongful death action from obtaining any benefit under the Act in the wrongful death action; and providing for the application of the Act. Delegate Vallario, et al |
| HB 196 Chapter 200 | Elections -- Absentee Voting
Altering the circumstances under which a registered voter qualifies for voting by absentee ballot. Delegate Leopold, et al |
| HB 208 Chapter 201 | Grants to Local Economic Development Funds -- Matching Funds
Requirement
Allowing specified distressed governments to provide a reduced match for grants made from the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Fund. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 211 Chapter 202 | Creation of a State Debt -- Harford County -- Bel Air Community
Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Commissioners of the Town of Bel Air for the design of a multipurpose facility; providing for the disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; and providing generally for the issuance and sale of bonds evidencing the loan. Harford County Delegation |
| HB 216 Chapter 203 | Creation of a State Debt -- Harford County -- Havre de Grace
Maritime Museum
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Havre de Grace Maritime Museum, Inc. to complete construction of the new facility in Havre de Grace; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; and providing generally for the issuance and sale of bonds evidencing the loan. Harford County Delegation |
| HB 225 Chapter 204 | Orphans' Court Judges -- Caroline County -- Salaries
Increasing the annual salary of Orphans' Court judges in Caroline County to $4,500. Delegate Eckardt, et al |
| HB 233 Chapter 205 | Public Service Commission -- Civil Penalties
For the purpose of authorizing the Public Service Commission to impose a civil penalty for specified violations of the Public Utility Companies Article or orders, regulations, or directives of the Commission. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 245 Chapter 206 | Criminal Procedure -- Arrest Without Warrants -- Department of
Labor, Licensing, and Regulation Police Force
Adding a person, who in an official capacity is authorized by law to make arrests and who is a member of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation Police Force, to the definition of "police officer" for purposes of the law governing arrests without warrants. Chairman JUD and Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 258 Chapter 207 | Frederick County -- County Treasurer
Abolishing the elected position of County Treasurer in Frederick County; requiring that the County Treasurer be a regular county employee; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 260 Chapter 208 | Frederick County -- Public Facilities Bonds
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Frederick County to borrow not more than $43,000,000 in order to finance the cost of public facilities in Frederick County; etc. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 265 Chapter 209 | Title Insurers -- Statements of Financial Condition -- Exemption
from Filing Requirement
Exempting law firms and individual attorneys practicing in law firms from having to file an annual statement of financial condition with the title insurer with which they have an appointment. Delegates Busch and Gordon |
| HB 274 Chapter 210 | Creation of a State Debt -- Garrett County -- Courthouse
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of County Commissioners of Garrett County for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Garrett County Courthouse located in Oakland; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Edwards |
| HB 295 Chapter 211 | Frederick County -- Sheriff's Salary
Increasing the salary of the Sheriff of Frederick County to $80,000. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 328 Chapter 212 | Vehicle Laws -- Funeral Processions -- Use of Warning Lamps
Required
Requiring a driver of a motor vehicle in a funeral procession to use flashing warning lamps in order to proceed through a red signal and to have the right--of--way over other vehicles. Delegates Petzold and Minnick |
| HB 330 Chapter 213 | Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services -- Access to
Records by Confidential Intermediary
Authorizing the Adoption Program Manager of the Department of Human Resources to authorize a confidential intermediary providing adoption search, contact, and reunion services to obtain information contained in specified records; and authorizing the Adoption Program Manager to sign written statements authorizing a confidential intermediary to obtain information contained in specified records. Delegates Turner and Montague |
| HB 348 Chapter 214 | Charles County -- Salaries -- Judges of the Orphans' Court
Altering the salary for judges of the Orphans' Court of Charles County; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent judges of the Orphans' Court of Charles County. Charles County Delegation |
| HB 366 Chapter 215 | Maryland Program Evaluation Act -- Maryland Health Care
Commission & the State Health Services Cost Review Commission
Requiring that evaluations under the Maryland Program Evaluation Act of the Maryland Health Care Commission and the State Health Services Cost Review Commission be prepared on or before July 1, 2007. Chairman ENV (Department of Legislative Services) |
| HB 369 Chapter 216 | Retirement -- Optional Retirement Program -- Health Insurance
Benefits for Retirees and Surviving Spouses and Children
Specifying which participants in the Optional Retirement Program may receive health benefits under the State health insurance benefit program. Chairman APP (Dept) |
| HB 372 Chapter 217 | Garrett County -- Property Tax Credit -- Garrett County,
Maryland, Community Action Committee, Inc.
Authorizing the governing body of Garrett County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on property that is owned by the Garrett County, Maryland, Community Action Committee, Inc. or by an entity in which the Garrett County, Maryland, Community Action Committee, Inc. has controlling interest; and authorizing the governing body of Garrett County to set the amount and duration of, to limit eligibility for, and to adopt any other provision necessary to administer the property tax credit. Delegate Edwards |
| HB 385 Chapter 218 | Insurance -- Improper Premiums and Charges -- Policy Fee Charged
by Surplus Lines Brokers
Altering the $75 limit on the policy fee that a surplus lines broker may charge on each policy procured by a qualified agent or qualified broker to whom the surplus lines broker pays a commission; and specifying different fee limits for a personal lines policy and a commercial lines policy. Delegate Barve |
| HB 387 Chapter 219 | Insurance -- Premium Financing
Requiring that a copy or other notice of a premium finance agreement be sent to a surplus lines broker licensed in the State under specified circumstances; authorizing a premium finance company to require an agent or broker who procures premium financing to send the notice and provide specified information; requiring an agent or broker to return gross unearned commissions to an insurer within a reasonable period of time when an insurance contract has been canceled by a premium finance company, an insurer, or an insured; etc. Delegate Barve |
| HB 391 Chapter 220 | Garrett County -- Office of Treasurer -- Repeal
Repealing from the Public Local Laws of Garrett County specified provisions of the law pertaining to the office of Treasurer of Garrett County; providing for a county employee, the Supervisor of Tax Collection, to assume the duties of the Treasurer of Garrett County; authorizing the County Commissioners to appoint someone to the position of Supervisor of Tax Collection; providing that the Supervisor shall be included in the classified service of Garrett County; etc. Delegate Edwards |
| HB 393 Chapter 221 | Criminal Procedure -- Sex Offender Registration -- Retroactive
Application
Requiring the registration of child sex offenders and other offenders subject to registration requirements to be applied retroactively under specified circumstances; and making the provisions of the Act severable. Delegates Dembrow and Elliott |
| HB 400 Chapter 222 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- Mental Health
Association of Montgomery County
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Mental Health Association of Montgomery County, Inc. for the repair and renovation of the heating and air conditioning system, roof replacement, and upgrade of handicapped access to the mental health facility on Twinbrook Parkway in Rockville; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Kagan, et al |
| HB 420 Chapter 223 | Reporting of Communicable Diseases
Defining invasive disease; adding specified invasive diseases to the list of diseases that are required to be reported by a director of a medical laboratory to a specified health officer within a specified period of time; exempting a report of noncholera vibriosis when obtained from specified areas of the patient's body; etc. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 434 Chapter 224 | Education -- School Library Funds
Altering the State school library funds grant program of the School Accountability Funding and Excellence (SAFE) Program in order to make middle schools and high schools eligible for grants under the Program; altering a specified definition that is used to qualify a county board for a specified State grant; etc. Delegate Hecht, et al |
| HB 438 Chapter 225 | Higher Education -- Salisbury State University -- Renaming
Altering the name of Salisbury State University to Salisbury University; authorizing the publishers of the Annotated Code of Maryland to correct any statutory reference that is rendered incorrect by the Act; and providing for the implementation of the Act. Delegate Conway, et al |
| HB 449 Chapter 226 | Commissioner of Financial Regulation and the Banking Board --
Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
Continuing the office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation and the Banking Board in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2012, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Commissioner and Board; and requiring the Commissioner to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly. Chairman CGM |
| HB 453 Chapter 227 | Juvenile Justice -- Criminal Justice Information System --
Dissemination of Information
Requiring the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository to disseminate on a monthly basis specified information concerning juveniles charged as adults to the Maryland Justice Analysis Center of the Institute of Criminal Justice and Criminology of the University of Maryland; etc. Delegate Montague, et al |
| HB 460 Chapter 228 | Real Estate Brokers -- Deposit of Trust Money
Requiring a real estate broker to deposit trust money promptly, but not more than 7 business days after the acceptance of a contract of sale by both parties, in an account that is maintained by the real estate broker. Delegate Moe, et al |
| HB 462 Chapter 229 | Higher Education -- Health Personnel Shortage Incentive Grant
Program -- Grants
Altering the method of determining under the Health Personnel Shortage Incentive Grant Program the threshold number of graduating students from each eligible institution above which the institution shall receive from the State Scholarship Administration a specified grant per graduating student. Delegates Goldwater and Mandel |
| HB 466 Chapter 230 | Creation of a State Debt -- Queen Anne's County -- Cray
House
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of The Kent Island Heritage Society, Inc. for the renovation and reconstruction of the historic Cray House on Cockey's Lane in Stevensville, to be preserved and used for museum and educational purposes; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate W Baker, et al |
| HB 467 Chapter 231 | Creation of a State Debt -- Caroline County -- Adkins
Arboretum
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of Adkins Arboretum, Ltd. for the planning, construction, replanting, restoration, and expansion of Adkins Arboretum, Maryland's only State--owned arboretum dedicated to the conservation of the native flora of the region; etc. Delegate W Baker, et al |
| HB 471 Chapter 232 | Calvert County -- County Commissioners -- Building Excise
Tax
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Calvert County to fix and impose, by ordinance, a building excise tax on all types of building construction; requiring the Commissioners to specify in the ordinance the types of building construction subject to the tax; authorizing the Commissioners to impose different rates of the tax on different types of building construction; requiring the revenues from the tax to be deposited in the County's general fund; and authorizing the Commissioners to lawfully use the revenues from the tax. Calvert County Delegation |
| HB 472 Chapter 233 | Continuing Care Agreements -- Designation of a Beneficiary --
Entrance Fee
Requiring that a continuing care agreement between a subscriber and provider be in a form acceptable to the Department of Aging; allowing the individual for whom the agreement is purchased to designate a beneficiary of a refundable portion of an entrance fee; requiring that the designation of a beneficiary be in writing, witnessed by two or more competent witnesses noncontingent, and specified in percentages and accounts for 100\ of the refund due; etc. Delegate Hammen |
| HB 476 Chapter 234 | Hospitals -- Uniform Emergency Security Codes for Hospitals --
Establishment and Implementation
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with specified associations, to develop a uniform set of emergency security codes for hospitals; requiring the Secretary to adopt specified regulations; and requiring hospitals to implement the provisions of the uniform set of emergency security codes for hospitals within 2 years of the adoption of the regulations. Delegate Klausmeier, et al |
| HB 478 Chapter 235 | Creation of a State Debt -- Calvert County -- Twin Beach
Community Health Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the Town of North Beach for the construction of a free/low cost primary care and preventive services medical center located in the North Beach/Chesapeake Beach area; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Owings |
| HB 489 Chapter 236 | Calvert County -- Public Facilities Bonds
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Calvert County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $34,925,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of public roads and facilities in Calvert County and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at private or public sale of its general obligation bonds; etc. Calvert County Delegation |
| HB 490 Chapter 237 | Calvert County -- Public Local Laws -- Budget Amendments
Increasing the amount of a budget adjustment from $50,000 to $100,000 in Calvert County that will require compliance with county publication and hearing requirements. Calvert County Delegation |
| HB 492 Chapter 238 | State Advisory Council on Heart Disease and Stroke
Renaming the State Advisory Council on High Blood Pressure and Related Cardiovascular Factors to be the State Advisory Council on Heart Disease and Stroke; increasing the membership of the Council; requiring the Council to develop and promote educational programs on heart disease and stroke prevention, detection, and treatment targeted to high--risk populations and to high--incidence areas; requiring evaluation of the programs; etc. Delegate Nathan--Pulliam, et al |
| HB 498 Chapter 239 | Creation of a State Debt -- Anne Arundel County -- Annapolis
Maritime Museum
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Annapolis Maritime Museum, Inc. and the City of Annapolis for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of two buildings, located at 723 Second Street and 133 Bay Shore Drive in Annapolis, for use as a museum that will document, preserve, and interpret the maritime history of the greater Annapolis area; etc. Delegate Busch, et al |
| HB 524 Chapter 240 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore Symphony Orchestra --
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Inc. for the planning, design, renovation, repair, and capital equipping and furnishing of the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall; etc. Delegate Dewberry |
| HB 528 Chapter 241 | Creation of a State Debt -- Anne Arundel County -- The Salvation
Army Centennial Wing
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $75,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Salvation Army, Inc. for the renovation of the facility at 351 Hilltop Lane in Annapolis and the addition of a new wing to allow for additional programs for children, the elderly, and families in need; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Love |
| HB 538 Chapter 242 | Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights -- Baltimore City
Watershed Police Force
Altering the definition of "law enforcement officer" for purposes of the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights, to include members of the Baltimore City Watershed Police Force who are authorized to make arrests. Delegate Dobson, et al |
| HB 566 Chapter 243 | Creation of a State Debt -- Kent County -- Echo Hill Outdoor
School Improvements
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Echo Hill Outdoor School, Inc. for the construction of an addition to Harris Hall, construction and capital equipping of an agricultural demonstration area including a barn, renovation of staff housing facilities, and renovation of nature preserve facilities; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide a matching fund; etc. Delegate Walkup, et al |
| HB 582 Chapter 244 | Creation of a State Debt -- Washington County -- American Red
Cross
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Washington County MD Chapter American National Red Cross for the acquisition of land, and the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a new building, for the Washington County Chapter of the American Red Cross, to be located in Washington County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a matching fund requirement; etc. Washington County Delegation |
| HB 584 Chapter 245 | Washington County -- Property Tax -- Credits
Authorizing the governing body of Washington County or of a municipal corporation in Washington County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on residential real property occupied by an owner who serves as a volunteer firefighter, a member of the fire police, or an emergency medical technician; authorizing the governing body of Washington County or of a municipal corporation to provide for the amount and duration of the credit; etc. Washington County Delegation |
| HB 585 Chapter 246 | Washington County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Population Ratio
Quota
Providing that in Washington County individuals who are detained or confined in a correctional facility are excluded from the population census count for the purpose of calculating the population ratio quota that applies to the issuance of alcoholic beverages licenses. Washington County Delegation |
| HB 618 Chapter 247 | Creation of a State Debt -- Washington County Health System --
Walnut Street Community Health Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $470,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Washington County Health System, Inc. for the planning, design, renovation, repair, construction, and capital equipping of Phase II of the Walnut Street Community Health Center in Hagerstown; etc. Delegate Donoghue, et al |
| HB 620 Chapter 248 | Creation of a State Debt -- Prince George's County -- Hyattsville
Municipal Annex
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $400,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Hyattsville for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of a building located at 4318 Gallatin Street in Hyattsville for use as a municipal annex; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Healey, et al |
| HB 629 Chapter 249 | Criminal Procedure -- Registration of Offenders and Sex Offenders
-- Required Disclosures
Requiring a local law enforcement agency on written request to send, under specified circumstances, a copy of the registration statement for each sexually violent offender or offender whose registration statement is on record with the law enforcement agency to the person who submitted the request; and generally relating to disclosure of registration statements of offenders and sex offenders. Delegate K Kelly |
| HB 634 Chapter 250 | Frederick County -- Funds Designated for County Roads
Authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Frederick County to use, for county road purposes or public easement roads, funds designated for county road purposes; and authorizing the Board to establish specified criteria. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 636 Chapter 251 | Maryland Cancer Registry -- Reporting of Central Nervous System
Tumors
Requiring the reporting of patients with central nervous system tumors to the Maryland Cancer Registry; adding central nervous system tumors, as defined, to the diagnoses required to be reported in a cancer report; etc. Delegate Cryor, et al |
| HB 647 Chapter 252 | State Government -- Commemorative Months -- Women's History
Month
Requiring the Governor to proclaim the month of March each year to be Women's History Month. Delegate Hecht, et al |
| HB 651 Chapter 253 | State Law Enforcement Officers -- Death Benefits
Providing for a death benefit to be paid to the surviving spouse, children, or dependent parents of specified State employees who are killed in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2000; providing that the benefit may not be paid if the employee is killed as a result of the employee's negligence; etc. Chairman APP (Dept) |
| HB 669 Chapter 254 | Drunk and Drugged Driving -- Ignition Interlock System
Program
Repealing the authority of the Motor Vehicle Administration to reduce the period of specified suspensions of drivers' licenses for specified alcohol-- or drug--related driving offenses if an individual is a participant in the Ignition Interlock System Program for specified periods; and providing that the Administration may issue a restrictive license to an individual during the entire period of specified suspensions of drivers' licenses for specified alcohol--or drug--related driving offenses if the individual is a participant in the Program. Delegate Boschert |
| HB 678 Chapter 255 | Annotated Code of Maryland -- References to "Handicapped"
Persons -- Change of Terminology
Directing the publisher of the Annotated Code of Maryland, in consultation with the Department of Legislative Services, to review all provisions of the Code, identify all references to "handicapped" persons, and change them to "individual with a disability", as long as the changes result in nonsubstantive changes to the Annotated Code; etc. Delegate Leopold, et al |
| HB 692 Chapter 256 | Creation of a State Debt -- Wicomico County -- Salisbury Rotary
Scout and Community Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $350,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Rotary Club of Salisbury Foundation, Inc. for the construction and capital equipping of a scouting and community center facility located at 1715 Riverside Drive in Salisbury to be built around the commemorative fireplace and chimney of the original district scout center structure; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Conway, et al |
| HB 694 Chapter 257 | Creation of a State Debt -- Charles County -- Boys and Girls
Clubs of Southern Maryland
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of The Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maryland, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, reconstruction, and capital equipping of a site in Charles County to house a Boys and Girls Club; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Charles County Delegation |
| HB 696 Chapter 258 | Boat Excise Tax -- Fair Market Value -- Repeal of Sunset
Repealing the June 30, 2001 termination date applicable to provisions of law that exclude, from the fair market value that is subject to the boat excise tax, the value of a vessel that is traded in as part of the consideration under specified circumstances. Eastern Shore Delegation, et al |
| HB 701 Chapter 259 | Property Bondsmen -- Requirements
Requiring a person who acts as a property bondsman for compensation to provide documentation of ownership, tax status, and liens against the property posted; and establishing penalties for persons who wilfully provide false documentation. Delegates Dembrow and K Kelly |
| HB 719 Chapter 260 | Washington County -- Rainy Day Fund
Permitting the Washington County Commissioners to maintain cash reserves in accordance with generally accepted principles of governmental accounting. Washington County Delegation |
| HB 720 Chapter 261 | Frederick County -- Supplemental Appropriations
Permitting the Frederick County Commissioners to increase budget revenues after January 1 of any fiscal year to allow, in order to repay debt, an increase in the county expenditures; etc. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 724 Chapter 262 | Somerset County -- Public Officials -- Salaries
Raising the salary of members and specified staff of the Board of License Commissioners of Somerset County, the State's Attorney for Somerset County, the County Treasurer of Somerset County, the Sheriff of Somerset County, the judges of the Orphans' Court, and the County Commissioners of Somerset County; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent officials. Somerset County Delegation |
| HB 730 Chapter 263 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- CASA of Maryland
Employment and Training Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the County Executive and County Council of Montgomery County for the expansion, renovation, and capital equipping of the CASA of Maryland East Silver Spring Employment and Training Center located in Silver Spring, including construction of new classrooms, interview rooms, multipurpose rooms, and handicap accessibility renovations to restrooms; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; etc. Delegate Hixson, et al |
| HB 731 Chapter 264 | Cosmetologists -- Temporary License
Creating a temporary license under the State Board of Cosmetology; requiring the Board to issue a temporary license under specified circumstances; authorizing the holder of a temporary license to practice cosmetology under specified circumstances; providing for the expiration of a temporary license; requiring the Board to credit the $10 application fee toward the initial license fee; etc. Delegate Mandel, et al |
| HB 738 Chapter 265 | Medical Records -- Copying Costs -- Medical Bills
Providing that a medical record includes a copy of a medical bill that has been requested by an individual for purposes of the costs and fees charged by health care providers and hospitals for copying medical records. Delegates Gordon and Guns |
| HB 750 Chapter 266 | Allegany County -- Property Tax Credit -- Commercial and
Industrial Parks
Authorizing the governing body of Allegany County or a municipal corporation in Allegany County to grant a property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on specified property located in specified commercial or industrial parks; providing for a specified time limitation on the tax credit; etc. Allegany County Delegation |
| HB 752 Chapter 267 | Mental Hygiene Law -- Advance Directives
Requiring that the administrative head of a residential facility providing treatment or services for individuals with mental disorders who releases an individual from the facility notify the individual of the advisability of making an advance directive for mental health services; requiring that the facility assist the individual in making the advance directive or refer the individual to an appropriate community resource, if the individual requests assistance; etc. Delegate Rosenberg, et al |
| HB 759 Chapter 268 | Creation of a State Debt -- Anne Arundel County -- Broadneck
Recreational Complex
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the County Executive and County Council of Anne Arundel County for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of the Broadneck Recreational Complex and related facilities and parking, to be located in Broadneck Park in Anne Arundel County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Busch, et al |
| HB 762 Chapter 269 | Creation of a State Debt -- Worcester County -- The Mar--Va
Theater
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of The Mar--Va Theater Performing Arts Center, Inc. for the repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the historic performing arts and film theater in downtown Pocomoke City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Bozman, et al |
| HB 770 Chapter 270 | Mental Hygiene -- Emergency Evaluation -- Clinical Social
Worker
Authorizing clinical social workers to file and present a petition for emergency evaluation of an individual under specified circumstances and defining specified terms. Delegate Griffith, et al |
| HB 771 Chapter 271 | Waterway Improvement Fund -- Public Boating Construction Projects
-- Financing
Authorizing the Waterway Improvement Fund to increase specified funding to finance construction projects beneficial to public boating. Delegate McClenahan, et al |
| HB 772 Chapter 272 | Natural Resources -- Recreational and Commercial Crabbing
Requiring an individual who uses specified gear to catch or possess crabs in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries for recreational purposes to obtain a recreational crabbing license; providing specified exceptions to the licensing requirement; establishing restrictions on gear that may be used for catching crabs for recreational purposes; establishing limits on the numbers of hard crabs, peelers, and soft crabs that licensed and unlicensed individuals may catch or possess; etc. Delegate Wood, et al |
| HB 789 Chapter 273 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- Theodore Roosevelt
Recreation Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Theodore Roosevelt Recreation Center in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a specified easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; etc. Delegate Campbell, et al |
| HB 792 Chapter 274 | Creation of a State Debt -- Frederick County -- House
Hospice
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Hospice of Frederick County, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of House Hospice, located at 7300 Kimmel Road in Mt. Airy; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 828 Chapter 275 | Tax Amnesty Program
Requiring the Comptroller to declare an amnesty period for delinquent taxpayers from September 1, 2001, through October 31, 2001, for penalties attributable to nonpayment, nonreporting, or underreporting of State or local income tax, withholding tax, sales and use tax, and admissions and amusement tax that is paid during the amnesty period; increasing specified criminal penalties under various tax laws, effective at the end of the amnesty period; providing for the distribution of the receipts from the amnesty program; etc. Delegate Conway, et al |
| HB 845 Chapter 276 | Maryland--National Capital Park and Planning Commission --
Changes to Public Property -- Commission Review MC/PG 105--01
Requiring the Maryland--National Capital Park and Planning Commission to adopt, after appropriate public hearings, uniform standards of review for reviewing changes to public property located in the regional district; requiring a notice of the adoption of the standards to be published in a specified manner; etc. Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 855 Chapter 277 | Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission -- Nondiscrimination
Policy MC/PG 125--01
Prohibiting the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) from discriminating against any person based on specified factors; requiring specified contracts to include specified provisions pertaining to nondiscrimination; and authorizing the WSSC to void specified contracts under specified circumstances. Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 874 Chapter 278 | Crimes -- Driving While License Revoked -- Penalties
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration, on receiving notice of a conviction under specified provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law of an individual whose license to drive is revoked, to extend the date before which the individual is not eligible for reinstatement; providing for specified procedures; providing that the Administration may not revoke a license that is currently revoked; etc. Delegate Giannetti, et al |
| HB 881 Chapter 279 | Washington County Hotel Rental Tax
Altering the distribution of hotel rental tax revenue in Washington County; authorizing Washington County to deduct a portion of the hotel rental tax revenue for administrative costs to be distributed from a special fund; etc. Washington County Delegation |
| HB 894 Chapter 280 | Education -- Baltimore City -- Public School Construction
Requiring a State/local cost sharing formula of 90\ /10\ for up to and including $20 million in costs and 75\ /25\ for over $20 million in costs for public school construction projects in Baltimore City for fiscal years 2002 and 2003; and requiring Baltimore City to appropriate at least $12.4 million for school construction in fiscal years 2002 and 2003. Delegate Marriott, et al |
| HB 899 Chapter 281 | Education -- New Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners --
Student Members
Authorizing a student member of the New Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to have specified voting privileges; and prohibiting a student member from attending specified sessions of the Board. Delegate Marriott, et al |
| HB 911 Chapter 282 | Real Estate Appraisers -- Qualifications of Applicants for
Licensure or Certification -- Trainees
Requiring an applicant for licensure or certification as a real estate appraiser to complete specified work experience requirements as a real estate appraiser trainee; requiring the State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers to include trainees on an annual roster; requiring the Commission to issue specified documents of good standing to trainees; providing that specified work experience hours completed by an applicant for licensure before the effective date of the Act may be accepted by the State Commission under specified circumstances; etc. Delegate Krysiak |
| HB 914 Chapter 283 | Family Law -- Foster Parents
Setting forth specified rights of foster parents in the State; and specifying that the Act does not create a cause of action for foster parents. Delegate Montague, et al |
| HB 928 Chapter 284 | Mental Health -- Minors -- Providers and Consent Provisions
Establishing that a minor has the same capacity as an adult to consent to psychological treatment if, in the judgment of the attending physician or psychologist, the life or health of the minor would be affected adversely by delaying treatment to obtain another individual's consent; providing a limited immunity for a psychologist who treats a minor; specifying that a psychologist may, but need not, provide information to specified individuals; etc. Delegate Klausmeier |
| HB 937 Chapter 285 | Financial Guaranty Insurance Companies -- Definition and Home
Office Requirement
Altering the definition of a "financial guaranty insurance company" to allow specified financial guaranty insurance companies to have a home or executive office outside the State under specified circumstances. Delegate Brown |
| HB 942 Chapter 286 | Local Government Tort Claims Act -- Limits on Liability
Clarifying that the monetary limits on the liability of a local government under the Local Government Tort Claims Act apply to claims against local governments when named as defendants; etc. Delegate Taylor, et al |
| HB 952 Chapter 287 | Recordation Tax and State and Local Transfer Taxes -- First--Time
Maryland Home Buyers
Altering provisions of law regarding recordation and transfer taxes and first--time Maryland home buyers to allow an affidavit evidencing that the grantee is a first--time home buyer to be filed by an agent of the grantee. Delegates Healey and Bozman |
| HB 953 Chapter 288 | Homeowners Associations -- Late Fees
Authorizing declarations of homeowners associations to provide a late charge of $15 or one--tenth of the total amount of any late assessment or installment, whichever is greater under specified circumstances. Delegate Gordon |
| HB 958 Chapter 289 | Forfeitures -- Gambling Contraband -- Service of Process
Clarifying that an application for the forfeiture of contraband seized in connection with gambling violations be made by complaint and filed in a specified court; clarifying that service of process shall be in accordance with specified Maryland Rules; providing that substitute service may be made in accordance with specified Maryland Rules under specified circumstances; etc. Delegate Boutin |
| HB 982 Chapter 290 | Creation of a State Debt -- Frederick County -- Weinberg Center
for the Arts
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Frederick for the construction, renovation, repair, reconstruction, and capital equipping of a facility located in Frederick, for the Weinberg Center for the Arts, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; providing that the grantee must grant and convey a preservation covenant to the Maryland Historical Trust; etc. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 1004 Chapter 291 | Higher Education -- Student Financial Assistance -- Retention of
Unused Funds
Establishing that money appropriated by the State for student financial assistance that is not used in that fiscal year may not revert to the State Treasury and may be used only for specified purposes; and prohibiting the use of retained student financial assistance funds for administrative expenses. Delegate Kopp, et al |
| HB 1011 Chapter 292 | Creation of a State Debt -- Carroll County -- Arts Council
Theater Rehabilitation
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Carroll County Arts Council, Inc. for the repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the theater at 91 W. Main Street in Westminster, to be used as a community arts center, including a live performance and movie theater, classrooms, and office space for the Carroll County Arts Council; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a matching fund requirement; etc. Carroll County Delegation |
| HB 1019 Chapter 293 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery and Prince George's
Counties -- Boys' and Girls' Homes
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Boys' and Girls' Homes and Community Services, Inc. for the repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of seven group homes for boys and girls in Montgomery and Prince George's counties; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a specified easement; etc. Delegates Franchot and Hixson |
| HB 1021 Chapter 294 | Crabs -- Restrictions on Harvesting and Requirements for
Regulations
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations to restrict the days that a commercial license holder may catch crabs and to require the license holder to declare and provide specified information; establishing that a declared day off remains valid for the season and may be changed annually at the time of license renewal; etc. Delegate Weir |
| HB 1025 Chapter 295 | Election Law -- Baltimore County Republican Party Central
Committee
Changing the method of electing members of the Republican Party Central Committee in Baltimore County by providing for the election of four members from each councilmanic district and of a Chairman from the County at large. Delegate Redmer, et al |
| HB 1029 Chapter 296 | Task Force to Study the Health Care Needs of Inmates in
Transition from Correctional Institutions
Extending the time by which the Task Force to Study the Health Care Needs of Inmates in Transition from Correctional Institutions is required to report to the General Assembly; amending Chapter 466 of the Acts of 2000; and extending the termination date for the Task Force. Delegate Cane, et al |
| HB 1055 Chapter 297 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- New Shiloh
Multipurpose Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $1,000,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the New Shiloh Development Corporation, Inc. for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of an existing building for use as the New Shiloh Multipurpose Center, located at 2100 Monroe Street in Baltimore; prohibiting the use of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the matching fund for sectarian religious purposes; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; etc. Delegate Rawlings, et al |
| HB 1067 Chapter 298 | Higher Education -- Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program
-- Eligibility
Expanding the eligibility for the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program to include specified disabled veterans who are no longer eligible for federal veterans' educational benefits; and limiting to 15 the number of veterans' scholarships under the Program that the State Scholarship Administration may award annually. Delegates Guns and Conroy |
| HB 1070 Chapter 299 | Family Law -- Child and Spousal Support -- Earnings
Withholding
Authorizing the Child Support Enforcement Administration to serve an earnings withholding notice on an employer of an obligor under specified circumstances; altering provisions relating to the amount of earnings withholding under an earnings withholding order or earnings withholding notice; establishing procedures for earnings withholding if there is more than one earnings withholding order or notice against a single debtor; etc. Delegate Montague, et al |
| HB 1100 Chapter 300 | Vehicle Laws -- Parking Placard for Person With a Disability --
Extension of Expiration Date
Extending the expiration date of a parking placard issued to a person with a disability from 2 years to 4 years. Delegate Carlson |
| HB 1103 Chapter 301 | Maryland--National Capital Park and Planning Commission --
Binding Arbitration MC/PG 116--01
Requiring that collective bargaining between the Maryland--National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the representative of a bargaining unit for Commission employees begin not later each year than September 1 and end not later than February 1; requiring that negotiations be conducted in good faith; establishing a procedure for resolving a negotiability dispute; replacing provisions authorizing the appointment of a fact finder and the use of fact--finding procedures with provisions requiring arbitration; etc. Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 1127 Chapter 302 | Higher Education -- Part--Time Grant Program -- Dual Enrollment
Students
Including students who are dually enrolled in a secondary school in the State and an institution of higher education in the State in the part--time student grant program; requiring each institution of higher education that participated in the grant program to establish criteria for awarding a grant or waiver to dually enrolled students; etc. Delegate D'Amato, et al |
| HB 1153 Chapter 303 | Workers' Compensation -- Prince George's County Deputy Sheriffs
PG 310--01
Providing for enhanced public safety workers' compensation benefits for Prince George's County deputy sheriffs. Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 1154 Chapter 304 | Prince George's County -- Waste Transfer Stations -- Distance
from Bowie State University PG 410--01
Prohibiting a person from constructing or operating a waste transfer station in Prince George's County within 2 miles of Bowie State University. Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 1155 Chapter 305 | Enterprise Zones -- Tax Credits
Increasing the amount of income tax credits available to a business that employs an enterprise zone employee or a focus area employee; requiring an employer to pay at least 150\ of the federal minimum wage to an employee being claimed for an enterprise zone tax credit; raising to 35 the weekly number of hours required to be worked by an employee being claimed for the tax credit; and requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development and the Comptroller to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly. Delegate Hill, et al |
| HB 1166 Chapter 306 | Alcohol and Drug Treatment to Work Pilot Program
Authorizing the Alcohol and Drug Administration to adopt regulations allowing individuals participating in the Alcohol and Drug Treatment to Work Pilot Program to receive training or employment in other skills, in addition to lead abatement; authorizing the Administration to contract with specified entities; providing for the termination of the Program; etc. Delegate Oaks, et al |
| HB 1179 Chapter 307 | Washington County -- Sheriff's Salary Increase
Raising the salary of the Sheriff of Washington County from $55,000 to $67,500; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent Sheriff of Washington County. Washington County Delegation |
| HB 1186 Chapter 308 | Retail Sale of Motor Fuel -- Advertising Signs -- Grades of Motor
Fuel
Requiring the grade designation displayed for motor fuel on signs or other means advertising the price of motor fuel at a retail outlet to be the same as the grade designation that is required to be displayed for that motor fuel on the retail dispensing pump as specified by the Comptroller. Delegate Donoghue |
| HB 1215 Chapter 309 | Landlord and Tenant -- Rent Escrow Law
Altering specified conditions to be satisfied for a tenant to invoke specified rent escrow remedies. Delegate Krysiak |
| HB 1229 Chapter 310 | Election -- Compensation of Election Judges -- Prince George's
County PG 316--01
Increasing the compensation of election judges in Prince George's County by a specified amount; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent election judges in Prince George's County. Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 1231 Chapter 311 | Prince George's County -- Orphans' Court -- Compensation of
Judges PG 312--01
Providing for an increase in the compensation for judges of the Orphans' Court of Prince George's County; providing for a delayed effective date; etc. Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 1240 Chapter 312 | Child Abuse -- Reports -- Public School Contractors and Employees
of Contractors
Authorizing the disclosure of reports or records concerning child abuse or neglect to specified public school superintendents for specified purposes following a report of specified abuse committed by an independent contractor or an employee of an independent contractor who supervises or works directly with students. Delegate Love |
| HB 1242 Chapter 313 | State Commission on Kidney Disease
Altering the composition of the membership of the State Commission on Kidney Disease. Delegate Morhaim |
| HB 1243 Chapter 314 | Medical Assistance Program -- Federally Qualified Health Centers
-- Cost Based Reimbursement
Repealing provisions of law that establish a process for providing specified supplemental payments to federally qualified health centers participating in the State Medical Assistance Program and require the supplemental payments to be reduced each year and to terminate in 2004; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations to ensure that federally qualified health centers are paid reasonable cost based reimbursement that is consistent with federal law; etc. Delegate D Davis |
| HB 1251 Chapter 315 | Labor and Employment -- Job Training Services
Renaming the Maryland Job Training Partnership Act to be the Maryland Workforce Investment Act; clarifying which workers are dislocated; clarifying which individuals are low--income; clarifying which services are supportive; specifying the duties of the Governor's Workforce Investment Board; requiring the Governor to submit a plan to the federal government and to allocate specified federal funds; etc. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 1263 Chapter 316 | Academic Facilities Bonding Authority
Increasing to $875,000,000, the bonding authority for the University System of Maryland and approving issuance of bonds for specified projects for the System. Chairman APP (Dept) |
| HB 1270 Chapter 317 | State Acupuncture Board -- Auricular Detoxification
Permitting individuals who are licensed or certified to practice specified health occupations in the State to provide auricular detoxification under the direct supervision of an acupuncturist licensed by the State Acupuncture Board; providing for the qualifications and training of the individual; exempting the individual from obtaining a license to practice acupuncture in the State; establishing where an individual may provide auricular detoxification; authorizing the Board to adopt regulations; etc. Delegate Menes, et al |
| HB 1274 Chapter 318 | Patients' Safety Act of 2001
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to study the feasibi1ity of developing a system for reducing preventable adverse medical events; requiring the Commission to issue a final report, on or before January 1, 2003, to specified committees of the General Assembly on the Commission's recommendations; etc. Delegate McHale, et al |
| HB 1285 Chapter 319 | Charles County -- Tobacco Barns
Authorizing the governing body of Charles County to grant a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on real property that was formerly used solely as a tobacco barn; applying the Act to tax years beginning on or after July 1, 2001; etc. Charles County Delegation |
| HB 1287 Chapter 320 | Creation of a State Debt -- Mercy Medical Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $1,000,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Mercy Medical Center for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a new facility to be used as the Center for Women's Health and Medicine, to be located on the campus of Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, subject to a matching fund requirement; etc. Delegate V Jones, et al |
| HB 1294 Chapter 321 | Creation of a State Debt -- Prince George's County -- Lake Arbor
Recreation Facility
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Lake Arbor Foundation, Inc. for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Lake Arbor Recreational Facility, located in Mitchellville; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Griffith, et al |
| HB 1310 Chapter 322 | Office of Administrative Hearings -- Individuals Representing
Units of State Government
Authorizing individuals who are not licensed to practice law in this State to represent a unit of State government, at the direction of the unit, before the Office of Administrative Hearings. Delegate Malone |
| HB 1347 Chapter 323 | Worcester County -- Board of Education -- Election of
Members
Providing that members to the Worcester County Board of Education shall be elected; establishing a procedure for the election of members to the Worcester County Board of Education; providing for the termination of the incumbent appointed members holding office on a specified date under specified circumstances; establishing a term of office for elected members; providing for student nonvoting members from public high schools; providing for the compensation of the members of the County Board; etc. Delegate Bozman, et al |
| HB 1348 Chapter 324 | Maryland Food Center Authority
Clarifying and updating provisions relating to the financing of projects and developments of the Maryland Food Center Authority in furthering the Authority's statutory purposes; repealing obsolete provisions of law relating to the New Marsh Wholesale Produce Market Authority; modifying provisions of law relating to public financing and to transfers of interest in property of the Authority; repealing specified provisions of law and adding a provision of law to conform to current public financing practices; etc. Delegate Busch, et al |
| HB 1365 Chapter 325 | Journeyman Natural Gas Fitters License -- Qualifications of
Applicants
Requiring an applicant for a journeyman natural gas fitters license to demonstrate successful completion of specified training courses; and requiring an applicant to pass an examination given by the State Board of Plumbing. Delegate Parrott |
| HB 1366 Chapter 326 | Creation of a State Debt -- Prince George's County -- Kettering
Largo Boys & Girls Club Storage Facility
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Kettering Largo Boys & Girls Club for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a storage facility for the Kettering Largo Boys & Girls Club; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate D Davis, et al |
| HB 1388 Chapter 327 | Vehicle Laws -- Insurance Claim Settlements -- Salvage
Providing that when possession of a vehicle that is salvage is retained by the owner of the vehicle at the conclusion of a claim settlement by an insurance company, the insurance company is not considered to have acquired the vehicle; altering the requirements for an insurance company to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration when the company makes a claim settlement on a vehicle that is salvage and retained by the owner; etc. Delegates Riley and Glassman |
| HB 1395 Chapter 328 | General Construction Loan of 1987 -- Preservation Keep
Altering the use of the funds appropriated in the General Construction Loan of 1987 for Preservation Keep from construction to reconstruction, renovation, restoration, and capital equipping; etc. Delegate Clagett, et al |
| HB 1396 Chapter 329 | Long--Term Care Insurance -- Loss Ratios -- Premium
Increases
Repealing provisions of law that relate to benefits under long--term care insurance policies or certificates being considered reasonable in relation to premiums if the expected loss ratio is at least 60\ and is calculated in a specified manner; and clarifying that a carrier may impose a premium increase to policies or contracts of long--term care insurance under specified circumstances. Delegate McHale |
| HB 1399 Chapter 330 | Disposition of Settlement Proceeds -- Frostburg State University
and the Washington Redskins
Requiring Frostburg State University to deposit proceeds from the settlement of a contract dispute between the University and the Washington Redskins into an endowment for the benefit of the University; requiring the University System of Maryland to manage the proceeds for the benefit of the University; and making the Act an emergency measure. Delegate Edwards, et al |
| HB 1409 Chapter 331 | University of Maryland Police Force
Authorizing the use of a campus security force or building guards in addition to a campus police force at a constituent institution of the University of Maryland. Delegates Conway and Proctor |
| HB 1412 Chapter 332 | Insurance -- Assets, Reserves, and Investments of Insurers
Altering the assets owned by an insurer that are allowed as admitted assets in determining the financial condition of the insurer; altering the assets that are not allowed as admitted assets in determining the financial condition of an insurer; repealing provisions of law governing loss reserves for specified liability and workers' compensation insurance; requiring that unearned premium reserves with respect to specified types of insurance be computed in a specified manner; etc. Delegate McHale |
| HB 1460 Chapter 333 | Baltimore City -- West Arlington Planetarium and Multipurpose
Center Loan of 1999
Altering the date by which the grantee is required to provide and expend a matching fund in Chapter 292 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999, the Baltimore City -- West Arlington Planetarium and Multipurpose Center Loan of 1999, from June 1, 2001, to June 1, 2003. Delegate Gladden |
| SB 573 Chapter 334 | Creation of a State Debt -- Lions Camp Merrick
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Lions Camp Merrick, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of Lions Camp Merrick, located in Nanjemoy, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Middleton |
| SB 574 Chapter 335 | Creation of a State Debt -- Charles County -- Henry E. Lackey
High School Swimming Pool Complex
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $900,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of County Commissioners of Charles County for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a swimming pool and related facilities, to be located adjacent to Henry E. Lackey High School at 3000 Chicamuxen Road in Indian Head; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Middleton |
| HB 277 Chapter 336 | Employees' Pension System -- Purchase of Service Credit
Allowing members of the Employees' Pension System to purchase a full year of service credit for specified full--time and part--time employment with the State; establishing a method of payment for the purchase of service credit for specified full--time and part--time employment with the State; and calculating service credit for part--time employment. Delegate D'Amato, et al |
| SB 880 Chapter 337 | Anne Arundel and Calvert Counties -- Stormwater Management
Facilities
Prohibiting the construction of specified stormwater management facilities in Anne Arundel and Calvert counties for specified purposes; providing exceptions for public or private stormwater management facilities where construction began prior to January 1, 2001, and for stormwater management facilities constructed by or on behalf of a State or county agency; requiring the local legislative body to provide for the enforcement of the Act; etc. Senator Miller |
| SB 486 Chapter 338 | Maryland Economic Development Corporation
Clarifying and altering the legislative purposes and legislative intent relating to the Maryland Economic Development Corporation; clarifying the ability of the Corporation to make specified loans to persons for specified purposes; clarifying the ability of the Corporation to create, own, control, or be a member of a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other person, whether operated for profit or not for profit; etc. Senator Jimeno, et al |
Sincerely,
Karl S. Aro, Executive Director
To the Members of the General Assembly
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On May 15, 2001, the Honorable Parris N. Glendening, Governor; the Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate; and the Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr., Speaker of the House of Delegates, signed the following pieces of legislation which you passed:
| HB 306 Chapter 339 | Procurement -- Minority Business Participation
Continuing until July 1, 2006, the provisions of the State procurement law relating to procurement from minority businesses; altering the percentage of the total dollar value of procurement contracts by units of State government that is made directly or indirectly from certified minority businesses which units of State government are to seek to achieve; authorizing the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations in preparation for a study of the Minority Business Enterprise Program; etc. The Speaker (Administration), et al |
| SB 205 Chapter 340 | Antidiscrimination Act of 2001
Prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation with regard to public accommodations, housing, and employment; making existing remedies and procedures regarding discrimination applicable to discrimination based on sexual orientation; making existing exemptions from provisions of law that prohibit discrimination applicable to provisions of the Act regarding discrimination based on sexual orientation; defining "sexual orientation"; etc. The President (Administration), et al |
| SB 207 Chapter 341 | State Personnel -- Higher Education -- Collective
Bargaining
Expanding collective bargaining to include specified State employees of the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College, and Baltimore City Community College; requiring that each institution have separate bargaining units; requiring that each system president and the governing boards of the other institutions designate one or more representatives to participate as a party in collective bargaining; establishing a Higher Education Labor Relations Board; etc. The President (Administration), et al |
| SB 208 Chapter 342 | Law Enforcement Officers -- Vehicle Laws -- Race--Based Traffic
Stops
Requiring law enforcement officers to record specified data pertaining to traffic stops and requiring law enforcement agencies to report the information to the Maryland Justice Analysis Center (MJAC); requiring the Police Training Commission to develop a model format for the efficient recording of specified data, guidelines that each agency may use to evaluate the data, and a standardized format that each agency shall use in reporting the data to the MJAC; requiring the agencies to adopt policies against race--based traffic stops; etc. The President (Administration), et al |
| HB 303 Chapter 343 | Law Enforcement Officers -- Vehicle Laws -- Race--Based Traffic
Stops
Requiring law enforcement officers to record specified data pertaining to traffic stops; requiring law enforcement agencies to report the information to the Maryland Justice Analysis Center (MJAC); requiring the Police Training Commission to develop a model format for the officers to record specified data, guidelines that each agency may use to evaluate the data, and a standardized format that each agency shall use in reporting the data to the MJAC; requiring the Commission to adopt a model policy against race--based traffic stops; etc. Delegate Gladden, et al and the Speaker (Administration) |
| SB 17 Chapter 344 | Scooters and In--Line Roller Skates -- Protective Helmets
Prohibiting an individual under the age of 16 years from riding on a scooter or on in--line skates on any highway, bicycle way, sidewalk, or other property open to or used by the public for pedestrian or vehicle traffic, unless the individual wears a helmet that meets or exceeds specified standards; and providing for the issuance of a specified warning. Senator Hollinger, et al |
| SB 38 Chapter 345 | Emergency Medical Services -- Ambulance Services -- Definitions
and Regulations
Altering the definition of "ambulance"; clarifying regulation requirements regarding ambulance transport; etc. Chairman EEA (Dept) |
| SB 44 Chapter 346 | Family Law -- Adoption Subsidies -- Level of Payment
Increasing the allowable amount of a specified adoption subsidy payment to $2,000 per month for a medically fragile child living in a treatment foster care home. Chairman FIN (Dept) |
| SB 50 Chapter 347 | Public Service Commission -- Certificate of Public Convenience
and Necessity
Requiring that any person who constructs a generating station and associated overhead transmission lines follow specified procedures to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission; requiring that any person who modifies a generating station obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Commission; clarifying that the Department of the Environment is prohibited from requiring a specified registration or permit by any person required to obtain the certificate; etc. Chairman FIN (Dept) |
| SB 51 Chapter 348 | Vehicle Laws -- Trucks, Truck Tractors, and Buses --
Identification
Requiring that a United States Department of Transportation number be displayed on trucks, truck tractors, and buses in a manner that complies with specified federal regulations relating to vehicles operating interstate; exempting vehicles owned and operated by the State or any political subdivision of the State or vehicles operating within 15 days of the purchase date from specified identification number requirements; repealing specified exemptions from the identification number requirement; etc. Chairman JPR (Dept) |
| SB 54 Chapter 349 | Mass Transit Administration -- Torts -- Restrictions on
Actions
Prohibiting a tort claimant from instituting an action against the Mass Transit Administration unless specified conditions are met; requiring that a notice of a tort claim against the Mass Transit Administration contain specified information and meet specified criteria; specifying under what circumstances a claim is denied finally by the Mass Transit Administrator or the Administrator's designee; etc. Chairman JPR (Dept) |
| SB 59 Chapter 350 | Vehicle Laws -- Driver Education
Requiring that a driving instructor complete an instructor certification program approved by the Motor Vehicle Administration before being licensed and employed by a drivers' school; clarifying that an individual holding a learner's instructional permit may not take an examination for a provisional license until specified requirements are met; and requiring that the Administration adopt and enforce specified regulations in consultation with the State Department of Education. Chairman JPR (Dept) |
| SB 60 Chapter 351 | State Finance -- Capital Program -- Construction Contingency
Fund
Altering the limitation on appropriations or allocations to the Construction Contingency Fund to be 1.25\ instead of .75\ of the capital debt affordability limit. Chairman B&T (Dept) |
| SB 64 Chapter 352 | State Aid for Public Education -- Schools for Success --
Extension of Sunset
Authorizing specified uses of challenge grant funds; extending the termination date of provisions relating to the challenge grant program to June 30, 2007; requiring the State Department of Education to submit a specified report to the General Assembly by January 15, 2007; and requiring the Department to submit interim reports by January 15 each year. Chairman EEA and Chairman B&T (Dept) |
| SB 69 Chapter 353 | State Procurement -- State Leasing of Real Property -- Notice of
Proposed Leases
Altering the requirements under which the State may execute a lease of real property; and altering the notice required prior to the execution of specified leases. Chairman EEA (Dept) |
| SB 70 Chapter 354 | State Procurement -- Electronic Transactions
Authorizing primary procurement units of State government to conduct the solicitation, bidding, award, execution, and administration of a contract by electronic means; providing that bidding on a contract solicited by electronic means constitutes consent to conduct all elements of the procurement of that contract by electronic means; authorizing the charge of reasonable fees for utilizing electronic means to conduct procurement; etc. Chairman EEA (Dept) |
| SB 71 Chapter 355 | Alcohol and Drug Administration -- Certification and Licensure
Requirements -- Alcohol and Drug Counseling
Altering specified waiver provisions that apply to certification as a certified professional counselor--alcohol and drug, a certified associate counselor--alcohol and drug, or a certified supervised counselor--alcohol and drug; authorizing an individual to work as a trainee under specified conditions; etc. Chairman EEA (Dept) |
| SB 91 Chapter 356 | Criminal Sentencing -- Custodial Confinement as a Condition of a
Suspended Sentence or Probation
Allowing a court as a condition of a suspended sentence or probation to order a person to a term of custodial confinement, as defined, for a specified term under specified circumstances; requiring that any time served in custodial confinement be credited against any sentence of incarceration; clarifying and limiting the authority of courts in specified counties to order a term of imprisonment as a condition of a suspended sentence or probation under specified circumstances; etc. Senator Baker |
| SB 140 Chapter 357 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore County -- The Community
Learning Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Islamic Society of Baltimore, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping for a community learning center in Baltimore; etc. Senator Della |
| SB 143 Chapter 358 | Local Property Tax Credit -- County Income Tax Rate
Increases
Making a technical correction to a provision authorizing local governments to grant a local property tax credit to offset increases in local income tax revenues resulting from an increase in the county income tax rate above a specified rate, by changing a reference to the county income tax rate from 50\ to 2.6\ to account for the alteration of the computation of the county income tax; and making the Act an emergency measure. Senator Hoffman |
| SB 144 Chapter 359 | Department of Aging -- Assisted Living Programs --
Subsidies
Requiring the Secretary of Aging to provide, when necessary and in accordance with available funds, specified monthly subsidies for the care of specified residents of assisted living programs who meet specified income requirements; etc. Senator Hollinger, et al |
| SB 146 Chapter 360 | Nurses -- Certified Nursing Assistants
Requiring the State Board of Nursing to maintain a nurse aide registry; requiring mandatory reporting by certified nursing assistants for specified actions; altering nursing assistant definitions; requiring the Board to adopt regulations for categories of certified nursing assistants; altering the criteria for certification; altering a certificate renewal provision; increasing the curriculum content for nursing assistant training programs; prohibiting misrepresentation as a certified nursing assistant; etc. Senator Hollinger |
| SB 191 Chapter 361 | Motor Homes and Travel Trailers -- Vehicle Excise Tax --
Definitions
Altering the definitions of "fair market value" and "total purchase price" to exclude from the computation of the vehicle excise tax imposed on a motor home or travel trailer the value of a motor home or travel trailer traded in as part of the consideration for the sale of the vehicles by a dealer licensed by the State, another state, or a foreign country; authorizing the Department of Business and Economic Development to implement a marketing and tourism plan to promote the use of motor homes and travel trailers; etc. Senator Middleton, et al |
| HB 106 Chapter 362 | Motor Homes and Travel Trailers -- Vehicle Excise Tax --
Definitions
Altering the definitions of "fair market value" and "total purchase price" to exclude from the computation of the vehicle excise tax imposed on a motor home or a travel trailer the value of a home or trailer traded in as part of the consideration for the sale of the home or trailer by specified licensed dealers; providing that the modified definitions do not apply until any Department of Transportation Consolidation Transportation Bonds are no longer outstanding; etc. Delegate Rosso, et al |
| SB 193 Chapter 363 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore County -- The Wellness
Community--Baltimore -- Janet L. Hoffman Building
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of The Wellness Community--Baltimore, Inc. for the acquisition of property for, and for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of, a building in Baltimore County for use as a professional oncology support facility for The Wellness Community--Baltimore; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Hollinger, et al |
| SB 232 Chapter 364 | Maryland Research and Development Tax Credit -- Addition
Modification for Corporations
Providing an addition modification under the Maryland corporate income tax if a Maryland research and development tax credit is claimed; and applying the Act to tax years beginning after 1999. Senators Hoffman and Hogan |
| SB 238 Chapter 365 | Elevator Safety -- Registration and Inspection Fees
Changing the deadlines for registering with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry specified elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, and moving walks; requiring the owners, lessees, or contractors to ensure that specified standards are met prior to scheduled inspections of the devices; authorizing specified fees; etc. Chairman FIN (Dept) |
| SB 244 Chapter 366 | Inheritance Tax -- Corrective
Clarifying and correcting inheritance tax law provisions made obsolete by the exemption from the tax for a decedent's lineal relatives and siblings and the repeal of the lineal inheritance tax rate; clarifying the tax's applicability under specified circumstances when property passes to spouses as tenants by the entireties or an application to prepay the tax on a subsequent interest is filed; repealing an elective inheritance tax exemption for farmland passing to lineal relatives of a decedent; etc. Senators Miller and Hoffman |
| SB 251 Chapter 367 | Property Tax Credits -- Electricity Generation Facilities --
Effect on State Aid
Providing that machinery and equipment used in the generation of electricity at specified facilities that are granted a specified tax credit may not be treated as taxable personal property for purposes of calculating the payment of specified State aid; and applying the Act to the calculation of State aid for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2001. Senator Middleton |
| SB 281 Chapter 368 | State Department of Education -- Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program --
Establishment and Operation
Establishing a Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program in the State Department of Education; providing for the administration and staffing of the Program; establishing the purpose of the Program; requiring the Director of the Program to establish a Hearing Aid Loan Bank; establishing criteria for the maintenance of the Hearing Aid Loan Bank; specifying criteria for eligibility under the Program; etc. Senator Hollinger, et al |
| HB 282 Chapter 369 | State Department of Education -- Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program --
Establishment and Operation
Establishing a Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program in the State Department of Education; providing for the administration and staffing of the Program; establishing the purpose of the Program; requiring the Director of the Program to establish a Hearing Aid Loan Bank; establishing criteria for the maintenance of the Hearing Aid Loan Bank; specifying criteria for eligibility under the Program; etc. Delegate Hixson, et al |
| SB 310 Chapter 370 | Criminal Procedure -- Wiretapping -- Exceptions for
Out--of--State Interception
Allowing specified information to be used and specified persons to disclose information concerning oral, wire, or electronic communications intercepted in out--of--state jurisdictions in specified proceedings if the interception was made in accordance with the law of the other jurisdiction; etc. Senator Van Hollen |
| HB 659 Chapter 371 | Criminal Procedure -- Wiretapping -- Exceptions for
Out--of--State Interception
Allowing specified information to be used and specified persons to disclose specified information concerning specified communications intercepted in out--of--state jurisdictions in specified proceedings, if the interception was made in accordance with the law of the other jurisdiction under specified circumstances; requiring that a motion to suppress the contents of specified communications or specified evidence be made in accordance with the Maryland Rules; providing for the application of the Act; etc. Delegates Barkley and Vallario |
| HB 378 Chapter 372 | Maryland Individual Development Account Act
Requiring the Secretary of Human Resources to initiate an Individual Development Account Demonstration Program with specified purposes and terms; requiring that participants meet specified eligibility requirements and limit use of the account to specified purchases; requiring participating individuals and organizations to perform specified functions; establishing the scope and funding for the Program; etc. Delegate Rawlings, et al |
| SB 311 Chapter 373 | Maryland Individual Development Account Act
Requiring the Secretary of Human Resources to initiate an Individual Development Account Demonstration Program with specified purposes and terms; requiring that participants meet specified eligibility requirements and limit use of the account to specified purchases; requiring participating individuals and organizations to perform specified functions; establishing the scope and funding for the Program; etc. Senator Van Hollen, et al |
| SB 319 Chapter 374 | Creation of a State Debt -- Star Spangled Banner Flag House and
1812 Museum
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $700,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Star Spangled Banner Flag House Association, Inc. for the construction and capital equipping of a new museum, to be known as the 1812 Museum, and for the repair, renovation, and reconstruction of the Star Spangled Banner Flag House; etc. Senator Hoffman, et al |
| SB 350 Chapter 375 | Department of Health and Mental Hygiene -- Alcohol Abuse and Drug
Treatment Programs
Requiring specified alcohol and drug abuse treatment programs to obtain certification from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene before providing services. Senators DeGrange and Hollinger |
| SB 352 Chapter 376 | Vehicle Laws -- Titling and Registration -- Time Period
Extensions
Extending, from 20 days to 30 days, the time periods following specified vehicle transfers from a licensed dealer during which the dealer must send titling documents, taxes, and fees to the Motor Vehicle Administration or deliver a certificate of title to the transferee; extending, from 45 days to 60 days, the period during which a temporary vehicle registration remains valid under specified circumstances; etc. Senator Jimeno, et al |
| SB 357 Chapter 377 | Higher Education -- Maryland Science and Technology Scholarships
-- Eligibility
Requiring the State Scholarship Administration to offer each year Maryland Science and Technology Scholarships to specified students who have been accepted into specified academic programs under specified circumstances; altering eligibility for the scholarship by requiring a recipient to have completed secondary school within the last 5 years; etc. Senator Hogan, et al |
| SB 361 Chapter 378 | Creation of a State Debt -- Maryland 4--H Facilities
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Maryland 4--H Foundation, Inc., for the construction, renovation, and capital equipping of facilities at 4--H educational camping locations throughout the State; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; and providing generally for the issuance and sale of bonds evidencing the loan. Senator Green, et al |
| SB 373 Chapter 379 | Maryland Uniform Transfer--on--Death Security Registration Act --
Trust Companies
Altering and adding definitions under the Maryland Uniform Transfer--on--Death Security Registration Act to allow securities held by trust companies other than in a fiduciary capacity to be transferred directly to a transferee designated by the owner of the securities after the death of the owner. Senator Baker |
| SB 383 Chapter 380 | Regulatory Review and Evaluation Act -- Revision
Amending the Regulatory Review and Evaluation Act to authorize participation and input by the public, other units of State government, and stakeholders in the review of existing regulations; requiring that work plans and evaluation reports reflect specified participation and input; requiring that specified other information be included in work plans and evaluation reports; altering the time frame and schedule for completing and submitting work plans; etc. Senator Neall (Task Force on Regulatory Reform) |
| SB 385 Chapter 381 | Creation of a State Debt -- The Walters Art Museum
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $385,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of The Walters Art Gallery for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a building, in Baltimore, for a new major exhibition space, a premier art conservation laboratory, art handling, and storage; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Hoffman, et al |
| SB 388 Chapter 382 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- Rehabilitation
Opportunities
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Rehabilitation Opportunities, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a facility located in Montgomery County, for use in helping developmentally disabled adults enter the workforce, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senators Hogan and Roesser |
| SB 390 Chapter 383 | City of Annapolis -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Wine Festival
License
Authorizing in the City of Annapolis the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to issue a special festival license for wine festivals; specifying requirements for license applicants and holders of special festival licenses; establishing the scope of the license and the time and location of and requirements for wine festivals in the City of Annapolis; etc. Senator Astle |
| SB 398 Chapter 384 | Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act -- Implied
Warranty Exemption
Providing an exemption from the implied warranty of merchantability of a computer program for a computer program provided under a license that does not impose a license fee for the right to the source code, to make copies, to modify, and to distribute the computer program; and making stylistic changes. Senator Teitelbaum, et al |
| SB 402 Chapter 385 | Creation of a State Debt -- Loyola College Maryland Hall
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $1,800,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of Loyola College in Maryland for the planning, design, construction, repair, restoration, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of Maryland Hall of Loyola College in Baltimore; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a matching fund requirement; prohibiting the use of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the matching fund for sectarian religious purpose; etc. Senator Kasemeyer, et al |
| SB 449 Chapter 386 | Baltimore City -- Payment of Student Transportation Costs --
Sunset Extension
Extending from fiscal year 2002 to fiscal year 2006 the termination of the use of highway user revenues in Baltimore City for the payment of student transportation costs; etc. Senator McFadden (Baltimore City Administration), et al |
| SB 450 Chapter 387 | Baltimore City -- Hotel Room Tax -- Convention Center
Promotion
Extending the requirement through fiscal year 2007 that at least 40\ of the proceeds from the hotel room tax imposed by Baltimore City be appropriated specifically for convention center marketing and promotion of tourism. Senator McFadden (Baltimore City Administration), et al |
| SB 457 Chapter 388 | Health Insurance -- Study of Maryland's Small Group Market
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to contract with an independent consultant to conduct a study comparing the performance of Maryland's small group health insurance market reform law to other states; specifying the scope of the study; requiring the Commission to provide a specified report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2002; etc. Senators Bromwell and Van Hollen |
| SB 458 Chapter 389 | Health Insurance -- Substantial, Available, and Affordable
Coverage
Requiring carriers that offer medically underwritten health benefit plans in the nongroup market in the State to provide an individual who has been denied coverage under a medically underwritten health benefit plan with specific information regarding the availability of substantial, available, and affordable coverage in the form and manner required by the Insurance Commissioner through regulation; requiring the Insurance Commissioner to adopt facilitating regulations; etc. Senators Bromwell and Van Hollen |
| SB 461 Chapter 390 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- The Hearing and
Speech Agency
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of The Hearing and Speech Agency of Metropolitan Baltimore, Inc. for the acquisition of land for, and for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a new building for The Hearing and Speech Agency of Metropolitan Baltimore; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Hoffman, et al |
| SB 462 Chapter 391 | Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program
Renaming the Loan Assistance Repayment Program administered by the State Scholarship Administration to be the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program. Senators Hoffman and Blount |
| SB 509 Chapter 392 | Property and Casualty Insurance -- Limitation of Reduction Due to
Workers' Compensation Benefits
Limiting the reductions available to personal injury protection and uninsured motorist insurers to the extent that the workers' compensation insurer is able to recover benefits paid under the workers' compensation laws of a state or the federal government. Senator Stone, et al |
| SB 533 Chapter 393 | Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System -- Membership -- Martin
State Airport Firefighters
Providing firefighters for the Martin State Airport who are employed by the Military Department membership in the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System; etc. Senator Collins |
| SB 535 Chapter 394 | Department of Aging -- Innovations in Aging Services
Program
Creating an Innovations in Aging Services Program in the Department of Aging; providing for the purposes of the Program; creating the Innovations in Aging Services Advisory Council in the Department and providing for the appointment, organization, and terms of its members; requiring the Secretary of the Department to develop a plan for funding grants; providing for the evaluation of grants funded under the Program; requiring the Secretary to adopt regulations and appoint Advisory Committee members; etc. Senator Collins |
| SB 541 Chapter 395 | Welfare Innovation Act of 2001
Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission, in cooperation with the Department of Human Resources, to coordinate efforts among institutions of higher education to encourage and identify student volunteers to help provide mentoring to Family Investment Program (FIP) recipients; specifying when temporary cash assistance may not be paid; increasing to 36 months the time between when an individual was a former FIP recipient and when the individual may participate in the Job Skills Enhancement Program; etc. Senator Madden, et al |
| SB 542 Chapter 396 | State Government -- Survey of State Departments, Agencies, and
Programs -- Persons with Limited English Proficiency
Stating the intent of the General Assembly that State agencies are authorized to provide services to persons with limited English proficiency; requiring that State agencies survey the need for interpretation and translation services and provide the Department of Human Resources a description of the current measures taken to provide the services; requiring the Department to develop and distribute the surveys and review the information; etc. Senator Sfikas, et al |
| SB 548 Chapter 397 | Baltimore City -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Reopening of Licensed
Premises
Requiring in Baltimore City that, except where extenuating circumstances exist, before a licensed premises that has been closed for at least 3 consecutive months may reopen, the Board of Liquor License Commissioners shall hold a public hearing and the licensee shall obtain approval from the Board. Senator Blount, et al |
| SB 552 Chapter 398 | Eastern Shore Code Home Rule Counties -- Juvenile Curfew
Ordinance
Authorizing a code county in the Eastern Shore class to adopt a model juvenile curfew ordinance under specified circumstances; authorizing a municipal corporation to adopt the ordinance; providing for the scope of the ordinance; requiring a juvenile curfew ordinance to prohibit specified practices by specified persons; providing exceptions to the ordinance; establishing citation procedures for law enforcement officers; etc. Senator Colburn |
| SB 564 Chapter 399 | Public Utilities -- Underground Facilities -- Liability for
Excavation or Demolition Damages
Limiting the liability of a person who damages underground facilities due to excavation or demolition under specified circumstances; providing that an owner of underground facilities is liable for specified damages caused by excavation or demolition if the owner does not belong to a one--call system as an owner--member; providing for the construction of provisions of the Act; defining a term; and providing for the prospective application of the Act. Senator Colburn |
| SB 567 Chapter 400 | Maryland Caregivers Support Coordinating Council
Establishing the Maryland Caregivers Support Coordinating Council; providing for the purpose and composition of the Council; requiring the Department of Human Resources to provide staff support; requiring the Council to gather information through specified methods, develop a handbook of current respite caregiver services, review existing caregiver programs, conduct funding research, develop a State model, coordinate the activities of existing services, and make specified reports to the General Assembly and Governor; etc. Senator Frosh, et al |
| HB 513 Chapter 401 | Maryland Caregivers Support Coordinating Council
Establishing the Maryland Caregivers Support Coordinating Council; providing for the purpose and composition of the Council; requiring the Department of Human Resources to provide staff support; requiring the Council to gather information through specified methods, develop a handbook of current respite caregiver services, review existing caregiver programs, conduct funding research, develop a State model, coordinate the activities of existing services, and make specified reports to the General Assembly and Governor; etc. Delegate Goldwater, et al |
| SB 569 Chapter 402 | Medical Records -- Maintenance and Destruction --
Confidentiality
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations for the destruction of medical records; requiring the Secretary to consult with specified entities before adopting the regulations; specifying what is to be included in the regulations; and providing for administrative fines for a violation of the Act, applicable to specified health care facilities and individuals. Senator Hollinger |
| SB 578 Chapter 403 | Garrett County -- Right to Farm
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Garrett County to adopt an ordinance or regulation or take specified actions to protect a person's right to farm or engage in agricultural or forestry operations; and requiring the County Commissioners to hold a public hearing and provide reasonable notice of the hearing before adopting an ordinance or regulation or taking other action. Senator Hafer, et al |
| SB 580 Chapter 404 | Vehicle Laws -- Forest Products -- Axle Load Limit
Tolerance
Increasing the axle load limit tolerance for specified vehicles when transporting forest products from June 1 through September 30; etc. Senator Hafer, et al |
| SB 584 Chapter 405 | Creation of a State Debt -- Calvert County -- Community Learning
Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $400,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of County Commissioners of Calvert County for the planning, design, and construction of a community learning center on Duke Street in Prince Frederick; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senators Miller and Dyson |
| SB 591 Chapter 406 | Health Insurance -- Claims for Reimbursement for Health Care
Services Rendered
Requiring an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization to permit a provider a minimum of 90 working days after denial of a claim for reimbursement of health care services rendered to appeal the denial; etc. Senator Teitelbaum |
| SB 597 Chapter 407 | Creation of a State Debt -- Prince George's County -- Fort
Washington and Fort Foote Parks
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the National Park Service for the restoration, renovation, and capital equipping of Fort Washington and Fort Foote Park and related facilities, located in Prince George's County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Lawlah |
| SB 610 Chapter 408 | Uniform Commercial Code -- Secured Transactions --
Revisions
Revising, correcting, updating, and clarifying Title 9 of the Commercial Law Article and associated sections of the Uniform Commercial Code; revising the law relating to the creation and validity of security agreements, rights of parties, perfection of security interests, and procedures for filing and default; etc. Senator Kelley |
| SB 618 Chapter 409 | Higher Education -- Nursing Scholarships -- Awards
Increasing the maximum annual award and the maximum total award for a nursing scholarship under the program of Economic Development Student Assistance Grants to $3,000 and $12,000, respectively; increasing the maximum annual award and the maximum total award for an additional grant that may be awarded to nursing scholarship recipients under the program to $3,000 and $12,000, respectively; and increasing the nursing scholarship for students enrolled in a nursing program, including mandatory summer academic sessions. Senator Hollinger |
| HB 547 Chapter 410 | Higher Education -- Nursing Scholarships -- Awards
Increasing the maximum annual award and the maximum total award for a nursing scholarship under the program of Economic Development Student Assistance Grants to $3,000 and $12,000, respectively; increasing the maximum annual award and the maximum total award for an additional grant that may be awarded to nursing scholarship recipients under the program to $3,000 and $12,000, respectively; and increasing the maximum award for a nursing scholarship for nursing students to $4,500. Delegate Mandel, et al |
| SB 623 Chapter 411 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- Pimlico Road Arts
and Community Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $750,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Holy Nativity and St. John's Development Corporation for the acquisition of the property located at 4403 Pimlico Road in Baltimore, and for the design and construction of a facility to provide community activities, programs, and functions; requiring the grantee to provide and expend a matching fund; and prohibiting the use of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the matching fund for religious purposes. Senator Hughes |
| SB 626 Chapter 412 | Coordination of Immunization Services Act of 2001
Establishing a specified computerized information system within the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to coordinate immunization data from health care providers; specifying who is an authorized user of the information in the system; establishing the purposes of the computerized information system; specifying what records may be used to collect information for the system; providing an exemption to allow specified individuals who receive immunizations to refuse to provide data to the system; etc. Senator Hollinger |
| SB 637 Chapter 413 | Medical Assistance and Children's Health Programs -- Directory of
Health Care Providers
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide directories of specified health care providers in writing and on the Internet to specified health care providers, enrollees in the Medical Assistance Program, and individuals eligible for the Maryland Children's Health Program; requiring the Department to update the Internet database at least every 30 days; requiring the written directory to include a conspicuous reference to the Internet database; etc. Senator Kelley, et al |
| SB 659 Chapter 414 | Juvenile Court -- Montgomery County
Transferring jurisdiction over juvenile causes in Montgomery County from the District Court to the circuit court; creating three circuit court judgeships in Montgomery County; eliminating two District Court associate judgeships in District 6; etc. Chairman JPR (Maryland Judicial Conference) |
| SB 660 Chapter 415 | Juvenile Causes
Separating the statutory provisions relating to children in need of assistance from the statutory provisions relating to delinquent children and children in need of supervision; stating the purposes and providing for the construction of the provisions relating to children in need of assistance; altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; etc. Chairman JPR (Maryland Judicial Conference -- Foster Care Commission) |
| SB 686 Chapter 416 | Health Insurance Benefit Cards, Prescription Benefit Cards, or
Other Technology
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide to insureds, subscribers, and enrollees a health insurance benefit card, prescription benefit card, or other technology that complies with standards set forth in a specified guide or that contains specified data elements; requiring benefit administrators to comply with the Act; requiring the issuance of new cards or corrective information after changes in coverage; etc. Senator Dorman |
| SB 690 Chapter 417 | Municipal Corporations -- Charter Amendment Resolutions --
Effectiveness
Repealing provisions of law that make the effectiveness of municipal charter amendment resolutions, municipal annexation resolutions, and other documents related to municipal charters contingent on their being registered with the Maryland Department of Legislative Services (DLS); requiring officials of a municipal corporation to send specified resolutions to DLS within 10 days of the effective date; etc. Senator Blount (Department of Legislative Services) |
| SB 694 Chapter 418 | Criminal Procedure -- DNA Evidence -- Postconviction Review
Authorizing a person convicted of specified offenses to file a petition for postconviction DNA testing of scientific identification evidence that the State possesses and is related to the judgment of conviction; requiring a judge to make specified findings before issuing an order for DNA testing; requiring a petitioner to give the State written notice of the filing of a petition; etc. Senator Hughes, et al |
| SB 712 Chapter 419 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- BlackRock Center
for the Arts
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $350,000, with a matching fund requirement, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the BlackRock Center for the Arts, Inc. for the planning, design, and construction of, and for the provision of capital equipment for, a multiarts facility, in which there will be community programs in the performing arts, visual arts, and arts education, to be located in the 19700 block of Germantown Road in Germantown; etc. Senators Hogan and Roesser |
| SB 719 Chapter 420 | Education Finance, Equity, and Excellence Act of 2001
Modifying the Governor's Teacher Salary Challenge Program; modifying the Maryland Academic Intervention and Support Program to require that a portion of the funds allocated be distributed based on the intensity of student needs; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of at least $11,250,000 for public special education in the Budget Bill submitted at the 2002 Session of the General Assembly; etc. Senator Hoffman, et al (Commission on Education Finance) |
| SB 723 Chapter 421 | Prince George's County -- Technology Training Center Loan of
1999
Altering the description of the location of the project in Chapter 270 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999, Prince George's County -- Technology Training Center Loan of 1999, to be Prince George's County; altering the matching fund requirement to allow the grantee to provide a matching fund that consists of real property; altering the date by which the grantee is required to provide and expend the matching fund from June 1, 2001, to June 1, 2002; etc. Senator Exum |
| SB 726 Chapter 422 | Creation of a State Debt -- Anne Arundel County -- Arundel
Lodge
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $240,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Arundel Lodge for the acquisition of a new building, together with any necessary improvements, to be used as a facility for day programs of Arundel Lodge, subject to a matching fund requirement; etc. Senator Astle |
| SB 728 Chapter 423 | Health Maintenance Organizations -- Reimbursement of
Noncontracting Providers for Servs Rendered to Trauma Patients at
Designated Trauma Centers
Requiring a health maintenance organization to pay a claim by a noncontracting provider of health care services rendered to a trauma patient in specified trauma centers; providing for the termination of the Act; authorizing a health maintenance organization to require a noncontracting trauma physician to provide specified information; etc. Senator Astle |
| SB 740 Chapter 424 | Election Law -- Statewide Voter Registration -- Provisional
Ballots
Altering procedures used by local election boards for the registration of voters who move between and within counties in the State; altering the required provisions in voter registration applications; providing that information be made available to an applicant completing voter registration applications; altering the procedures for applying to register to vote at the Motor Vehicle Administration; etc. Senator Van Hollen |
| SB 741 Chapter 425 | Creation of a State Debt -- The Peabody Institute of The Johns
Hopkins University
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $3,000,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University for the planning, design, construction, repair, restoration, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the main academic buildings; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Blount, et al |
| SB 763 Chapter 426 | Workers' Compensation -- Self--Insurance Groups
Establishing specified obligations for workers' compensation self--insurance groups; etc. Senator Dorman |
| SB 769 Chapter 427 | Nursing Staff Agencies -- Quality Oversight and Improvement
Transferring oversight of nursing staff agencies from the Board of Nursing to the Office of Health Care Quality; providing for the licensing of nursing staff agencies by the Office; authorizing the Office to conduct inspections of nursing staff agencies to verify compliance with the Act; requiring the Office to ensure that specified procedures are used in each nursing staff agency; etc. Senator Collins |
| HB 626 Chapter 428 | Nursing Staff Agencies -- Quality Oversight and Improvement
Transferring oversight of nursing staff agencies from the Board of Nursing to the Office of Health Care Quality; providing for the licensing of nursing staff agencies by the Office; authorizing the Office to conduct inspections of nursing staff agencies to verify compliance with the Act; requiring the Office to ensure that specified procedures are used in each nursing staff agency; etc. Delegate Hammen |
| SB 770 Chapter 429 | Personal Flotation Devices -- Mandatory Wear
Requiring that children under the age of 7 years be wearing personal flotation devices in specified vessels under 21 feet long before the vessels may be operated. Chairman EEA (Dept) |
| SB 814 Chapter 430 | Creation of a State Debt -- Prince George's County -- National
Philippine Cultural Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the National Philippine Cultural Center for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a facility for the National Philippine Cultural Center in Prince George's County; etc. Senator Lawlah |
| SB 828 Chapter 431 | Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission -- Local Small Business
Enterprise Program
Authorizing the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to adopt a local small business enterprise program for specified purposes; requiring the WSSC to adopt eligibility criteria and administrative procedures for the program; requiring the WSSC to review the criteria and procedures each year; etc. Senator Currie |
| SB 829 Chapter 432 | Creation of a State Debt -- Anne Arundel County -- Historic
London Town Visitors Center and Museum
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the London Town Foundation, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a visitors center and museum at Historic London Town and Gardens at 839 Londontown Road in Edgewater; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Anne Arundel County Senators |
| SB 831 Chapter 433 | Universal Service Program Fund -- Retention
Authorizing the Public Service Commission (PSC) to retain funds in the universal service program fund at the end of June 30, 2001, and make the funds available for disbursement through June 30, 2002, to specified electric customers; requiring the PSC and Department of Human Resources to report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and specified committees on matters pertaining to the universal service program and fund by October 1, 2001; etc. Senator Bromwell, et al |
| SB 837 Chapter 434 | Insurance -- Insurer Insolvencies -- Claims Priority
Altering the priority of distribution in the event of an insurer insolvency when there are known or potential claims due the federal government. Senator Astle |
| SB 842 Chapter 435 | Carroll County -- Bond Authorization -- Carroll County General
Hospital, Inc.
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $20,000,000 for the purpose of lending the proceeds to the Carroll County General Hospital, Inc. to finance the cost of construction, renovation, equipping, and improvement of new and existing facilities; etc. Carroll County Senators |
| SB 850 Chapter 436 | Income Tax -- Subtraction Modification for Volunteer Fire,
Rescue, and EmeRGENCY Medical Services Personnel -- Ladies'
Auxiliary
Making the specified subtraction modification for qualifying volunteer fire, rescue, and emergency medical services personnel applicable to specified members of an auxiliary organization for fire, rescue, or emergency medical services organizations; etc. Senator Hafer, et al |
| HB 1095 Chapter 437 | Income Tax -- Subtraction Modification for Volunteer Fire,
Rescue, and EmerGENCY Medical Services Personnel -- Ladies'
Auxiliary
Making the specified subtraction modification for qualifying volunteer fire, rescue, and emergency medical services personnel applicable to specified members of an auxiliary organization for fire, rescue, or emergency medical services organizations; etc. Delegate Rudolph, et al |
| SB 871 Chapter 438 | Creation of a State Debt -- Prince George's County -- Multiplex
Recreational and Community Development Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $140,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of The Believers Worship Center, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of a facility located in Capital Heights, to be used as a recreational and community development center; prohibiting the use of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the matching fund for sectarian religious purposes; providing for a matching fund requirement; etc. Senator Currie |
| SB 876 Chapter 439 | Recognition of American Sign Language
Establishing that American Sign Language is a recognized form of communication and a fully developed language for the deaf and hard of hearing; identifying the deaf and hard of hearing as a cultural minority group with specialized communication needs; etc. Senator Bromwell |
| HB 14 Chapter 440 | Electronic Transactions Protection Act
Establishing an Electronic Transaction Education, Advocacy, and Mediation Unit in the Office of the Attorney General; establishing that the purpose of the Unit is to protect the privacy of individuals' personal information and to protect the public from unlawful conduct or practices in electronic transactions; specifying the duties of the Unit; and authorizing the Unit to adopt regulations at the direction of the Attorney General. Delegate Brown, et al |
| HB 37 Chapter 441 | Crimes -- Controlled Dangerous Substance Analogues
Establishing that controlled dangerous substance analogues be treated as Schedule I controlled dangerous substances, to the extent the analogues are intended for human consumption. Delegate Menes, et al (Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol) |
| HB 46 Chapter 442 | Honorable Louis L. Goldstein Volunteer Police, Fire, Rescue, and
Emergency Medical Services Personnel Subtraction Modification
Program
Naming the subtraction modifications allowed for qualifying volunteer police, fire, rescue, and emergency medical services personnel after the Honorable Louis L. Goldstein. Delegates Owings and O'Donnell |
| HB 148 Chapter 443 | Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety -- Regulation of Inspectors,
Owners, Repair Companies, and Insurance Companies
Authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to issue and renew special inspection commissions; authorizing the Board of Boiler Rules to formulate specified regulations; specifying the requirements that specified individuals and companies must satisfy in order to be issued a special inspector commission; requiring specified procedures to be followed for the inspection and installation of boilers and pressure vessels; establishing specified fee schedules; etc. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 158 Chapter 444 | Charles County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Class B Licenses
Exempting, in Charles County, Class B (on--sale) beer, wine and liquor licenses from the prohibition against the issuance of alcoholic beverages licenses for premises within 500 feet of specified places of worship and schools in a municipal corporation. Delegate Mitchell |
| HB 160 Chapter 445 | Health Insurance -- Hearing Aids -- Coverage for Children
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for hearing aids for minor children if the hearing aids are prescribed, fitted, and dispensed by a licensed audiologist; authorizing a limitation on the benefit payable under the Act; etc. Delegate Hixson, et al |
| HB 178 Chapter 446 | Creation of a State Debt -- Anne Arundel County -- Galesville
Heritage Society Museum
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $175,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Galesville Heritage Society, Inc. for the acquisition of the Carrie Weedon House and the adjacent lot and for the construction of parking facilities and handicapped--accessible facilities for the Galesville Heritage Society Museum, to be located at 988 Main Street in Galesville; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a historic easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; etc. Delegate Clagett, et al |
| HB 180 Chapter 447 | Homeowner's Insurance and Private Passenger Motor Vehicle
Insurance -- Standards for Cancellation and Nonrenewal -- Repeal of
Sunset
Repealing a termination provision for specified standards for the cancellation and nonrenewal of homeowner's insurance and private passenger motor vehicle insurance. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 186 Chapter 448 | Maryland African American Museum Corporation -- Investments,
Personnel, Meetings, and Museum Development
Authorizing the Maryland African American Museum Corporation to establish compensation, holidays, and leave for Corporation employees; requiring the Corporation to invest specified Corporation moneys in specified obligations; clarifying the scope of the moneys that are subject to investment by the Corporation; including officers and employees of the Corporation in the list of State personnel who are immune from liability under the Maryland Tort Claims Act; etc. Delegates Harrison and Rawlings |
| HB 192 Chapter 449 | Crimes -- Drugs -- 3, 4--Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) --
Penalties
Establishing that a person who manufactures, distributes, dispenses, or possesses 750 grams or more of 3, 4--methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is subject to specified penalties for specified controlled dangerous substances convictions. Delegate Petzold, et al |
| HB 199 Chapter 450 | Garrett County -- Garrett County Health Center Bond
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Garrett County to borrow not more than $3,500,000 to finance the construction and capital equipping of the Garrett County Health Center and to issue general obligation bonds to finance the projects; requiring the County to levy taxes to pay for the bonds; allowing the County to issue bonds on which the interest or income may be taxable; making the Act an emergency measure; etc. Delegate Edwards |
| HB 204 Chapter 451 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- Site for
Electronic Media, Art, and Technology
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Pyramid Atlantic, Inc. for the acquisition, architectural and technical design, and renovation of a building that will house the Site for Electronic Media, Art, and Technology, as part of the downtown revitalization of Silver Spring; etc. Delegate Hixson, et al |
| HB 214 Chapter 452 | Harford County -- Municipal Property Tax -- Tax Credits for
Members of Volunteer Fire Companies and Ambulance Companies
Authorizing the governing body of a municipal corporation in Harford County to grant a property tax credit against the municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property located within the municipal corporation's jurisdiction that is owned and occupied as the principal residence of an individual serving as a member of a volunteer fire or ambulance company or ladies' auxiliary of the volunteer companies; authorizing the municipal corporation to provide for specified provisions; etc. Harford County Delegation |
| HB 215 Chapter 453 | Election Code -- Compensation of Election Judges -- Harford
County
Providing for the salary of the election judges in Harford County; providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent election judges in Harford County; etc. Harford County Delegation |
| HB 217 Chapter 454 | Harford County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Stadium Beer and Light
Wine License
Creating in Harford County a stadium beer and light wine on--sale alcoholic beverages license; establishing that the license may be issued to the owner or lessee of a professional baseball stadium for use on the stadium premises; and establishing the hours and days for sale, the terms and conditions, and the annual fee for the license. Harford County Delegation |
| HB 218 Chapter 455 | Harford County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Caterers
Authorizing persons that are licensed as caterers in Harford County to provide food and keep and sell at retail alcoholic beverages, for consumption only on the premises of the caterer, at a self--sponsored event held once during a calendar year on a day selected by the caterer. Harford County Delegation |
| HB 232 Chapter 456 | Drivers' Licenses -- Graduated Licensing System -- Provisional
Licenses -- Restrictions
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to impose on provisional drivers' licenses issued to individuals under the age of 18 specified restrictions pertaining to seat belt and child safety seat use; limiting the application of the Act to specified drivers who hold provisional licenses as of September 30, 2001; etc. Delegate Mandel, et al |
| HB 250 Chapter 457 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- Olney Boys and
Girls Club Community Park
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $75,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Olney Boys and Girls Club for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Olney Boys and Girls Club Community Park, a recreational facility for over 4,500 children who are members of the Olney Boys and Girls Club, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Heller, et al |
| HB 254 Chapter 458 | Domestic Violence -- Out--of--State Orders for Protection --
Enforcement
Specifying procedures for the enforcement of out--of--state orders for protection; etc. Delegate Grosfeld, et al |
| HB 280 Chapter 459 | Credit for Long--Term Care Insurance Premiums
Clarifying that the amount of the credit allowed against the State income tax for specified long--term care insurance premiums paid by an individual for any taxable year may not exceed the State income tax for that taxable year and that any unused credit for a taxable year may not be carried over to any other taxable year; and applying the Act to tax years after 1999. Delegate Hixson |
| HB 281 Chapter 460 | Frederick County -- County Commissioners -- Municipal Fire
Codes
Repealing the requirement that any fire prevention code, ordinance, or resolution adopted by the County Commissioners for Frederick County apply to each municipal corporation within Frederick County. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 284 Chapter 461 | Sales and Use Tax -- Resale Certificates -- Out--of--State
Vendors
Altering requirements for the use of resale certificates under the sales and use tax by allowing a vendor to accept a resale certificate for the sale of an antique or used collectible that provides a sales and use tax registration number of another state if the certificate states that the buyer is an out--of--state vendor who does not engage in the business of an out--of--state vendor in Maryland; providing that a sales and use tax registration license or comparable license from another state be provided to a vendor; etc. Delegate Bozman, et al |
| HB 288 Chapter 462 | Creation of a State Debt -- Prince George's County -- Ebenezer
Community Life Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Ebenezer Community Development Corporation for the design, renovation, and capital equipping of two buildings, and the design, construction, and capital equipping of a new addition in Lanham; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Conroy, et al |
| HB 294 Chapter 463 | Juvenile Law -- Detained Juvenile Defendants -- Transfer of Cases
to Juvenile Court
Requiring the court that has criminal jurisdiction over a case involving a child who is alleged to have committed an offense excluded from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to make a determination as to whether to transfer the case to the juvenile court within 10 days after the date of a transfer hearing; requiring that a hearing on a motion requesting that a child be held in a secure juvenile facility pending a transfer determination be held not later than the next court day; etc. Delegate Montague, et al |
| HB 333 Chapter 464 | Cecil County -- Public Facilities Bonds
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Cecil County, from time to time or at one time, to borrow not more than $10,000,000 in order to finance the cost of the construction and improvement of specified public facilities; etc. Cecil County Delegation |
| HB 341 Chapter 465 | Harford County -- State's Attorney -- Salary
Increasing the salary of the State's Attorney for Harford County by specified amounts by specified dates; providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent State's Attorney; etc. Harford County Delegation |
| HB 342 Chapter 466 | Creation of a State Debt -- Harford County -- Hosanna
School
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $186,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Commissioners of the Harford County Historic Preservation Commission for the planning, design, construction, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Hosanna School, located in Berkley; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Harford County Delegation |
| HB 345 Chapter 467 | Charles County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Class B Bed and
Breakfast License
Authorizing the Charles County Board of License Commissioners to issue a special Class B--B&B (bed and breakfast) on--sale beer, wine and liquor license; establishing the qualifications for the license; authorizing a Class B--B&B licensee to sell alcoholic beverages only to guests; establishing annual fees for the license; establishing the hours and days for sale for the license; and establishing that the license is void if the licensed premises cease to operate as a bed and breakfast. Charles County Delegation |
| HB 354 Chapter 468 | Harford County -- Sheriff -- Salary
Increasing the annual salary of the Sheriff of Harford County to $90,000 as of 2003; and specifying that the Act does not apply to the salary of the incumbent Sheriff. Harford County Delegation |
| HB 362 Chapter 469 | Maryland Insurance Administration -- Adoption of
Regulations
Requiring the Insurance Commissioner to adopt regulations governing the privacy of consumer financial and health information; setting standards for the regulations; and requiring the Commissioner to adopt regulations on the practice of an insurance business by specified individuals who are generally prohibited from the practice by a specified federal law. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 379 Chapter 470 | State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home
Inspectors
Incorporating into the State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers a licensing and regulatory authority for home inspectors; establishing the State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors; providing for home inspector members of the Commission; altering specified residency requirements for members of the Commission; providing for a vice chairman of the Commission; requiring an individual to be licensed before the individual may provide home inspection services in the State; etc. Delegates Morhaim and Moe |
| HB 397 Chapter 471 | Higher Education -- Lawyers -- Student Financial Assistance
Requiring the State Scholarship Administration to assist in the repayment of student loans by eligible lawyers who attended law school out--of--state under the Loan Assistance Repayment Program. Delegate Gladden, et al |
| HB 401 Chapter 472 | Education -- In--State Residency Requirement -- Waiver
Waiving the out--of--state residency requirement for tuition purposes at institutions of higher education and community colleges for public school teachers employed by a county board when the course or program is required by the county board or by the State; etc. Delegate Heller |
| HB 409 Chapter 473 | Procurement -- University System of Maryland -- Construction
Contracts
Altering the list of State procurement system provisions of law that apply to a procurement contract by the University System of Maryland to include provisions of law concerning retainage and prompt payment of subcontractors in procurement contracts for construction. Delegate Sophocleus, et al |
| HB 411 Chapter 474 | Task Force to Study Motor Vehicle Salvage Inspection and Titling
Practices
Establishing a Task Force to Study Motor Vehicle Salvage Inspection and Titling Practices; specifying the membership of the Task Force; requiring the Governor to designate a chairman; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administrator to assign staff and provide administrative support to the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to undertake a specified study; and requiring a specified report by December 1, 2001. Delegate Glassman, et al |
| HB 415 Chapter 475 | Alcoholic Beverages -- Licenses -- Issuance and Transfer
Requiring a board of license commissioners to consider specified criteria in approving the issuance or transfer of a license; providing that the requirement does not apply in Baltimore City, Harford County, or St. Mary's County; etc. Delegate Arnick |
| HB 418 Chapter 476 | Drugs and Prescription Records -- Impounding and Disposing
Allowing the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to impound drugs or prescription records of an authorized prescriber or a holder of a permit issued by a Health Occupations Licensing Board under specified circumstances; requiring the Department to attempt to notify the authorized prescriber or permit holder and allow the entity to avoid impoundment by taking specified measures; etc. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 419 Chapter 477 | Milk and Milk Products -- Regulation
Requiring specified bulk milk haulers/samplers and milk transportation companies to have a permit from the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene; setting standards and fees for the permits; specifying the authority conferred by a permit; and providing for judicial review of the denial of a permit. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 423 Chapter 478 | Medical Radiation Technologists and Nuclear Medical Technologists
-- Reporting Requirements, Practicing Without a Certificate, and
Disciplinary Grounds
Requiring hospitals, related institutions, alternative health systems, and employers to report specified employment actions or termination of employment of medical radiation technologists and nuclear medical technologists; providing exceptions to the reporting requirement; establishing grounds for discipline based on the filing of certified dockets; etc. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 424 Chapter 479 | Respiratory Care Practitioners -- Reporting Requirements,
Practicing Without a License, and Disciplinary Grounds
Requiring hospitals, related institutions, alternative health systems, and employers to report specified employment actions and terminations of employment of respiratory care practitioners; providing exceptions to the reporting requirement; providing procedures for reporting treatment of a respiratory care practitioner in an alcohol and drug treatment program; etc. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 461 Chapter 480 | Crimes -- Electronic Security Systems -- Retail
Establishments
Including in the definition of "electronic security system" electronic devices used in retail establishments that are designed to prevent theft; prohibiting the possession of any device intended to shield merchandise from detection by an electronic security system; etc. Delegate Petzold, et al |
| HB 495 Chapter 481 | Task Force to Study Repealing the Disenfranchisement of Convicted
Felons in Maryland
Establishing a Task Force to Study Repealing the Disenfranchisement of Convicted Felons; specifying the composition, powers, and duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2001; etc. Delegate Hill, et al |
| HB 496 Chapter 482 | Creation of a State Debt -- Worcester County -- Worcester County
Development Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of County Commissioners of Worcester County for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a new building in Berlin, for the Worcester County Development Center; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Bozman, et al |
| HB 504 Chapter 483 | Criminal Injuries Compensation -- Claimants and Awards
Expanding the definition of crime to include specified motor vehicle crimes for purposes of determining eligibility for criminal injuries compensation; allowing parents, children, or spouses of victims who reside with victims to be eligible for specified criminal injuries compensation awards; altering the circumstances under which the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board may make an award for a crime or delinquent act resulting in specified psychological injury; etc. Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws), et al |
| HB 507 Chapter 484 | Victims' Rights -- Conditions of Pretrial or Prehearing
Release
Expanding the list of crimes and the circumstances under which the court, a juvenile intake office, or a District Commissioner is required to consider specified conditions of release regarding victims before release of an accused individual in criminal and juvenile cases. Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws), et al |
| HB 508 Chapter 485 | Victims' Rights -- Incompetency and Not Criminally Responsible
Procedures
Eliminating a requirement that a victim or victim's representative notify the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene every 2 years in writing in order that the victim or victim's representative be notified of specified proceedings concerning incompetency and not criminally responsible cases under specified circumstances; requiring the Department to notify specified victims and victims' representatives of specified proceedings concerning incompetency and not criminally responsible cases; etc. Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws), et al |
| HB 519 Chapter 486 | Maryland Uniform Electronic Transactions Act -- Scope
Prohibiting the provisions of the Maryland Uniform Electronic Transactions Act from modifying, limiting, or superseding provisions of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act related to consumers and electronic records; exempting notices of product recall or material failure of a product, documents that accompany toxic or dangerous materials, and transactions governed by laws governing family law from the Maryland Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; etc. Delegate Barve, et al |
| HB 526 Chapter 487 | Creation of a State Debt -- Worcester County -- Mid--Delmarva
Family YMCA
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $375,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Mid--Delmarva Family YMCA, Inc., for development or improvement purposes; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; prohibiting the use of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the matching fund for sectarian religious purposes; and providing generally for the issuance and sale of bonds evidencing the loan. Delegate Bozman, et al |
| HB 607 Chapter 488 | Harford County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Class BDR (Deluxe
Restaurant) Licenses
Creating in Harford County a special 7--day Class B (on--sale) license known as a Class BDR (deluxe restaurant) beer, wine and liquor license; restricting the issuance of a Class BDR license to restaurants located in specified areas of Harford County that meet specified requirements; setting an annual license fee of $5,000; authorizing the Liquor Control Board to adopt regulations for the issuance of a Class BDR license; etc. Harford County Delegation |
| HB 613 Chapter 489 | St. Mary's County -- Public Facilities Bonds
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to borrow not more than $20,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of public facilities in St. Mary's County, by the issuance and sale at private or public sale of its general obligation bonds; etc. St. Mary's County Delegation |
| HB 625 Chapter 490 | Emergency Vehicles -- Use of Flashing Lights While Parking and
Backing
Authorizing the driver of an emergency vehicle to use flashing lights within 100 feet of the entrance ramp to a fire or rescue station while parking or backing the vehicle; prohibiting the driver of a vehicle from passing an emergency vehicle within 100 feet of an entrance ramp to a fire or rescue station when the driver of the emergency vehicle is parking or backing the vehicle; and making technical corrections to the Transportation Article. Delegate Shank, et al |
| HB 628 Chapter 491 | Docking Masters and Bay Pilots -- Corrective Bill
Making technical corrections in provisions relating to docking masters and bay pilots; repealing specified oath requirements; clarifying the circumstances when a docking master must be employed; clarifying the licensure requirements relating to the independent supervision and verification of training trips occurring before October 1, 2000; and ratifying and validating specified corrections made by the publisher of the Annotated Code. Delegate Busch |
| HB 632 Chapter 492 | Real Property -- Recordation -- Releases of Mortgages and Deeds
of Trust
Requiring the holder of a mortgage or deed of trust secured by a borrower's principal dwelling to release the mortgage or deed of trust within a reasonable time after the loan is paid in full; requiring the holder or a responsible person to record the release or furnish the borrower with the release in a recordable form and a notice disclosing where it should be recorded; authorizing the holder to collect a fee for recording the release; etc. Delegates Benson and Conroy |
| HB 675 Chapter 493 | Health Insurance -- Treatment of Morbid Obesity
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, managed care organizations, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for specified surgical treatment of morbid obesity as recognized by the National Institutes of Health; etc. Delegate Goldwater |
| HB 697 Chapter 494 | Baltimore City and the City of Annapolis Parking Authorities --
Residential -- Parking Permits
Authorizing the Executive Director of the Baltimore City Parking Authority in Baltimore City and the Annapolis Parking and Fines section of the Annapolis Police Department in Annapolis to issue residential parking permits to persons who own and occupy residential property in the residential parking permit areas regardless of whether the persons would otherwise qualify for the permits under the law. Delegate Doory |
| HB 702 Chapter 495 | Community Attendant Services and Supports Program
Requiring the Department of Human Resources, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to administer a home-- and community--based attendant services and supports program; requiring the departments to amend the waiver for adults with physical disabilities to include individuals with incomes at or below 300\ of supplemental security income; authorizing specified disabled individuals to select, manage, and control their community attendant services and supports; etc. Delegate Hubbard, et al |
| HB 705 Chapter 496 | Family Law -- Petitions for Adoption or Guardianship -- Notice to
Parents
Repealing provisions of law concerning waiver of notice to a natural parent of the filing of a petition for adoption or guardianship; repealing a provision of law authorizing a court to order notice by posting under specified circumstances; requiring a court to order notice by publication under specified circumstances; clarifying language; and establishing the manner of notice by publication. Delegates Vallario and Giannetti |
| HB 732 Chapter 497 | Power Dredging for Oysters -- Somerset, Calvert, St. Mary's, and
Dorchester Counties
Specifying when and where power dredging for oysters may take place in Somerset, Calvert, St. Mary's, and Dorchester counties; etc. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 733 Chapter 498 | Health Services Cost Review Commission -- User Fees
Raising to $4,000,000 the maximum amount of user fees that the Health Services Cost Review Commission may assess; specifying the percentage that user fees assessed may be increased; providing that the Commission may not increase the amount of total user fees assessed until the later of July 1, 2001, or the submission of an assessment report of the financial condition and future viability of Maryland's hospitals; etc. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 741 Chapter 499 | Caroline County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Beer and Wine Tasting
and Sampling
Establishing in Caroline County a Class BWTS beer and wine (on--premises) tasting or sampling license for beer and wine tasting and sampling; establishing a $50 fee; requiring recipients of a Class BWTS license to give consumers wine or beer for tasting or sampling at no charge; etc. Delegates Eckardt and Schisler |
| HB 746 Chapter 500 | Washington County Board of Elections -- Salary Increase
Increasing to $5,000 the salary of the president of the Washington County Board of Elections; increasing to $4,500 the salaries of the members of the Washington County Board of Elections; increasing to $125 per day the compensation of the chief election judge of Washington County; increasing to $100 per day the salaries of the other election judges of Washington County; etc. Washington County Delegation |
| HB 773 Chapter 501 | Vehicle Laws -- Registration Plate Covers -- Distorting
Characters of Vehicle Registration Plate
Altering the definition of a "registration plate cover" to include a specified object that distorts a recorded image of any of the characters of a vehicle's registration plate recorded by a traffic control monitoring system. Delegates Wood and Glassman |
| HB 800 Chapter 502 | Baltimore City -- Tax Sales -- Notice
Adding a requirement for a property tax collector in Baltimore City, prior to a tax sale of property at public auction, to publish a notice in the newspaper and, four weeks prior to the sale, on the City's website. Delegate Campbell |
| HB 804 Chapter 503 | Baltimore City -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Class A License
Transfers
Exempting from a prohibition against locating licensed premises within 300 feet from a church or school in Baltimore City, Class A licenses transferred from ward 12, precinct 1 to a property within a block surrounded by Elm Avenue, Berry Street, Paine Street, and West 37th Street under specified circumstances. Delegate Campbell, et al |
| HB 846 Chapter 504 | Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Infraction -- District
Court Jurisdiction MC/PG 108--01
Clarifying the jurisdiction of the District Court of Maryland over specified WSSC infractions. Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 850 Chapter 505 | Family Law -- International Child Abduction
Establishing a separate offense and increasing the penalties for child abduction and related acts when the child is in a place that is outside of the United States, a territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; etc. Delegates Dembrow and Barkley |
| HB 854 Chapter 506 | Courts -- Service of Process and Subpoenas -- Governmental
Entities
Requiring specified units of State government and political subdivisions and other local entities to file with the Department of Assessments and Taxation designations of persons as resident agents for service of process; providing that a subpoena for the custodian of public records may be served on local entities or State agencies or officers under specified circumstances; etc. Delegate Vallario |
| HB 867 Chapter 507 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- The Boys and
Girls Clubs of Greater Washington
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to The Board of Directors of The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, reconstruction, and capital equipping of a site in the Germantown area to house a Boys and Girls Club, subject to a matching fund requirement; etc. Delegate Shriver, et al |
| HB 890 Chapter 508 | Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission -- Contracting Authority
-- Revenue Bonds MC/PG 109--01
Authorizing the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) to enter into contracts as a primary party or subcontractor for specified purposes; altering the purposes for which the WSSC may acquire specified property; altering the authority of the WSSC to sell, lease, license, or contract with respect to specified property; authorizing the WSSC to issue revenue bonds for specified purposes and under specified conditions, supported by specified projects; etc. Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 897 Chapter 509 | St. Mary's County -- Hospital Bonds
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to borrow not more than $20,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of St. Mary's Hospital in St. Mary's County by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of general obligation bonds of St. Mary's County; etc. St. Mary's County Delegation |
| HB 903 Chapter 510 | Procurement -- Streamlined Process for Procurement of Information
Technology Services
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to adopt by regulation a streamlined procurement process for procurement of information technology services; requiring the streamlined procurement process adopted by the Secretary to include a procedure for consideration and approval of proposals for qualification, policies and procedures for the issuance of a solicitation for a task order, the execution of a standard contract, and a performance evaluation procedure; etc. Delegate Rosenberg |
| HB 904 Chapter 511 | State Government -- Expenditure Control Program -- Use of Unspent
Appropriations
Establishing an expenditure control program in State government under which, with the approval of the Department of Budget and Management, a maximum of $1 million of the unspent or unencumbered balance of the total appropriation for all units of State government authorized for a fiscal year may not revert to the General Fund, but shall remain available for expenditure within a unit in the succeeding fiscal year; etc. Delegate Rosenberg |
| HB 908 Chapter 512 | Horse Racing -- Special Fund -- Use of Lottery Funds
Requiring that lottery revenues be distributed to the horse racing Special Fund when payments are made to the Racing Facility Redevelopment Bond Fund, unless otherwise provided in the budget; requiring that the amount of lottery funds distributed to the Special Fund be equivalent to the payments made to the Bond Fund; etc. Delegate Hixson, et al |
| HB 921 Chapter 513 | Natural Resources -- Methods for Catching Oysters and Spat
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations that allow the use of specified methods by a lessee of a leased oyster bottom in designated areas to catch spat for aquaculture purposes; authorizing a person to catch oysters or clams in specified manners subject to regulations adopted by the Department; etc. Delegates W Baker and McClenahan |
| HB 968 Chapter 514 | Natural Resources -- Angler's License Requirements --
Exemptions
Repealing a provision of law that requires a specified certification by the administrator of specified State--approved facilities as a condition for an exemption for fishing in the waters of the State without an angler's license; and exempting specified caretakers of mental health patients from the requirement to obtain an angler's license to fish in the waters of the State if the caretakers meet specified conditions. Delegate Redmer, et al |
| HB 979 Chapter 515 | Income Tax Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses --
Phase--Out Correction
Increasing from $40,000 to $41,000 ($20,000 to $20,500 for married individuals filing separate returns) the income levels above which a phase--out of the income tax credit allowed for child and dependent care expenses is required; and making the Act applicable to tax years after 2000. Delegate Hixson |
| HB 1000 Chapter 516 | Deer -- Hunting Seasons -- Federal Facility
Establishing a $5 fee for each bonus deer stamp issued for an individual hunting deer on a federal facility; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to review a written request from a federal facility for a variance from the established deer hunting season; etc. Delegates Guns and Weir |
| HB 1017 Chapter 517 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- Takoma Park
Cooperative School
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School, Inc. for the acquisition, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of a building, located at 8204 Flower Avenue in Takoma Park, for use as the Takoma Park Cooperative School; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegates Franchot and Hixson |
| HB 1028 Chapter 518 | Creation of a State Debt -- Mount St. Mary's College
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $1,200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to Mount St. Mary's College for the planning, design, construction, repair, restoration, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of Coad Science Building and Cogan Center; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; prohibiting the use of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the matching fund for sectarian religious purposes; etc. Delegate Hecht, et al |
| HB 1034 Chapter 519 | Carroll County -- Competitive Bids
Increasing to $25,000 the cost of a public work or improvement or the purchase price of supplies or equipment for which the Carroll County Commissioners may enter into a contract; requiring that when the cost or the purchase price exceeds $25,000 under specified conditions, the Chief of the Bureau of Purchasing for the County Commissioners shall advertise for bids for at least one week in one or more newspapers circulated in Carroll County; and requiring that bids be opened in the presence of an employee designated by the Commissioners. Carroll County Delegation |
| HB 1074 Chapter 520 | Vehicle Laws -- Aggressive Driving -- Penalties
Providing that a person is guilty of aggressive driving of a motor vehicle under specified circumstances; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to assess 5 points against a person who is convicted of aggressive driving; providing that a person is guilty of aggressive driving if the person commits three or more specified offenses under specified circumstances; and establishing specified penalties. Delegate Mandel, et al |
| HB 1078 Chapter 521 | Task Force on Enhanced Wireless 911 Service
Creating the Task Force on Enhanced Wireless 911 Service; establishing the membership and selection of co--chairmen of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to perform specified duties; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2001. Delegates McIntosh and Wood |
| HB 1080 Chapter 522 | Vehicle Laws -- Registration Plates -- Display of Owner's County
of Residence
Providing that, in addition to any other information required to be displayed, specified vehicle registration plates may display the name of the county, including Baltimore City, in which the vehicle's registered owner resides; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to offer to each vehicle owner applying for new or replacement registration plates the option to obtain a sticker that affixes to the registration plates displaying the owner's county of residence; etc. Delegate Burns |
| HB 1081 Chapter 523 | Wicomico County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Hotel License
Fees
Increasing to $1,980 the annual license fee of a Class B beer, wine and liquor license for hotels in Wicomico County. Delegates Conway and Cane |
| HB 1083 Chapter 524 | Wicomico County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- License Renewal
Fee
Increasing to $50 the fee in Wicomico County to renew alcoholic beverages licenses. Delegates Conway and Cane |
| HB 1084 Chapter 525 | Wicomico County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Restaurant License
Fee
Increasing to $1,320 the annual license fee of a Class B beer, wine and liquor license for restaurants in Wicomico County. Delegates Conway and Cane |
| HB 1085 Chapter 526 | Wicomico County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Sunday Closing
Time
Altering in Wicomico County the Sunday closing time for specified alcoholic beverages licensees. Delegates Conway and Cane |
| HB 1087 Chapter 527 | Tri--County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland
Adding a new article to the Annotated Code of Maryland to be designated and known as the "Tri--County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland"; establishing the Council as a regional planning and development agency for Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester counties; providing for the function and dissolution of the Council; providing for the membership of the Council; providing for the terms of the members of the Council; etc. Eastern Shore Delegation |
| HB 1088 Chapter 528 | Mid--Shore Regional Council
Adding a new article to the Annotated Code of Maryland to be designated and known as the "Mid--Shore Regional Council"; establishing the Council as a regional planning and development agency for Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot counties; providing for the function and dissolution of the Council; providing for the membership of the Council; providing for the terms of the members of the Council; etc. Eastern Shore Delegation |
| HB 1105 Chapter 529 | Inspection of Public Records -- Maryland Transportation Authority
and Mass Transit Administration
Requiring a custodian to deny inspection of public records of the Maryland Transportation Authority in connection with a transaction system associated with an electronic toll collection system under specified circumstances; authorizing the inspection of public records of the Maryland Transportation Authority by its employees or agents in an investigation or proceeding relating to a violation of speed limitations; etc. Delegate Rosenberg |
| HB 1115 Chapter 530 | Anne Arundel County -- Orphans' Court Judges -- Salary
Increase
Increasing the salaries of the judges of the Orphans' Court of Anne Arundel County from $15,000 to $19,000; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent judges of the Orphans' Court of Anne Arundel County. Delegate Sophocleus |
| HB 1122 Chapter 531 | Property Tax -- Surviving Spouse of Active Military Who Died in
Line of Duty
Providing an exemption from property tax under specified circumstances for a dwelling house owned by a surviving spouse of an individual who died in line of duty, as defined; repealing authority for a county or municipal corporation to grant a property tax credit for a dwelling owned by a surviving spouse of an individual who died in line of duty; and applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2001. Delegate Bohanan, et al |
| HB 1157 Chapter 532 | Prince George's County Court Security Officers -- Collective
Bargaining PG 301--01
Providing that County court security officers are subject to the Labor Code of Prince George's County and the County personnel law; and designating the employer of court security officers for purposes of collective bargaining. Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 1168 Chapter 533 | Animal Control -- Garrett County
Authorizing the Garrett County dog warden and the warden's deputies to enforce regulation of animals in Garrett County; authorizing the Garrett County dog warden and the warden's deputies to issue a summons to any person in violation of the regulation of animals in the County; and authorizing the County Commissioners of Garrett County to provide for a comprehensive system for the regulation of dogs and cats in the County. Delegate Edwards |
| HB 1178 Chapter 534 | Queen Anne's County -- State's Attorney -- Salary and
Duties
Increasing the salary of the State's Attorney in Queen Anne's County; prohibiting the State's Attorney in Queen Anne's County from engaging in the private practice of law; prohibiting the State's Attorney in Queen Anne's County from appearing professionally in any criminal matter except in performance of his or her position as State's Attorney; etc. Delegate W Baker, et al |
| HB 1181 Chapter 535 | Baltimore City -- Sheriff -- Deputy Sheriff Majors and Deputy
Sheriffs
Requiring the Sheriff of Baltimore City to appoint two deputy sheriff majors; and altering the number of deputy sheriffs that the Sheriff of Baltimore City may appoint. Delegate Harrison, et al |
| HB 1182 Chapter 536 | Charles County -- Office of the Sheriff
Altering the procedure for appointing deputy sheriffs in Charles County to require the Sheriff of Charles County, in accordance with specified rules and regulations, to appoint the number of deputy sheriffs that the Board of County Commissioners of Charles County and the Sheriff consider necessary; repealing a requirement that the County Commissioners enact an ordinance to provide for the powers and duties of the Charles County Board of Public Safety; etc. Charles County Delegation |
| HB 1187 Chapter 537 | Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Creating the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to promote the general welfare of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the State; providing for the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Office; providing for the appointment, qualifications, powers, duties, and salary of the Director of the Office; providing for staffing of the Office; creating the Maryland Advisory Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; etc. Delegate R Baker, et al |
| HB 1191 Chapter 538 | Prince George's County -- Property Tax Credit -- George
Washington House PG 401--01
Authorizing the governing body of Prince George's County to grant a property tax credit against the county property tax or special district tax imposed on property owned by the George A. and Carmel D. Aman Memorial Trust and known as the George Washington House. Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 1196 Chapter 539 | Prince George's Community College -- Collective Bargaining PG
407--01
Providing for collective bargaining for part-- and full--time employees at Prince George's Community College; providing procedures for the recognition or election of an exclusive bargaining representative that include procedures by which the Commissioner of Labor and Industry may designate a bargaining unit; providing for the settlement of grievances; creating specified requirements for employee organizations and providing for sanctions for failure to comply with those requirements; etc. Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 1197 Chapter 540 | Prince George's County -- Transfer Tax PG 408--01
Providing that the maximum rate for the Prince George's County transfer tax for Prince George's County classroom teachers may not exceed 1\ ; establishing requirements for the rate reduction; and requiring classroom teachers who receive the rate reduction and do not satisfy the requirements to pay the balance of the transfer tax that would have been payable without the reduction. Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 1203 Chapter 541 | Prince George's County -- Assistant Sheriffs -- Salaries PG
308--01
Altering the salary of the chief assistant sheriff and an assistant sheriff for Prince George's County to reflect a commissioned deputy sheriff appointed to the position of chief assistant sheriff or serving as an assistant sheriff for Prince George's County; and requiring the Sheriff of Prince George's County to provide in the county budget for the salary of a commissioned deputy sheriff appointed to the position of chief assistant sheriff or serving as an assistant sheriff. Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 1205 Chapter 542 | Carroll County -- Special Deputy Sheriffs
Authorizing the Sheriff of Carroll County to appoint special deputy sheriffs who are members of a police force of a municipal corporation in Carroll County; setting forth the conditions to which the appointment of a special deputy sheriff in Carroll County is subject; etc. Carroll County Delegation |
| HB 1213 Chapter 543 | State Veterans' Cemetery at Bainbridge
Requiring the Maryland Veterans' Commission and the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing a veterans' cemetery on the grounds of the former Bainbridge Naval Training Center in Cecil County; providing for the matters to be included in the study; requiring that the Commission and the Department report to the appropriate committees of the General Assembly and the Cecil County legislative delegation on the results of the study on or before November 30, 2001; etc. Delegate Guns, et al |
| HB 1222 Chapter 544 | Calvert County -- Task Force to Study the Infrastructure Needs of
Private Communities in Calvert County
Establishing a Task Force to Study the Infrastructure Needs of Private Communities in Calvert County; specifying the membership of the Task Force; providing for the chairman and staff of the Task Force; providing that members of the Task Force serve without compensation but are entitled to specified compensation for expenses; requiring the Task Force to conduct a survey, hold public hearings, determine the availability of specified resources, and make specified recommendations; etc. Delegates O'Donnell and Owings |
| HB 1226 Chapter 545 | Elementary and Secondary Education -- Procurement --
Competition
Requiring county boards of education to draft specifications for public school procurement contracts over $15,000 when advertising is required; and requiring that brand name specifications allow substitution of equivalent products except in specified circumstances. Delegate Rosenberg, et al |
| HB 1227 Chapter 546 | Medicaid Managed Care Organizations -- Continuity of Care
Providing that a HealthChoice Program recipient has the right to choose the managed care organization with which the recipient is enrolled and the primary care provider to whom the recipient is assigned within the managed care organization; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to reassign a disenrolled recipient to the managed care organization in which the recipient previously was enrolled; etc. Delegate Oaks, et al |
| HB 1230 Chapter 547 | Prince George's County Sheriff's Office -- Compensation PG
313--01
Altering the salaries for the chief assistant sheriff and the assistant sheriffs in Prince George's County. Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 1233 Chapter 548 | Prince George's County -- Property Tax Credit -- Crescent Cities
Charities, Incorporated PG 400--01
Authorizing the governing body of Prince George's County to grant a property tax credit against the county property tax or special district tax imposed on specified property owned by Crescent Cities Charities, Incorporated and is not exempt from taxation under specified provisions of law. Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 1239 Chapter 549 | Charles County -- Fire and Rescue Services
Including a dive rescue unit and mobile intensive care unit in provisions of law relating to fire companies and rescue squads in Charles County; allowing an increase from $100,000 to $200,000 in an emergency fund; allowing excess length of service award funds to be used for recruitment and retention; etc. Charles County Delegation |
| HB 1267 Chapter 550 | Breast Cancer Program -- Coverage of Reconstructive
Services
Requiring that treatment provided to participants in the Breast Cancer Program who have undergone a mastectomy includes reconstructive services. Delegates Pitkin and Malone |
| HB 1269 Chapter 551 | Racing -- Horsemen -- Standardbred and Thoroughbred Assistance
Funds
Repealing specified provisions of law applying to the Maryland Horsemen's Assistance Fund, Inc.; establishing the Maryland Standardbred Horsemen's Assistance Fund, Inc.; etc. Delegate C Davis |
| HB 1300 Chapter 552 | Frederick County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Class C (Golf and
Country Club) Licenses
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners of Frederick County to issue Class C (golf and country club) licenses for places of business in the 16th election district. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 1344 Chapter 553 | Anne Arundel County -- Nuisance Abatement and Local Code
Enforcement -- Enforcement Authority
Authorizing community associations, the State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, the county attorney for Anne Arundel County, and the city attorney for the City of Annapolis to bring actions in the District Court for relief from specified nuisances within Anne Arundel County; requiring notices to the county code enforcement agency, the tenant, and the owner of record before a nuisance abatement action may be brought; etc. Delegate Cadden, et al |
| HB 1345 Chapter 554 | Highways -- Dedication -- Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial
Highway
Requiring the State Highway Administration to dedicate the portion of Interstate Highway 83 from the intersection of Interstate Highway 83 and Interstate Highway 695 to the Maryland--Pennsylvania border as the Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Highway. Delegate Cadden |
| HB 1357 Chapter 555 | Baltimore City -- Orphans' Court Judges -- Pensions
Altering the annual pension or salary for specified retired judges of the Orphans' Court for Baltimore City. Delegate Montague, et al |
| HB 1401 Chapter 556 | Canal Place Preservation and Development Authority
Renaming the Canal Place Historic Preservation District to be the Canal Place Heritage Area; authorizing the modification of the boundaries of the Heritage Area under specified circumstances; expanding the purposes and altering the authority of the Canal Place Preservation and Development Authority; repealing specified condemnation powers of the Authority; etc. Delegate Taylor |
| HB 1402 Chapter 557 | Vehicle Laws -- Motor Scooters
Providing that a motor scooter is not a motor vehicle; defining "motor scooter"; requiring an individual to carry a driver's license or permit while operating the motor scooter; prohibiting a person from operating a motor scooter at more than 30 miles per hour; etc. Delegates Donoghue and Shank |
| HB 1403 Chapter 558 | Collection Agencies -- Exemption from Regulation
Exempting from regulation under the collection agency law a person who is collecting a debt for another person under specified circumstances; etc. Delegates Malone and McIntosh |
| HB 1422 Chapter 559 | Public Service Commission -- Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
Authorizing the Public Service Commission to act for the United States Secretary of Transportation to implement federal laws relating to hazardous liquid pipeline safety for intrastate transportation of hazardous liquids by pipeline; establishing the powers necessary for the Commission to implement a State regulatory program for the intrastate transportation of hazardous liquids by pipeline; etc. Delegate Bohanan, et al |
| HB 1431 Chapter 560 | Home Builders -- Miscellaneous Provisions
Specifying the applicability of specified standards and guidelines adopted under the federal National Manufactured Housing and Safety Standards Act to a contract for the initial sale of a mobile home; altering the circumstances under which the Home Builder Registration Unit may deny a registration to an applicant, reprimand a registrant, suspend or revoke a registration, or impose a civil penalty on a registrant; etc. Delegate Kach |
| HB 1434 Chapter 561 | Real Property -- Mortgages -- Perfection of Security
Interest
Providing that if a security interest in a mortgage was attached or perfected before July 1, 2001, in accordance with specified law, then the interest shall continue to be perfected after July 1, 2001, without the need for additional filing; repealing a requirement that an assignment of a specified mortgage be recorded in the land records of the county where the mortgage is recorded under specified circumstances; etc. Delegate Brown |
| HB 1436 Chapter 562 | Wicomico County -- Refunds of Local Transfer Tax
Authorizing the Wicomico County Council to refund local transfer tax that was assessed and collected under the authority of a local law that was subsequently rejected by voters in a referendum; and authorizing the Wicomico County Council to develop a procedure for the distribution of refunds. Wicomico County Delegation |
| HB 1448 Chapter 563 | Medicare Supplement Policies -- Medicare Select Program
Authorizing insurers and nonprofit health service plans to issue Medicare supplement policies under the Medicare Select program; establishing requirements for a Medicare supplement policy issued under the Medicare Select program; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to make determinations about the adequacy of the network established by a health insurer or a nonprofit health service plan under the Medicare Select program; etc. Delegate Malone |
| HB 1457 Chapter 564 | Election Law -- Uniform Statewide Voting Systems
Requiring the State Board of Elections, in consultation with the local boards of elections, to select and certify a voting system for voting in polling places and a voting system for absentee voting; requiring the selected and certified voting systems to be used in all counties; etc. Delegate Arnick, et al (Special Committee on Voting Systems and Election Procedures in Maryland) |
| SB 786 Chapter 565 | Department of Health and Mental Hygiene -- Maryland Health Care
Commission -- Modifications and Clarifications
Requiring the Secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) to adopt a State health improvement plan; requiring the local health planning agencies to adopt local health plans; allowing the Maryland Health Care Commission to set deadlines for specified reports; authorizing the Commission to send information to DHMH; altering the maximum dollar amount of total user fees that the Commission may assess in any fiscal year; etc. Chairman FIN (Dept) |
Sincerely,
Karl S. Aro, Executive Director
To the Members of the General Assembly
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On May 18, 2001, the Honorable Parris N. Glendening, Governor; the Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate; and the Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr., Speaker of the House of Delegates, signed the following pieces of legislation which you passed:
| SB 204 Chapter 566 | Office of Smart Growth
Establishing the Office of Smart Growth in the Executive Branch; establishing the Special Secretary of Smart Growth as the head of the Office; specifying the duties of the Special Secretary; specifying the powers and duties of the Office; establishing a Smart Growth Subcabinet; providing for the chair and vice chair of the Subcabinet; etc. The President (Administration), et al |
| HB 301 Chapter 567 | "Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation -- Community
Legacy Program
Establishing a Community Legacy Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; establishing a Community Legacy Board to administer the Program; establishing an Advisory Committee to the Board; creating a Community Legacy Financial Assistance Fund as a continuing, nonlapsing fund; etc. The Speaker (Administration), et al |
| HB 309 Chapter 568 | Transportation -- Distribution and Use of Revenues
Altering the distribution of specified sales and use tax revenues on short--term vehicle rentals to the Transportation Trust Fund for a specified period; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to deposit $9 of each security interest filing fee into the Trust Fund; altering the distribution of specified penalties for termination or lapse of the required security for a vehicle; etc. The Speaker (Administration), et al |
| HB 334 Chapter 569 | Maryland Transportation Authority -- Vehicle Parking
Facilities
Authorizing the Maryland Transportation Authority to finance, build, operate, and maintain vehicle parking facilities in areas with specified characteristics; requiring that vehicle parking facility revenues pay all the debt service, operating, and maintenance costs for a specified period of time; prohibiting moneys from the Transportation Authority Fund from being used as a cash investment for a vehicle parking facility; etc. The Speaker (Administration), et al |
| HB 1379 Chapter 570 | Department of Natural Resources -- Maryland GreenPrint
Program
Establishing the Maryland GreenPrint Program in the Department of Natural Resources; requiring the Department to identify areas that form the green infrastructure network, to publish the results, and to periodically review and update the identification of the network; prohibiting the Department from utilizing Program funding for acquisitions unless each affected local government approves the acquisition of property or a property interest; etc. Delegate Guns |
| SB 14 Chapter 571 | Sales and Use Tax -- Exemptions -- Energy for Residential
Condominiums
Exempting from the sales and use tax the sale of electricity, steam, or artificial or natural gas for use in residential condominiums. Senator Hoffman |
| SB 16 Chapter 572 | Drinking Water -- Administrative Penalty Authority
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to impose specified administrative penalties on water suppliers serving specified numbers of people for violations related to safe drinking water after considering specified factors; etc. Chairman EEA (Dept) |
| SB 18 Chapter 573 | Recordation and Transfer Tax -- Transfer from Real Estate
Enterprise to Limited Liability Company
Altering exemptions from the recordation tax to provide for a separate exemption for instruments of writing that transfer title to real property from real estate enterprises to limited liability companies under specified circumstances; adding an exemption to the recordation tax and State and county transfer tax for instruments of writing that transfer title to real property from real estate enterprises to limited liability companies under specified circumstances; defining "real estate enterprise"; etc. Senator Haines |
| SB 35 Chapter 574 | Child Passenger Safety Technicians and Sponsoring Organizations
-- Qualified Immunity from Civil Liability
Providing immunity from civil liability for a child passenger safety technician or sponsoring organization for an act or omission that occurs solely in the inspection, installation, or adjustment of a child safety seat in a motor vehicle, or in giving advice or assistance regarding the installation or adjustment of the child safety seat under specified circumstances; etc. Senator Forehand |
| SB 74 Chapter 575 | Natural Resources -- Abandoned Vessels -- Period of
Abandonment
Altering the definition of "abandoned vessel"; authorizing landowners to acquire title to abandoned vessels on private property of the landowner under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to send a notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known registered owner of the abandoned vessel, no later than 15 days before the vessel is seized, removed, or taken into custody; etc. Senator Miller |
| SB 79 Chapter 576 | Telephone Solicitation -- Caller Identification Blocking
Prohibiting, under specified circumstances, a person engaged in telephone solicitation from intentionally using any device or method to block or taking any other action to prevent or control the transmission of the telephone number of that person to a recipient of a telephone solicitation; defining "telephone solicitation"; providing for specified exceptions; and providing penalties for violations of the Act. Senator Green |
| SB 93 Chapter 577 | Teachers' Pension System -- Purchase of Service Credit
Allowing specified members of the Teachers' Pension System to purchase specified service credit; and altering the amount that specified members of the Teachers' Pension System shall pay to the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System when purchasing specified service credit. Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman Joint Committee on Pensions) |
| SB 129 Chapter 578 | Education -- Teachers -- Aid for Certification Program
Increasing to 500 the maximum number of teachers eligible to participate in the State and Local Aid Program for Certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Senator Pinsky, et al |
| SB 131 Chapter 579 | Dishonored and Bad Checks -- Collection Fee
Increasing the maximum amount of the collection fee for which the maker or drawer of a dishonored check or other instrument shall be liable to the holder of the check or other instrument under specified circumstances; increasing the maximum amount of the collection fee for bad checks that a court may order a defendant to pay under specified circumstances; etc. Senator Baker |
| SB 162 Chapter 580 | Correctional Officers' Retirement System -- Reemployment of
Retirees
Exempting from an offset of a retirement allowance specified retirees of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System who are reemployed by participating employers on or before December 31, 2000, and whose compensation is not derived, in whole or part, from State funds. Senator Munson |
| SB 166 Chapter 581 | Income Tax -- Earned Income Credit
Altering the percentage of the federal earned income credit used for determining the amount that an individual with one or more dependents may claim as a refundable credit; altering the calculation of the optional refundable county earned income credit; etc. Senator Hoffman, et al |
| SB 173 Chapter 582 | Estates and Trusts -- Intestate Succession -- Abandonment or
Failure to Support Minor Child
Precluding a surviving parent from inheriting by intestate succession from a minor child of the parent if the parent abandoned the child or willfully failed to contribute to the support of the child for at least 3 consecutive years immediately preceding the child's death or for the life of the child, whichever is less; establishing that a parent shall be deemed to have abandoned a minor child under specified circumstances; etc. Senator Frosh, et al |
| SB 222 Chapter 583 | Retirement and Pensions -- Funding -- Accrued Liability
Altering the amortization period for specified unfunded actuarial liabilities of the State Retirement and Pension System, including those payable by participating governmental units. Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman Joint Committee on Pensions) |
| SB 224 Chapter 584 | Public Safety Officer Survivor Benefits -- Income Tax Subtraction
Modification
Allowing an income tax subtraction modification for a death benefit paid from a pension system to the surviving spouse or other beneficiary of a law enforcement officer, as defined, or firefighter for a death arising out of or in the course of specified public safety employment; etc. Senator Baker, et al |
| SB 225 Chapter 585 | Charles County -- Highways -- Prohibition on Use for
Solicitations
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Charles County to prohibit the use of a controlled access highway in the County's jurisdiction by a person soliciting money, donations, employment, business, or a ride from an occupant of a vehicle on the controlled access highway; and prohibiting, in Charles County, a person from standing in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations from an occupant of a vehicle. Senator Middleton |
| SB 247 Chapter 586 | Retirement and Pensions -- Withdrawing Participating Govtl Units
-- Return of Assets and Liabilities
Altering the calculation of the participating fund ratio of a participating governmental unit that provided benefits to its employees; establishing a noncontributory system funding ratio for a participating governmental unit that did not provide benefits to its employees; altering the calculation of reimbursements to participating governmental units withdrawing from the employees' systems; etc. Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman Joint Committee on Pensions) |
| SB 265 Chapter 587 | Shoplifting and Employee Theft -- Civil Penalties
Increasing the maximum civil penalty that a merchant may be awarded against a responsible person for shoplifting and employee theft under specified circumstances. Senator Jimeno, et al |
| SB 275 Chapter 588 | State Police Retirement System -- Special Death Benefits
Altering the formula for computing the retirement allowance to be paid to surviving spouses and surviving children of deceased members of the State Police Retirement System; providing that for specified deceased members of the State Police Retirement System, any allowance paid to the surviving spouse is to be recalculated in a specified manner; and providing for the application of the Act. Senator Baker, et al |
| SB 276 Chapter 589 | Department of Transportation -- Citizens Committee for the
Enhancement of Communities Surrounding Baltimore--Washington
International Airport
Creating a Citizens Committee for the Enhancement of Communities Surrounding Baltimore--Washington International Airport; specifying the membership of the Citizens Committee; providing for terms of office of the Citizens Committee; specifying the terms of the initial members of the Citizens Committee; requiring the appointment of a chairman of the Citizens Committee; providing for the meetings of the Citizens Committee; etc. Senator DeGrange, et al |
| SB 278 Chapter 590 | Election Law -- Baltimore City -- Required Notice of Elections by
Newspaper Advertisement -- Repeal
Repealing the requirement that the Baltimore City Board of Elections give notice of elections by advertisement in each daily newspaper published in the City. Senator McFadden, et al |
| SB 283 Chapter 591 | Task Force on Indoor Air Quality
Establishing a Task Force on Indoor Air Quality to address health and environmental risks posed to workers by toxic organisms located in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems of office buildings; providing for specified membership, duties, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to issue a specified report by July 1, 2002; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation; authorizing a member to receive specified reimbursements; etc. Senator Conway, et al |
| SB 356 Chapter 592 | Crimes -- Aggravated Cruelty to Animals
Establishing as the felony of aggravated cruelty to animals, acts relating to the mutilation, torture, killing, or beating of an animal, actions relating to dogfighting and cockfighting, or specified injuries to animals owned or used by law enforcement units; allowing a court to order psychological counseling paid for by the defendant for persons convicted of crimes involving cruelty to animals; repealing provisions relating to animal cruelty; etc. Senator Jimeno, et al |
| HB 649 Chapter 593 | Crimes -- Aggravated Cruelty to Animals
Establishing as the felony of aggravated cruelty to animals, acts relating to the mutilation, torture, killing, or beating of an animal, actions relating to dogfighting and cockfighting, or specified injuries to animals owned or used by law enforcement units; allowing a court to order psychological counseling paid for by the defendant for persons convicted of crimes involving cruelty to animals; repealing provisions relating to animal cruelty; etc. Delegate Montague, et al |
| SB 362 Chapter 594 | Creation of a State Debt -- Washington County -- Discovery
Station at Hagerstown
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $25,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Discovery Station at Hagerstown, Inc. for the renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the warehouse at 58 East Washington Street in Hagerstown so that it can function as an interactive science center, incorporating local history displays; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senators Munson and Mooney |
| SB 367 Chapter 595 | Skills--Based Training for Employment Promotion (STEP) Pilot
Program
Creating a Skills--Based Training for Employment Promotion (STEP) Pilot Program; expressing the intent of the General Assembly regarding the purpose of the STEP Program; requiring the Governor's Workforce Investment Board, in consultation with the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, to establish and administer the STEP Program; requiring the STEP Program to provide grants on a competitive basis to a specified number of local workforce investment boards; providing for the funding of the STEP Program; etc. Senator Hoffman, et al |
| SB 379 Chapter 596 | Fraud -- Telecommunication Service Providers
Prohibiting use, possession, manufacture, assembly, transfer, distribution, advertising, and other activities relating to unlawful telecommunication devices and access codes and unlawful access devices; providing criminal penalties, damages, injunction, impounding, forfeiture, and other enforcement measures for violations of the Act; authorizing a civil cause of action for damages for violations of the Act; etc. Senator Baker |
| SB 387 Chapter 597 | Maryland Technology Development Corporation -- Maryland
Technology Incubator Program
Creating the Maryland Technology Incubator Program and providing that the Program is administered by the Maryland Technology Development Corporation; providing for the purpose of the Program; authorizing the Board of Directors of the Corporation to use specified public and private moneys in awarding financial assistance; requiring the Board, in consultation with the Secretary of Business and Economic Development, to adopt criteria and requirements for awarding financial assistance; etc. Senator Hogan, et al |
| HB 427 Chapter 598 | Maryland Technology Development Corporation -- Maryland
Technology Incubator Program
Creating the Maryland Technology Incubator Program and providing that the Program is administered by the Maryland Technology Development Corporation; providing for the purpose of the Program; authorizing the Board of Directors of the Corporation to use specified public and private moneys in awarding financial assistance; requiring the Board, in consultation with the Secretary of Business and Economic Development, to adopt criteria and requirements for awarding financial assistance; etc. Delegate Barve (Montgomery County Administration) |
| SB 389 Chapter 599 | Employees' and Teachers' Retirement System -- Average Final
Compensation
Altering the method of calculating specified members' average final compensation; defining "break in service"; and establishing a method of calculating the average final compensation of specified part--time employees. Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman Joint Committee on Pensions) |
| SB 399 Chapter 600 | Education -- Creation of a Task Force to Study Adult Education
Services in Maryland
Establishing a Task Force to Study Adult Education Services in Maryland; requiring the Task Force to study adult education issues, including basic skills instruction, English for speakers of other languages, and family literacy instruction and preparation for the General Equivalent Diploma (GED) test and the adult external high school program; providing for membership on the Task Force; etc. Senators Middleton and Hoffman |
| SB 416 Chapter 601 | Business Occupations -- Land Surveyors -- License Renewal
Altering license renewal requirements for land surveyors; and repealing the termination provision relating to the continuing professional competency requirement. Senator Stone, et al |
| SB 418 Chapter 602 | Environment -- Sanitary Sewer Overflows -- Reporting
Requiring the owner or operator of specified sewer systems or wastewater treatment plants to provide reports to the Department of the Environment, by telephone and in writing, of any sewer overflow or treatment plant bypass; requiring the Department, in cooperation with relevant local agencies, to develop procedures for public notification of sewage overflow events; etc. Senator Frosh, et al |
| SB 453 Chapter 603 | Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention -- Law
Enforcement Equipment Fund
Establishing a Law Enforcement Equipment Fund to assist local law enforcement agencies in acquiring law enforcement equipment needed to address violent crime; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to establish application procedures and administer the grants; requiring agencies to provide statistics and other information to the Executive Director; requiring the Executive Director to consider specified criteria in determining the amount of the grants; etc. Senator McFadden (Baltimore City Administration), et al |
| SB 524 Chapter 604 | Electric Cooperatives -- Services and Governance
Authorizing electric cooperatives to supply additional services to members or other persons and entities; authorizing electric cooperatives to form, organize, acquire, hold, dispose of, and operate an interest in specified entities; requiring an electric cooperative to comply with specified orders of the Public Service Commission; etc. Senator Middleton |
| SB 538 Chapter 605 | Carroll County -- Public Facilities Bonds
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow up to $11,500,000 to finance the construction, improvement, or development of public facilities in Carroll County; etc. Carroll County Senators |
| SB 539 Chapter 606 | Carroll County -- Water Supply and Sewerage Systems --
Requirements for Subdivisions
Altering the definition of "subdivision" to exclude parcels of land from specified requirements for water supply and sewerage systems for subdivisions in Carroll County. Senator Haines |
| SB 558 Chapter 607 | Creation of a State Debt -- Talbot County -- Oxford Community
Services Building
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Oxford for the planning, design, reconstruction, repair, renovation, and capital equipping of, and addition to, a building located at 100 North Morris Street for the Oxford Community Services Building; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senator Colburn |
| SB 586 Chapter 608 | Smart Growth -- Arts and Entertainment Districts
Authorizing the Secretary of the Department of Business and Economic Development to designate one or more arts and entertainment districts within which property, income, and other tax benefits would apply; establishing an application process for a county or local government to apply to the Secretary to designate an area as an arts and entertainment district; requiring the Secretary to adopt regulations that specify application procedures and criteria for designation of the districts; etc. Senator Hoffman, et al |
| SB 592 Chapter 609 | Workers' Compensation Insurers and Self--Insurers -- Office and
Personnel Requirements
Altering the office and personnel requirements for employers that self--insure and insurers providing workers' compensation insurance in the State; etc. Senator Della |
| SB 611 Chapter 610 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- Wheaton
Multi--Service Youth Facility
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Victory Youth Center, Inc. for the planning, design, and demolition of existing buildings and related site work and the development, construction, and capital equipping of a multi--service youth facility to be located in Wheaton; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a matching fund requirement; etc. Senator Van Hollen, et al |
| SB 613 Chapter 611 | Tax Credit for Employer--Established Paid Work--Based Learning
Programs
Extending the termination date of a specified tax credit program for approved paid work--based learning programs for students; extending the deadline for a report by the State Department of Education concerning the tax credit; etc. Senators DeGrange and Middleton |
| SB 617 Chapter 612 | Maryland Tourism Development Board and Fund
Increasing the membership of the Maryland Tourism Development Board with respect to the private sector business community appointments of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Delegates; providing specified funding levels for the Maryland Tourism Development Board Fund for specified fiscal years; etc. Senators Hoffman and Bromwell |
| HB 9 Chapter 613 | Maryland Tourism Development Board and Fund
Increasing the membership of the Maryland Tourism Development Board with respect to the private sector business community appointments of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates; providing for specified funding levels for the Maryland Tourism Development Board Fund for specified fiscal years; etc. Delegate Taylor, et al |
| SB 634 Chapter 614 | Automotive Warranty Enforcement Act -- Jurisdiction
Establishing that the District Court and the circuit court have concurrent jurisdiction in a proceeding for a replacement motor vehicle under the Automotive Warranty Enforcement Act under specified circumstances. Senator Van Hollen |
| SB 652 Chapter 615 | Controlled Dangerous Substance Testing for Job Applicants --
Preliminary Screenings
Exempting specified employers from medical laboratory licensing requirements for preemployment substance abuse testing under specified circumstances; authorizing employers who require job applicants to be tested for the use or abuse of a controlled dangerous substance to use specified preliminary screening procedures to test specimens under specified circumstances; prohibiting the use of preliminary screening procedures under specified circumstances; permitting the use of preliminary screening procedures by temporary help agencies; etc. Senators Roesser and Astle |
| SB 687 Chapter 616 | Business Regulation -- Motor Fuel -- Below Cost Sales
Prohibiting a retail service station dealer from selling motor fuel below cost unless the sale is made in good faith to meet competition, made as part of a final liquidation or closing of the business of the retail service station dealer, made as part of a bona fide charitable promotion lasting no longer than 2 days, or made under the direction or order of a court or government entity; etc. Senator Dorman, et al |
| HB 736 Chapter 617 | Business Regulation -- Motor Fuel -- Below Cost Sales
Prohibiting a retail service station dealer from selling motor fuel below cost unless the sale is made in good faith to meet competition, made as part of a final liquidation or closing of the business of the retail service station dealer, made as part of a bona fide charitable promotion lasting no longer than 2 days, or made under the direction or order of a court or government entity; etc. Delegate Moe, et al |
| SB 713 Chapter 618 | Arrest of a Student -- Transfer to Another School System --
Notification
Authorizing a local superintendent with specified information regarding a child who has been arrested for specified offenses and who transfers to another school system to provide this information as a confidential file to the local superintendent of the public school system in which the child is to be enrolled under specified circumstances; etc. Senator Roesser |
| SB 739 Chapter 619 | Creation of a State Debt -- Washington County -- Hagerstown Arts
and Entertainment District
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $235,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Hagerstown for the planning, design, construction, renovation, and capital equipping of public facilities, located within the Arts and Entertainment District in the area adjacent to the first block of Potomac Street in Hagerstown; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Senators Munson and Mooney |
| SB 745 Chapter 620 | Income Tax Credit for Green Buildings
Providing for State income tax credits for specified costs for construction or rehabilitation of buildings and specified equipment to meet applicable energy efficiency and environmental standards established by the Maryland Energy Administration by regulation; providing for issuance of initial credit certificates by the Administration; limiting the annual and aggregate amount of certificates that the Administration may issue; etc. Senator Van Hollen, et al |
| HB 8 Chapter 621 | Income Tax Credit for Green Buildings
Providing for State income tax credits for specified costs for construction or rehabilitation of green buildings and specified equipment to meet applicable energy efficiency and environmental standards; limiting the annual and aggregate amount of initial credit certificates that the Administration may issue; authorizing the Comptroller and the Administration to adopt regulations; etc. Delegate Rosenberg, et al |
| SB 747 Chapter 622 | Carroll County -- State's Attorney -- Salary Increase
Providing that the annual salary of the State's Attorney of Carroll County shall equal 80\ of the salary of a judge of the District Court of Maryland; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary of the incumbent State's Attorney. Carroll County Senators |
| SB 753 Chapter 623 | Carroll County -- Sheriff's Salary
Increasing the annual salary of the Sheriff of Carroll County to a specified amount over a specified time period; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary of the incumbent Sheriff. Carroll County Senators |
| SB 774 Chapter 624 | Carroll County -- County Commissioners -- Salary Increase
Increasing the salary of the County Commissioners for Carroll County; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent County Commissioners for Carroll County. Carroll County Senators |
| SB 797 Chapter 625 | Property and Casualty Insurers -- Geographic Distribution of Priv
Passenger and Residential Property Premium -- Major
Insurer--Definition
Altering the definition of "major insurer". Senator Astle |
| SB 805 Chapter 626 | Baltimore City -- Special Tax Districts
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to create special taxing districts, levy ad valorem or special taxes, and issue bonds or other obligations for specified infrastructure improvements; etc. Senators McFadden and Hoffman (Baltimore City Administration) |
| SB 830 Chapter 627 | Environment -- Dredged Material Management
Prohibiting a person from redepositing in an unconfined manner dredged material except when used under specified circumstances; authorizing a person to redeposit a specified amount of dredged material after October 1, 2001, under specified circumstances; establishing an Executive Committee to provide oversight in the development of plans for dredged material management; providing for the membership of the Executive Committee; etc. Senator Frosh, et al |
| SB 869 Chapter 628 | Sound Level Limits and Noise Control -- Shooting Sports
Clubs
Altering a limitation on an exemption from sound level limits and noise control rules and regulations to make the exemption apply to specified sports shooting clubs chartered and in operation as of January 1, 2001. Senator Jimeno, et al |
| SB 879 Chapter 629 | Underground Facilities -- Owner--Contractor Information Exchange
System
Requiring the operator of a one--call system to install and make available an owner--contractor information exchange system; requiring contractors to contact, or receive notification from, the owner--contractor information exchange system before beginning excavation or demolition; requiring owners or their agents to notify the owner--contractor information exchange system of actions taken to identify the owners' underground facilities; requiring the one--call center to repeat notification under specified circumstances; etc. Senator Bromwell |
| SB 882 Chapter 630 | Unsecured Closed End Credit Regulation -- Credit Services
Businesses -- Study Commission
Prohibiting a credit services business, its employees, and specified independent contractors from assisting a consumer to obtain an extension of unsecured closed end credit at a rate of interest which, except for federal preemption of State law, would be prohibited under specified provisions of law governing interest and usury, consumer loans, and closed end credit; creating a Short--Term Small Consumer Loan Study Commission; etc. Senator Della, et al |
| HB 2 Chapter 631 | Ethics Law -- Lobbyist Ethics Reform
Modifying, clarifying, and expanding provisions of the Maryland Public Ethics Law relating to regulated lobbyists and lobbying activities; requiring regulated lobbyists to attend a specified training course at least once in any 2--year period; authorizing the State Ethics Commission to suspend or revoke the registration of regulated lobbyists under specified circumstances; etc. Delegate Taylor, et al |
| HB 10 Chapter 632 | Virginia--Maryland--District of Columbia Joint Legislative
Commission on Interstate Transportation -- Regional Transportation
Authority Study
Requesting the Virginia--Maryland--District of Columbia Joint Legislative Commission on Interstate Transportation, in consultation with the governing bodies of counties in the Metropolitan Washington Region and the Maryland Department of Transportation, to study the issue of establishing a Regional Transportation Authority; requesting the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate and their Virginia and District of Columbia counterparts to consider an expansion of the Commission; etc. Delegate Taylor, et al |
| HB 11 Chapter 633 | Income Tax -- Single Sales Factor Apportionment for Manufacturing
Corporations
Altering a formula used to apportion income to the State for manufacturing corporations that carry on a trade or business in and out of the State; requiring manufacturing corporations to submit specified reports and certify specified facts as part of their income tax returns; requiring the Comptroller to prepare and submit a report on the use of single sales factor apportionment by manufacturing corporations to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc. Delegate Taylor, et al |
| HB 19 Chapter 634 | Income Tax -- Subtraction Modification -- Police Auxiliary or
Reserve Volunteer
Altering the application of the $3,500 subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for active members of a bona fide Maryland police agency; authorizing specified police auxiliary and reserve volunteers to qualify for the subtraction modification; altering specified qualifications for the subtraction modification; requiring a bona fide Maryland police agency to maintain specified records and provide specified reports; and applying the Act to tax years after 2000. Delegate Leopold, et al |
| HB 20 Chapter 635 | Family Law -- Marriage License Fee -- Premarital Preparation
Course
Authorizing a county to discount a marriage license fee if the couple to be married completes a premarital preparation course; and specifying the requirements for a premarital preparation course. Delegates Leopold and Montague |
| HB 66 Chapter 636 | Smoke Detectors -- Disclosure
Requiring leases and residential property disclosure statements for existing residential dwelling units that contain alternating current electric service to include a disclosure relating to smoke detectors; etc. Delegate Carlson |
| HB 67 Chapter 637 | Juvenile Law -- Prohibition Against Possession of Portable Pagers
on School Property -- Repeal
Repealing a prohibition against the possession of portable pagers on public school property, except as it applies in Baltimore, Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties and Baltimore City; stating the intent of the General Assembly that local education agencies, working with the State Department of Education, develop local policies regarding the use of pagers and cellular telephones on public school property during school hours; etc. Delegates Dembrow and Cryor |
| HB 73 Chapter 638 | Department of Natural Resources -- Vessel Operation --
Regulations
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations prohibiting the operation of personal watercraft, as defined, above idle speed in any area of water with a depth of less than 18 inches; and allowing the Department to adopt regulations limiting personal watercraft use in any area of water with a depth of less than one meter. Delegate Boutin, et al |
| HB 75 Chapter 639 | Environment -- Mercury and Products that Contain Mercury
Prohibiting marketers from selling or providing to consumers, beginning October 1, 2002, fever thermometers containing mercury, except under specified circumstances; prohibiting primary and secondary schools from using or purchasing for use in a primary or secondary classroom, beginning October 1, 2003, elemental or chemical mercury; requiring the Department of the Environment to provide outreach assistance to schools relating to the proper management, recycling, and disposal of mercury and mercury--added products; etc. Delegate Hubbard |
| HB 78 Chapter 640 | Mortality Review Committee -- Deaths of Individuals in State
Facilities and Programs
Requiring the Mortality Review Committee in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) to evaluate causes or factors contributing to deaths in facilities or programs operated or licensed by the Mental Hygiene Administration; making changes in the Committee membership; requiring the Secretary of DHMH to report specified deaths within a specified time to the Committee; requiring the Office of Health Care Quality to review specified deaths of individuals with mental illness; etc. Delegate Hubbard |
| HB 121 Chapter 641 | St. Mary's County -- Property Tax Credit -- Tobacco Barns
Authorizing the governing body of St. Mary's County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on real property that was formerly used solely as a tobacco barn and is subject to a tobacco buyout agreement; and authorizing the governing body of the County to provide, by law, for the amount, duration, and administration of the credit. St. Mary's County Delegation |
| HB 131 Chapter 642 | Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Program -- Inclusion of
Smaller Farms
Requiring that regulations developed by the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation provide that farmland that is at least 50 acres in size shall qualify for inclusion in an agricultural district, so long as the farmland meets all other Foundation criteria. Southern Maryland Delegation |
| HB 132 Chapter 643 | Judges' Retirement System -- Reemployment of Retirees --
Community Colleges
Exempting retirees of the Judges' Retirement System who are reemployed as members of the faculty of a community college from provisions of law that require an offset of a retirement allowance under specified circumstances. Delegate Proctor, et al |
| HB 166 Chapter 644 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- National Capital
Trolley Museum
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the National Capital Historical Museum of Transportation, Inc. for the repair, renovation, rehabilitation, expansion, and capital equipping of a building at the site of the National Capital Trolley Museum in Montgomery County and for the laying of track to serve the building; requiring the grantee to provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Petzold, et al |
| HB 197 Chapter 645 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore County -- The Arrow
Project
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of The Arrow Project, Inc. for the acquisition of a building, located at 1605 Cromwell Bridge Road in Baltimore County, for The Arrow Project, an organization that provides diagnostic, educational, and placement services to children with special needs; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Klima, et al |
| HB 200 Chapter 646 | Shore Erosion Control Construction Loan Fund
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to use the Shore Erosion Control Construction Loan Fund to fund specified shore erosion control projects; providing that specified funds may be used for nonstructural projects; providing that specified funds, in addition to any general funds, be appropriated to the Shore Erosion Control Construction Loan Fund; etc. Chairman ENV (Dept) |
| HB 210 Chapter 647 | Harford County -- Admissions and Amusement Tax -- Entertainment
Businesses
Prohibiting Harford County from imposing the admissions and amusement tax on gross receipts derived from charges imposed by specified entertainment businesses. Harford County Delegation |
| HB 213 Chapter 648 | Harford County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Powers of
Inspectors
Authorizing inspectors in Harford County who investigate violations of alcoholic beverages licenses to issue civil citations under specified circumstances. Harford County Delegation |
| HB 224 Chapter 649 | Private Detectives, Security Guards, and Security Systems
Technicians -- Licensing -- Fines
Requiring the Secretary of the State Police to adopt regulations to establish fines that may be assessed for specified violations; requiring specified individuals to be licensed as private detectives, security guards, or security systems technicians by the Secretary before soliciting to engage in business; authorizing the Secretary to assess fines; etc. Chairman ECM (Dept) |
| HB 259 Chapter 650 | Creation of a State Debt -- Prince George's County -- Bethel
Recreation Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of Union Bethel A.M.E. Church for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of the Bethel Recreation Center to use as a gymnasium, cafe and bookstore, and community meeting area, to be located in Brandywine; etc. Delegates Vallario and Proctor |
| HB 273 Chapter 651 | Creation of a State Debt -- Prince George's County -- Southern
Maryland Youth Camp
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Southern Maryland Youth Camp, Inc. for the planning, design, and construction of specified capital projects at the Southern Maryland Youth Camp in Cheltenham. Delegates Proctor and Vallario |
| HB 283 Chapter 652 | Insurance -- Late Fees and Installment Fees
Authorizing authorized insurers to charge and collect, instead of or in addition to a reasonable installment fee, a reasonable late fee for late payment of insurance premiums if approved by the Insurance Commissioner; requiring the Commissioner to review administrative expenses; establishing that the late fee or installment fee may not exceed $10; prohibiting the imposition of a late fee during a grace period or, if no grace period is required, until two business days after the date the payment becomes due; etc. Delegate Gordon, et al |
| HB 289 Chapter 653 | Health Occupations -- Massage Therapists and Non--Therapeutic
Massage Practitioners
Repealing the exemption from certification or registration for individuals who practice massage therapy and non--therapeutic massage in specified health clubs; and altering the exemption for individuals providing cosmetology and esthetic services in a beauty salon. Delegate Hubbard |
| HB 336 Chapter 654 | Higher Education -- Tuition Waiver -- Faculty and Employees
Requiring governing boards of public institutions of higher education to develop tuition waiver policies for specified persons; and authorizing governing boards of institutions of higher education to develop room and board waiver policies for specified persons. Delegate Turner, et al |
| HB 356 Chapter 655 | On--Site Generated Electricity -- Approval Process
Authorizing the Public Service Commission to waive the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a generating station under specified circumstances; authorizing the Commission to require a person to obtain approval before the person may construct a generating station; establishing the information necessary in an application for approval by the Commission; etc. Delegate Sher |
| HB 388 Chapter 656 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- Penn Place
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of Garrett Park for the repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of Penn Place in Garrett Park; requiring that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey an easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; etc. Delegate Barve, et al |
| HB 398 Chapter 657 | Criminal Procedure -- Circuit Courts -- Time for Trial
Establishing that, in a criminal case in a circuit court, if a trial date is changed, any subsequent change of the trial date may be made only by the county administrative judge or that judge's designee for good cause shown. Delegate Gladden, et al |
| HB 404 Chapter 658 | Program Open Space -- Attainment of Acquisition Goals -- Increase
in Development Allocation
Increasing the amount a local government can spend on development projects after it has attained its acquisition goals under Program Open Space. Delegate Edwards |
| HB 410 Chapter 659 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- Gaithersburg
Youth Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Gaithersburg for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a building for the Gaithersburg Youth Center, to be located at 801 Rabbitt Road in Gaithersburg; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Kagan, et al |
| HB 426 Chapter 660 | Allegany County -- State Personnel -- Child Support Enforcement
Administration -- Transfer of Personnel
Transferring the Paternity and Support Division of the Office of the State's Attorney for Allegany County to the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Department of Human Resources; providing that specified employees shall be transferred to the Child Support Enforcement Administration in accordance with specified provisions of law that provide for inclusion in the State Personnel Management System, seniority, compensation, annual leave accrual, transfer of specified pension contributions, and other personnel matters; etc. Allegany County Delegation |
| HB 445 Chapter 661 | Natural Resources -- Tidal Fish License -- Exemption for Live
Bait Harvesters and Dealers
Exempting live bait harvesters and dealers involved with finfish from obtaining a specified license; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to conduct a study of bait fish harvested and sold in Maryland to determine the impact of the harvesting on the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem; etc. Delegate O'Donnell |
| HB 454 Chapter 662 | Electric Industry Restructuring -- Small Rural Electric
Cooperatives -- Exemptions
Exempting specified small rural electric cooperatives from specified requirements and prohibitions related to the restructuring of the electric industry under the Electric Customer Choice and Competition Act of 1999; specifying that the small rural electric cooperatives are subject to specified requirements and prohibitions of the Act; and allowing members of small rural electric cooperatives to receive electricity services from a different entity, if the entity is licensed under the law. Delegate Edwards |
| HB 456 Chapter 663 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- Deaton Specialty
Hospital and Home
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $130,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Deaton Specialty Hospital and Home for the planning, design, repair, renovation, construction, and capital equipping of the chronic inpatient ventilator services at Deaton Specialty Hospital and Home, located at 601 South Charles Street in Baltimore; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate McHale, et al |
| HB 464 Chapter 664 | Business and Economic Development -- Maryland Competitive
Advantage Financing Fund
Repealing the termination date of specified provisions of law related to the Maryland Competitive Advantage Financing Fund; eliminating the requirement that an application for financial assistance from the Fund must include information related to bankruptcy and existing liens or judgments; etc. Delegate V Jones, et al |
| HB 521 Chapter 665 | Anne Arundel County Department of Detention Facilities -- Home
Detention and Farm Labor Programs
Requiring the Administrator of the Anne Arundel County Department of Detention Facilities to establish and administer a home detention program; restricting which inmates may be eligible for the program; providing that the inmates who participate in the program are responsible for specified expenses and may be required to pay a fee; setting penalties for an inmate's violation of a term or condition of the program; authorizing the Administrator to limit the number of participants in the program; etc. Delegate Love (Chairman Anne Arundel County Delegation) |
| HB 552 Chapter 666 | Creation of a State Debt -- Caroline County -- The Benedictine
School
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Benedictine Programs and Services, Inc. for the acquisition of land for the construction of a new group home for, and for the relocation, renovation, repair, reconstruction, and capital equipping of existing facilities at, the Benedictine School; prohibiting the use of the State funds and the matching fund for religious purposes; requiring that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Walkup, et al |
| HB 571 Chapter 667 | Vehicle Laws -- Manufacturers, Distributors, and Factory Branches
-- Good Faith Dealings
Defining the term "good faith" for purposes of business transactions involving vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches; prohibiting a vehicle manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch in the conduct of business transactions from failing to act in good faith; etc. Delegate Malone |
| HB 572 Chapter 668 | Port of Cambridge -- Operation and Maintenance by Maryland Port
Administration -- Jurisdiction
Altering a provision of law to authorize rather than require the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) to operate and maintain the port facility located at Cambridge, Maryland; and authorizing the MPA to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the port facility. Dorchester County Delegation |
| HB 574 Chapter 669 | Estates and Trusts -- Corporate Fiduciaries and Successor
Corporate Fiduciaries -- Qualifications and Liabilities
Authorizing a corporate fiduciary to attribute to its capital and surplus, for purposes of qualifying as a fiduciary with respect to a capital requirement, the capital and surplus of a corporation with its principal offices in the State if the corporate fiduciary is a trust company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the corporation; and making such a corporation jointly and severally liable with a successor corporate fiduciary. Delegate Doory, et al |
| HB 593 Chapter 670 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- Forest Park
Clubhouse
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Municipal Golf Corporation for the design, construction, and capital equipping of a new clubhouse at the Forest Park Municipal Golf Course; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; and providing generally for the issuance and sale of bonds evidencing the loan. Delegate Gladden, et al |
| HB 595 Chapter 671 | Frederick County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Powers of
Inspectors
Authorizing inspectors in Frederick County who investigate violations of alcoholic beverages licenses to issue civil citations under specified circumstances. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 600 Chapter 672 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- Sandy Spring
Slave Museum and African Art Gallery
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $75,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Sandy Spring Slave Museum and African Art Gallery Inc., for the construction and capital equipping of a building to house a museum and art gallery located in Sandy Spring; etc. Delegate Sher, et al |
| HB 605 Chapter 673 | Creation of a State Debt -- Calvert County -- The Boys and Girls
Clubs of Southern Maryland
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of The Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maryland, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, reconstruction, and capital equipping of a building in Calvert County to house a Boys and Girls Club; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; and providing generally for the issuance and sale of bonds evidencing the loan. Calvert County Delegation |
| HB 611 Chapter 674 | Crimes -- Prostitution and Related Crimes -- Revision
Revising and restating the prostitution laws; repealing crimes of abduction, bawdy houses, prostitution, pandering, and transportation for immoral purposes; prohibiting actions relating to sexual acts, compelled marriages, prostitution, or assignation; prohibiting receiving or acquiring money or proceeds from prostitution; prohibiting actions relating to individuals under age 16 for prostitution or sexual offenses; establishing penalties and procedures for arrests, registration, and AIDS education; etc. Delegates Doory and Getty (Committee to Revise Art 27) |
| HB 621 Chapter 675 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- Round House
Theatre
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $800,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Round House Theatre, Inc. for the design, construction, and capital equipping of the interior of 7501 Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, including, but not limited to, construction and installation of a lighting and sound system, stage, box office, concession area, and dressing area; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a matching fund requirement; etc. Delegate Kopp, et al |
| HB 681 Chapter 676 | Income Tax -- Credit for Preservation and Conservation
Easements
Allowing an individual a credit against the State income tax for the donation of a perpetual easement in land to the Maryland Environmental Trust or the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation for the purpose of preserving open space, natural resources, agriculture, forest land, watersheds, significant ecosystems, viewsheds, or historic properties, subject to specified limitations; allowing unused credit to be carried forward and used for 15 succeeding taxable years; etc. Delegates W Baker and Stocksdale |
| HB 716 Chapter 677 | Circuit Courts -- Funding of Law Clerks
Requiring the State to employ one law clerk for each circuit court judge; requiring funds for the employment to be included in the budget for the Administrative Office of the Courts; etc. Chairman APP (Maryland Judicial Conference) |
| HB 717 Chapter 678 | Transportation -- Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety
Requiring the Department of Transportation to provide staff, administrative support, and operating expenses for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Pedestrian Safety Program; requiring the Secretary of Transportation to award grants under the Program to counties, municipalities, and nonprofit organizations; etc. Delegate Bronrott, et al |
| HB 728 Chapter 679 | Natural Resources -- Mute Swans -- Management
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a program to control the population of mute swans; authorizing the Department to include the managed harvest of adult mute swans in the program; authorizing the solicitation of licensed hunters to participate in the managed harvest of adult mute swans; etc. Delegate Guns, et al |
| HB 756 Chapter 680 | Creation of a State Debt -- Prince George's County -- Palmer Park
Boys and Girls Club
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Palmer Park Boys and Girls Club, Inc. for the planning, design, repair, renovation, and capital equipping of a facility at Barlowe Road in Palmer Park to house the Palmer Park Boys and Girls Club; providing for the disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; and providing generally for the issuance and sale of bonds evidencing the loan. Delegate Howard, et al |
| HB 760 Chapter 681 | Creation of a State Debt -- Somerset County -- Teackle Mansion
and Sarah Martin Done House
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $235,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Somerset County Historical Society, Inc. for the acquisition of the Sarah Martin Done House and for the repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of Teackle Mansion and the Sarah Martin Done House in Princess Anne; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a certain easement to the Maryland Historical Trust, subject to a matching fund requirement; etc. Delegate McClenahan, et al |
| HB 794 Chapter 682 | Creation of a State Debt -- Maryland School for the Blind
Emergency Panic Alarm System
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $75,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Maryland School for the Blind, Inc. for the planning and design of Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility improvements and for the installation of fire alarm upgrades; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Klausmeier, et al |
| HB 811 Chapter 683 | Creation of a State Debt -- Talbot County -- Chesapeake Bay
Maritime Museum
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Governors of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of new buildings, and for the repair, renovation, and reconstruction of existing facilities and exhibits, including Marine Railway and Vessels, at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in Talbot County, subject to a matching fund requirement; etc. Delegates Schisler and Eckardt |
| HB 823 Chapter 684 | Public School Students -- Inspection of Records -- Prohibitions
on Use and Disclosure of Information
Prohibiting the Maryland Higher Education Commission or any person, organization, or community college that obtains specified information from a public school student's records from using the information commercially or from redisclosing the information; requiring the record custodian to give notice of these prohibitions; etc. Delegate Bobo, et al |
| HB 825 Chapter 685 | Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Pilot Program -- Suspended
and Expelled Students
Requiring the State Board of Education to establish in a county designated by the State Superintendent of Schools a juvenile justice alternative education pilot program for suspended or expelled students and identified candidates for suspension or expulsion; authorizing the State Board to select a private agency to administer the juvenile justice alternative education pilot program; requiring specified students to attend the juvenile justice alternative education pilot program; etc. Delegates Shriver and Vallario |
| HB 826 Chapter 686 | Prince George's County -- Rubble Landfills -- Special Exceptions
MC/PG 121--01
Prohibiting the district council of Prince George's County from approving a special exception for a rubble landfill at a specified site without a three--fourths majority vote; prohibiting the district council from approving a special exception if a request for a special exception for a rubble landfill at the site was previously denied on or after October 1, 1981. Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 829 Chapter 687 | Advisory Council on Offender Employment Coordination
Establishing an Advisory Council on Offender Employment Coordination in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; providing for the membership, chairman, staff, and executive director of the Council; requiring the Council to gather information, solicit ideas, and advise and provide guidance to the executive director on specified matters; requiring specified reports; etc. Delegate Marriott, et al |
| HB 840 Chapter 688 | Montgomery County -- Property Tax Sales -- High--Bid Premiums for
Group and Sealed Bid Sales MC 108--01
Exempting Montgomery County from a specified requirement that a tax collector establish high--bid premiums for properties to be sold at a tax sale as part of a group or as part of a sealed bid process. Montgomery County Delegation |
| HB 864 Chapter 689 | Landlord and Tenant -- Expedited Eviction Authority -- Dangerous
Acts
Reducing the amount of notice a landlord must give to evict a tenant if the tenant or another person breaches the lease by behaving in a manner that constitutes a danger to other people or property to 14 days; and requiring the landlord to give 30 days' written notice to the tenant if the tenant is in violation of the lease. Delegate Minnick |
| HB 879 Chapter 690 | Frederick County -- County Commissioners -- Building Excise
Tax
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Frederick County to fix, impose, and collect, by ordinance, a building excise tax for financing specified road facilities; specifying conditions for the implementation of the tax; requiring municipal corporations to assist the County Commissioners in the collection of the tax; etc. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 892 Chapter 691 | Department of Juvenile Justice -- Summer Opportunity Pilot
Program -- Establishment
Establishing the Summer Opportunity Pilot Program under the Department of Juvenile Justice in not more than three counties; authorizing specified persons in a county to develop a proposal for summer educational curriculum and activities for children under the supervision of the Department; requiring a county board of education to review a proposal; requiring the Department, in consultation with the State Board of Education, to review final proposals; etc. Delegate Zirkin, et al |
| HB 895 Chapter 692 | St. Mary's County -- Building Impact Fee -- Exemption
Authorizing the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to enact by ordinance an exemption to a specified building impact fee; and providing for the application of the Act. St. Mary's County Delegation |
| HB 929 Chapter 693 | Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Domestic Relations Div
Employees -- Pension and Retirement Health Benefits
Allowing an individual, who is an employee of the Domestic Relations Division of the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on or before June 30, 2002, and subsequently is transferred into the State Personnel Management System, to remain in the Anne Arundel County Retirement and Pension System or transfer into the State Employees' Pension System; requiring the Central Payroll Bureau to deduct a specified amount from the biweekly salaries of employees who elect to remain in the Anne Arundel County Retirement and Pension System; etc. Delegates Love and Cadden |
| HB 938 Chapter 694 | Real Property -- Maryland Condominium Act -- Unit Owner
Liability
Requiring a condominium unit owner to pay the council of unit owners' property insurance deductible when the cause of any damage originates from the unit of the owner; limiting the monetary liability of the unit owner; authorizing the council of unit owners to assess a unit owner under specified circumstances; etc. Delegates Brown and Pitkin |
| HB 974 Chapter 695 | Creation of a State Debt -- Allegany County -- Court House
Annex
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $400,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of County Commissioners of Allegany County for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the jail adjacent to the Court House in Cumberland, for use as an annex to the Court House; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Allegany County Delegation |
| HB 981 Chapter 696 | Creation of a State Debt -- Frederick County -- American Red
Cross
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Frederick County Chapter of the American Red Cross for the acquisition, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the headquarters of the Frederick County Chapter of the American Red Cross, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 1012 Chapter 697 | Creation of a State Debt -- Carroll County -- The Historical
Society of Carroll County
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of The Historical Society of Carroll County for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the two historic properties adjacent to the Society's existing facility at 210 East Main Street in Westminster, to provide additional space for educational programs, a research library, collections storage, offices, and workspace; etc. Carroll County Delegation |
| HB 1016 Chapter 698 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- Marvellous Works
Outreach Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Marvellous Works Outreach Center, Inc. for the demolition of buildings at 2657, 2659, and 2661 West North Avenue and the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a new building for use as a community center to house adult day care, after school programs, and programs for transient population; requiring the grantee to provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Marriott |
| HB 1023 Chapter 699 | Creation of a State Debt -- Cecil County -- The Hollingsworth
House
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of The Historic Elk Landing Foundation, Inc. for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of The Hollingsworth House at Elk Landing, located in Elkton; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Guns, et al |
| HB 1031 Chapter 700 | Landlord Tenant -- Tenant Holding Over
Clarifying that provisions of law relating to a tenant holding over apply to specified tenancies; etc. Delegate Krysiak |
| HB 1042 Chapter 701 | Health Insurance -- Acquisition of Nonprofit Health Entity
Establishing, under specified circumstances, the Maryland Health Care Trust to be a body corporate, subject to modification or termination by the General Assembly; providing for the Maryland Health Care Foundation to be the Trustee; providing that the Trust consists of specified assets received as the result of the acquisition of a nonprofit health service plan or maintenance organization, approved by the Maryland Insurance Administration on or after June 1, 2001; etc. Delegate Busch, et al |
| HB 1071 Chapter 702 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Maryland Children's Hlth
Program -- Reimbursement Rates Fairness Act of 2001
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a process to annually set the fee--for--service reimbursement rates for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Program in a manner that ensures participation of providers, taking specified systems into consideration; etc. Delegate Hammen, et al |
| HB 1094 Chapter 703 | Elevator Safety -- Licensing of Elevator Contractors and
Mechanics
Repealing provisions authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to designate special elevator inspectors; requiring specified elevator inspections to be done by a State inspector; establishing the Elevator Safety Review Board in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; providing for the composition, appointment, terms, and compensation of Board members; establishing powers and duties of the Board; requiring persons to be licensed by the Board as elevator mechanics or elevator contractors; etc. Delegate Hill, et al |
| HB 1097 Chapter 704 | Adulterated Foods -- Increasing the Amount of Alcohol That May Be
Added to Confectioneries
Increasing the permissible amount of alcohol that can be added to a confectionery product before it is classified as adulterated food; and requiring a label to be placed on the container of the confectionery product stating that the product contains up to 5\ per volume of alcohol and the sale of the product to individuals under 21 years of age is prohibited. Delegate Eckardt |
| HB 1144 Chapter 705 | Carroll County Agricultural Center Loan of 1999
Altering the date by which the grantee in Chapter 581 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999, the Carroll County Agricultural Center Loan of 1999, must provide and expend a matching fund from June 1, 2001, to June 1, 2002. Carroll County Delegation |
| HB 1147 Chapter 706 | Creation of a State Debt -- Prince George's County -- Kairos
Senior Citizens' Homes
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Kairos Development Corporation, Inc. for the acquisition, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of two adjacent homes in Camp Springs, for use as a senior citizens' home for men and a senior citizens' home for women; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; etc. Delegate Hill, et al |
| HB 1163 Chapter 707 | Environment -- Lead Poisoning Prevention
Requiring a medical laboratory to report information related to lead poisoning when requested by the Department of the Environment; requiring a medical laboratory, office, or other facility that draws blood from any child 18 years old and under for analysis of blood lead levels to obtain required information, including address, date of birth, sex, and race; requiring an owner of specified property to test for lead--contaminated dust under specified circumstances; etc. Delegate Oaks, et al |
| HB 1183 Chapter 708 | Carroll County -- Sheriff's Office Personnel -- Probationary
Status
Requiring the Sheriff of Carroll County to place personnel employed by the Sheriff on a probationary status; and repealing the provision of law that requires the Sheriff to place specified personnel on a probationary status for the first 18 months of employment. Carroll County Delegation |
| HB 1189 Chapter 709 | Prince George's County -- Publications -- Newspaper of Record PG
403--01
Altering the definition of "newspaper in general circulation" in provisions of law that refer to publishing a specified legal advertisement or notice to include, for specified purposes, in Prince George's County, a newspaper of record and other specified newspapers. Prince George's County Delegation |
| HB 1198 Chapter 710 | Creation of a State Debt -- Charles County -- Old Waldorf School
Community Center and Head Start Facility
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Friends of Old Waldorf School Foundation, Inc. for the repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Old Waldorf School for use as a community center and Head Start facility; requiring the grantee to provide a matching fund; etc. Charles County Delegation |
| HB 1214 Chapter 711 | Real Property -- Landlord and Tenant -- Repossession
Allowing a landlord to file a complaint with the District Court when an unexpired lease for a stated term provides that the landlord may repossess the premises prior to the expiration of the lease; etc. Delegate Krysiak |
| HB 1244 Chapter 712 | Municipal Water and Sewerage Systems -- Unpaid Sewerage Charges
-- Disconnection of Water Service
Authorizing a political subdivision to disconnect water service based on unpaid sewerage charges owed to the political subdivision or to another political subdivision for a specified length of time; requiring notice prior to disconnection of water service; authorizing a political subdivision to require full payment plus a reconnection charge before water is restored; repealing similar provisions applicable to a single sanitary commission; etc. Delegates Edwards and Guns |
| HB 1260 Chapter 713 | Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Financing Fund
Extending a termination provision relating to the uses of Program Open Space funds in the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Financing Fund. Delegate Taylor |
| HB 1278 Chapter 714 | Workers' Compensation -- Credit Against Payment of Permanent Prtl
Disability Awards After Appeal
Requiring that, if an award of permanent partial disability workers' compensation is reversed or modified by a court on appeal, the payment of the award must be subject to a credit for any compensation previously awarded and paid. Delegate Cadden |
| HB 1282 Chapter 715 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- East Baltimore
Community Recreation and Learning Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for the acquisition, planning, design, and construction of a facility located in Baltimore, to be used as a community recreation and learning center; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Branch, et al |
| HB 1286 Chapter 716 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- Delta Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $225,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Delta Alumni Foundation, Inc. for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of a community outreach center, to be located at 2501 Springhill Avenue in Baltimore; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Marriott, et al |
| HB 1293 Chapter 717 | Creation of a State Debt -- Montgomery County -- Bethesda Academy
of Performing Arts
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Bethesda Academy of Performing Arts, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Imagination Stage and School of the Arts, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; and providing generally for the issuance and sale of bonds evidencing the loan. Delegate Kopp, et al |
| HB 1296 Chapter 718 | Creation of a State Debt -- St. Mary's County -- Patuxent River
Naval Air Museum and Visitors Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, subject to a matching fund requirement, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of County Commissioners of St. Mary's County for the planning, design, construction, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the buildings and permanent exhibits of the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum and Visitors Center, a multiphase project featuring interactive exhibits and hands--on learning experiences for young people; etc. St. Mary's County Delegation |
| HB 1301 Chapter 719 | Frederick County -- Community Development Authorities
Authorizing Frederick County to include specified parts of Frederick County within a community development authority. Frederick County Delegation |
| HB 1308 Chapter 720 | Carroll County -- Water and Sewerage Systems -- Connection to
Public Systems
Authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Carroll County to establish a fund to assist specified property owners in connecting to public water and sewerage systems under specified circumstances; requiring that disbursements from the fund be used to pay specified costs; requiring property owners who have received disbursements from the fund to repay the fund; requiring the Board to impose liens on benefitted properties; and requiring the Board to establish specified repayment provisions. Carroll County Delegation |
| HB 1320 Chapter 721 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- Eleanor E. Hooper
Adult Day Care Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Baltimore for the repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the historic casino building in Patterson Park, Baltimore City, to be used as an adult day care center; requiring the grantee to convey a specified easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Delegate Dypski, et al |
| HB 1331 Chapter 722 | Individuals with Disabilities -- Medicaid Waiver and Waiting List
Initiative -- Funding
Providing that funds appropriated in connection with a Medicaid waiver for home-- and community--based services for adult individuals with disabilities that remain unexpended at the end of the fiscal year may not revert to the General Fund and shall remain available for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year; and providing that funds appropriated in connection with the Waiting List Initiative that remain unexpended also may not revert to the General Fund. Delegate Rosenberg, et al |
| HB 1336 Chapter 723 | Retirement and Pensions -- Payments of Allowances into
Trusts
Authorizing the payment of an allowance from the State Retirement and Pension System into a trust if the designated beneficiary is a minor or an individual with a disability. Delegate Hubbard |
| HB 1341 Chapter 724 | Department of Natural Resources -- Limited Fishing Guide
License
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue a limited fishing guide license applicable in all waters of the State to allow a license holder to guide anglers in up to three boats or vessels propelled by oars or paddles that have one or two occupants; making exceptions for up to ten anglers fishing from shore or on foot in the water or any number of anglers participating in a specified educational or recreational program; etc. Delegate McClenahan, et al |
| HB 1362 Chapter 725 | State Personnel -- Law Enforcement Employees -- Compensatory Time
for Overtime Work
Repealing a limitation on the number of overtime hours for which specified law enforcement employees of the Department of State Police and the Natural Resources Police may be granted compensatory time. Delegate Klausmeier |
| HB 1384 Chapter 726 | Department of Housing and Community Development -- Existing Rural
Housing Stock -- Use of Fed Funds
Altering an exemption from the definition of "growth--related projects" in the law governing priority funding areas to exempt specified projects for the purchase or rehabilitation of single--family or multifamily housing if funded with federal moneys. S Maryland, Eastern Shore, Western Maryland Delegation, and Harford County Delegation |
| HB 1390 Chapter 727 | Simplified Sales and Use Tax Administration Act
Enacting the Simplified Sales and Use Tax Administration Act; stating the findings of the General Assembly; providing for representatives of the State to enter into multistate discussions concerning a Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement; authorizing the Comptroller to enter into the Agreement with other states to simplify and modernize sales and use tax administration; etc. Delegate Hixson, et al |
| HB 1404 Chapter 728 | Creation of a State Debt -- Baltimore City -- The Saratoga
Center
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the CarSarCar Community Development Corporation for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of a building located at 1212 West Saratoga Street in Baltimore, for The Saratoga Center; prohibiting the use of the proceeds of the bond sales and the matching fund for sectarian religious purposes; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; etc. Delegate Paige, et al |
| HB 1424 Chapter 729 | One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credits -- Insurers and
Tax--Exempt Organizations
Clarifying that specified tax--exempt organizations are included in the definition of "qualified business entity" for the purposes of the One Maryland Economic Development tax credits allowed for specified costs of economic development projects and specified start--up costs; providing that a person subject to the insurance premiums tax may claim the One Maryland Economic Development tax credit against the premium tax for costs of specified economic development projects; etc. Delegates Taylor and Rawlings |
| SB 43 Chapter 730 | Mass Transit Administration -- Unit Name
Changing the unit name of the Mass Transit Administration to the Maryland Transit Administration; providing that the Maryland Transit Administration is a unit of the Department of Transportation; and requiring the Department of Transportation to make changes to vehicles, signs, and all other relevant materials necessary as a result of the name change. Chairman FIN (Dept) |
| SB 576 Chapter 731 | Insurance Producer Licensing Act
Requiring licensure for insurance producers; substituting the term "insurance producer" for the terms "agent" and "broker"; substituting the term "license" for the term "certificate of qualification"; repealing provisions related to fraternal benefit agents; setting standards for licensure of insurance producers; providing for the powers and duties of the Insurance Commissioner with respect to insurance producers; etc. Chairman FIN (Dept) |
| HB 442 Chapter 732 | Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems -- Reemployment of
Retired Personnel
Exempting from an offset of a retirement allowance, retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System who are reemployed as principals and supervisors of principals under specified circumstances; requiring the county boards of education to provide information to the State Retirement Agency; and clarifying that the retirees must meet specified performance requirements for each year of their employment. Delegates Malone and Moe |
| SB 221 Chapter 733 | State Retirement and Pension System -- Reemployment of
Retirees
Exempting from a specified offset of an allowance retirees of, and individuals receiving a vested allowance from, the Employees' Retirement System, Teachers' Retirement System, Employees' Pension System, Teachers' Pension System, or Correctional Officers' Retirement System who are reemployed by specified employers; altering requirements for the reemployment of retirees of specified retirement and pension systems in the State Retirement and Pension System; etc. Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman Joint Committee on Pensions) |
| HB 493 Chapter 734 | Medical Assistance and Children's Health Programs -- Directory of
Health Care Providers
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide a directory of all available health care providers, in writing and on the Internet, to health care providers, enrollees in the Medical Assistance Program, and individuals eligible for the Maryland Children's Health Program; requiring the Department to update the Internet database at least every 30 days; requiring the directory to include a conspicuous reference to the Internet database; etc. Delegate Nathan--Pulliam |
| SB 489 Chapter 735 | Sheriffs' Office Liability -- Apportionment of State and County
Responsibility
Clarifying State and county financial responsibilities for settlements and judgments against sheriffs and deputy sheriffs performing law enforcement and detention center functions; limiting the authority of the Board of Public Works to collect payments for judgments against sheriffs and deputies from specified taxes; establishing State responsibility for defense and payments of judgments arising from specified sheriff and deputy activities; etc. Senator Jimeno, et al |
| SB 522 Chapter 736 | Health Insurance -- Treatment of Morbid Obesity
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, managed care organizations, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the surgical treatment of morbid obesity as recognized by the National Institutes of Health; etc. Senator Hoffman, et al |
Article II, Section 17(c), of the Constitution of Maryland states:
Section 17.
(c) Any bill presented to the Governor within 6 days (Sundays excepted), prior to adjournment of any session of the General Assembly, or after such adjournment, shall become law without the Governor's signature unless it is vetoed by the Governor within 30 days after its presentment.
Having chosen to not sign House Bill 315 after formal presentment and to let the provisions of Article II, Section 17(c) determine the effectiveness of the legislation, this bill will become law without the Governor's signature as of midnight, May 30, 2001 and is assigned the following Chapter number:
| HB 315 Chapter 737 | Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System -- Benefits
Altering the formula for computing the retirement allowance of members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System; etc. Delegate Branch, et al |
On May 18, 2001, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House signed the following joint resolutions which you passed:
| SJ 4 Res. No. 1 | Remembering the U.S.S. Cole
Recognizing and memorializing the loss of 17 American Navy personnel on the U.S.S. Cole, including the three Maryland citizens who gave their lives as a result of the October 12, 2000, terrorist attack on the U.S.S. Cole. Senator Green, et al |
| SJ 7 Res. No. 2 | Patuxent River Watershed -- Amendment of Policy Plan
Approving the 1997 Addendum as an amendment to the Patuxent River Policy Plan; specifying that this amendment is effective immediately upon approval of the General Assembly; resolving that a copy of this Joint Resolution be forwarded by the Department of Legislative Services to specified individuals; etc. Senators Dyson and Frosh |
| SJ 10 Res. No. 3 | Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Awareness Month
Making a recommendation to specified elected State and federal officials that November be designated as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Awareness Month; etc. Senator Jacobs, et al |
| SJ 12 Res. No. 4 | Cover Crop Cost Share Program -- Expanded Area and Increased
Appropriation
Urging the Governor to expand the geographic area covered under the Cover Crop Cost Share Program to include the entire State and to include a sufficient amount in the annual State budget to fund this objective; urging the Maryland Department of Agriculture to explore the availability of federal funding for the Program; etc. Senators Frosh and Stoltzfus |
| HJ 2 Res. No. 5 | United States Food and Drug Administration -- Labeling Laws and
Policies Relating to Allergenic Ingredients in Food
Requesting the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to create a symbol for display on food packages that will alert a person to the presence of allergenic ingredients in the packaged food; requesting the FDA to establish a toll--free hot line that will provide information about food ingredients; requiring the FDA to develop rules and guidelines for labeling products with allergenic ingredients; and requesting the FDA to prohibit the use of specified generic terms and to develop a list of standard names for specified products. Delegate Stern |
| HJ 3 Res. No. 6 | Maryland Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide
Remembering the Armenian Genocide; and designating April 24 as "Maryland Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 and thereafter". Delegate Hixson, et al |
| HJ 4 Res. No. 7 | Remembering the U.S.S. Cole
Recognizing and memorializing the loss of 17 American Navy personnel on the U.S.S. Cole, including the three Maryland citizens who gave their lives as a result of the October 12, 2000, terrorist attack on the U.S.S. Cole. Delegate Conroy, et al |
| HJ 6 Res. No. 8 | Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Awareness Month
Designating November as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSDS) Awareness Month; and making a recommendation to specified elected State and federal officials that there be a RSDS Awareness Month. Delegate Boutin, et al |
| HJ 7 Res. No. 9 | Cover Crop Cost Share Program -- Expanded Area and Increased
Appropriation
Urging the Governor to expand the geographic area covered under the Cover Crop Cost Share Program to include the entire State and to include a sufficient amount in the annual State budget to fund this objective; urging the Maryland Department of Agriculture to explore the availability of federal funding for the Program; etc. Delegate Guns |
| HJ 9 Res. No. 10 | Patuxent River Watershed -- Amendment of Policy Plan
Approving the 1997 Addendum as an amendment to the Patuxent River Policy Plan; specifying that this amendment is effective immediately upon approval of the General Assembly; resolving that a copy of this Joint Resolution be forwarded by the Department of Legislative Services to specified individuals; etc. Delegates Owings and O'Donnell |
| HJ 12 Res. No. 11 | Federal Funding for a Hepatitis A and B Vaccination Program
Urging the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to seek federal funds to offset the cost to the State of providing vaccines for hepatitis A and B; urging the Secretary to apply for federal funds to offset the cost of administering a vaccination program for hepatitis A and B; and requiring the Secretary to make a specified report. Delegate Nathan--Pulliam |
| HJ 14 Res. No. 12 | Task Force to Study Lighting Efficiency and Light Pollution in
Maryland
Establishing a Task Force to Study Lighting Efficiency and Light Pollution in Maryland; requiring the Task Force to study the cost, extent, causes, and consequences of current public lighting standards and policies and light pollution in Maryland; providing for the membership and appointment of the Task Force; requiring the Department of General Services to coordinate the professional and administrative support of the Task Force; and requiring the Task Force to issue a final report to the General Assembly by February 1, 2002. Delegate Kopp, et al |
| HJ 16 Res. No. 13 | Center for Excellence for Autism in Maryland
Urging the University of Maryland, the University of Maryland Medical Center, The Johns Hopkins University, and The Johns Hopkins Health System to work in consultation with one another and with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to determine the feasibility of establishing a consortium in the field of autism research that could qualify as a Center for Excellence in Autism under National Institutes of Health guidelines. Delegate Hurson, et al |
| HJ 23 Res. No. 14 | Task Force to Study Establishing a Matthew Henson Memorial
Extending the time for the Task Force to Study Establishing a Matthew Henson Memorial to complete its study; providing for the duties of the Task Force; and requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2001. Charles County Delegation |
Sincerely, To the Members of the General Assembly On May 17, 2001, the Honorable Parris N. Glendening, Governor,
vetoed the following pieces of Legislation passed by the General
Assembly; the reasons for the vetoes are indicated:
SENATE BILLS
Karl S. Aro
Vetoed Bills
Ladies and Gentlemen:
SB 19
Duplicative
State Highways -- Designation -- Korean War Veterans Memorial
Highway
Requiring the State Highway Administration to designate Maryland Route
43 as the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway.
Senators Stone and Collins
SB 22
Duplicative
Criminal Procedure -- Circuit Courts -- Time for Trial
Establishing that