Film Production Activity -- Employer Wage Rebate Grant Program
Establishing a program within the Department of Business and Economic Development to provide grants to rebate 50% of specified wages paid in the State by employers engaged in specified film production activity, up to a maximum of $2,000,000 for any particular film production activity; providing for the application process and criteria for eligibility for the grants; requiring the Secretary of Business and Economic Development to adopt specified regulations; etc.
The President (Administration), et al

Film Production Activity -- Employer Wage Rebate Grant Program
Establishing a program within the Department of Business and Economic Development to provide grants to rebate 50% of specified wages paid in the State by employers engaged in specified film production activity, up to a maximum of $2,000,000 for any particular film production activity; providing for the application process and criteria for eligibility for the grants; requiring the Secretary of Business and Economic Development to adopt specified regulations; etc.
The Speaker (Administration), et al

Research and Development Tax Credit
Decreasing the number of succeeding years during which an individual or corporation may carry forward the Maryland Research and Development Tax Credit and apply the excess as a credit against State income tax; extending the time period during which the research and development tax credit may be taken by qualified business entities; requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development to make a specified report by January 10 of each year; etc.
The President (Administration), et al

Biotechnology Investment Incentive Act
Providing for credits against State taxes for investments in biotechnology companies; providing for applications to the Department of Business and Economic Development for approval of the credit and certification by the Department to investors of approved credit amounts; providing for the issuance of specified initial credit certificates by the Department, subject to specified requirements and limitations; etc.
Delegate Feldman, et al

Department of State Police -- Transfer of the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency
Transferring the administration of the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund from the Department of State Police to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA); authorizing the Director of MEMA to administer a specified fund and to adopt specified procedures; requiring the Director to provide specified authorization to the State Treasurer for disbursing specified funds; and defining specified terms.
The President (Administration)

Department of State Police -- Transfer of the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency
Transferring the administration of the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund from the Department of State Police to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA); authorizing the Director of MEMA to administer a specified fund and develop specified procedures; requiring the Director to provide specified authorization to the Treasurer for disbursing specified funds; and defining specified terms.
The Speaker (Administration)

Civil Actions -- Limitation of Actions -- Land Surveyors
Reducing the time period after which a person may not seek damages incurred as a result of an error in a land survey from 20 years to 15 years or within 3 years after the discovery of the error, whichever occurs first; etc.
Senator Haines, et al

Legislative Community Initiatives Loan of 2004 -- Prince George's County -- Mission of Love
Amending Chapter 204 of the Acts of 2003, as amended, to allow the matching fund for the Prince George's County -- Mission of Love project to consist of real property and in kind contributions; etc.
Senator Currie

State Employees -- Military Administrative Leave -- Sunset Extension
Extending the termination date for the use of military administrative leave or specified paid leave for State employees who were on active military duty on July 1, 2003, or were activated for military duty on or after July 1, 2003.
Senator Harris, et al

Student Financial Assistance -- Deferment from Service Obligation
Requiring the Office of Student Financial Assistance within the Maryland Higher Education Commission to grant a deferment from the service obligation component of a scholarship to an individual assigned military duty outside the State or to that individual's spouse; etc.
Senator Harris, et al

Estates -- Personal Representatives -- Nomination by Power Conferred in Will
Adding personal representatives who have been nominated in accordance with a power conferred in a will that has been admitted to probate to a listing by priority of persons who may be granted letters in administrative or judicial probate or appointed as successor personal representatives or special administrators; establishing that personal representatives nominated in accordance with a power conferred in a will are entitled to probate; etc.
Senator Giannetti

Estates -- Funeral Expenses -- Allowance
Increasing from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum allowance in specified estates for the funeral expenses of a decedent.
Senator Green

Vehicle Laws -- Trailers and Semitrailers -- Registration
Requiring that a nonfreight trailer or semitrailer with a maximum gross weight limit of 10,001 to 20,000 pounds that is titled on or after October 1, 2005, be registered in a specified manner.
Senator Munson

Comptroller -- Tax Return Preparer -- Filing Requirements and Penalties
Requiring income tax return preparers to sign a return or claim for refund prior to presenting the return or claim to the taxpayer or entity for signature; requiring that another preparer review and sign the return or claim if the original preparer is unavailable; requiring the preparer to sign the return in a specified manner; providing that if more than one preparer is involved in the preparation of the return or claim, the individual with the primary responsibility is subject to specified signature requirements; etc.
Chairman B&T (Dept)

Electric Generation -- Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity -- Construction and Public Notice
Altering the definition of "construction" for purposes of issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity for an electric generating station or transmission line; increasing the required notice for a public hearing on the issuance of the certificate; and requiring an opportunity for public comment.
Chairman FIN (Dept)

Public Service Commission -- License Hearing Officer
Authorizing the Public Service Commission license hearing officer to issue a proposed order; providing for the service and finality of the order; and repealing provisions on recommendations for sanctions for taxicab and for--hire driving violations.
Chairman FIN (Dept)

Business Regulation -- Cigarette Licenses -- Storage Warehouse
Expanding the authority of a cigarette storage warehouse licensee, a subwholesaler licensee, and a wholesaler licensee with regard to storage of cigarettes; and providing that the tobacco tax does not apply to cigarettes or other tobacco products that a licensed warehouse stores on behalf of a licensed cigarette manufacturer.
Chairman FIN (Dept)

Higher Education -- Baltimore City Community College -- Independent Personnel System
Consolidating the personnel systems of Baltimore City Community College by merging skilled service employees in the State Personnel Management System into the College's independent personnel system; providing that the College may not decrease specified rights, benefits, compensation, or privileges; etc.
Chairman FIN (Dept)

Transportation -- Port Land Use Development Zone Advisory Council -- Abolishment
Abolishing the Port Land Use Development Zone Advisory Council; abolishing the Port Land Use Development Office in the Maryland Port Administration of the Department of Transportation; and repealing specified provisions relating to the Advisory Council's functions and duties.
Chairman FIN (Dept)

State Personnel -- Maryland Tort Claims Act -- Employees and Officials of Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
Altering the definition of "State personnel" for purposes of the Maryland Tort Claims Act to include employees of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; and providing for the construction of the Act.
Chairman JPR (Dept)

Rules of Interpretation -- Computation of Age
Establishing that an individual attains a specified age on the day of the anniversary of the individual's birth; and providing an exception for individuals born on February 29.
Senator Green

Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance -- Hearings on Proposed Actions by Insurers -- Attorney Fees
Altering specified information an insurer under a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance must include in a notice to the insured; and clarifying the circumstances under which the Maryland Insurance Commissioner shall order an insurer under a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance to pay reasonable attorney fees to the insured after a specified hearing.
Senator Astle

Property Tax -- Exemption -- The Maryland State Game and Fish Protective Association, Inc.
Providing a State property tax exemption for property owned by The Maryland State Game and Fish Protective Association, Inc., and used to educate the public on hunting safety; and providing for the Act to be applicable to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2005.
Senator Klausmeier

Energy Assistance Program Act
Renaming the State Energy Assistance and Information Program Act; establishing the Office of Home Energy Programs; repealing specified provisions relating to the Energy Assistance and Information Program and the Maryland Office of Economic Opportunity; requiring the Office of Home Energy Programs to maintain liaison with specified agencies and groups and to develop specified programs; repealing a limitation on the amount of specified assistance; etc.
Chairman FIN (Dept)

Maryland Transit Administration -- Eminent Domain -- Environmental and Engineering Studies
Allowing the Maryland Transit Administration and its agents, employees, and consultants to enter on private property to conduct environmental and engineering studies; making the Administration liable for specified damages; etc.
Chairman JPR (Dept)

Public Service Commission -- Annual Reports -- Common Carriers and Telephone Companies
Providing that, unless directed by the Public Service Commission, specified public service companies are not required to file specified annual reports.
Chairman FIN (Dept)

Correctional Services -- Sanctions by the Patuxent Institution Board of Review
Altering the sanctions imposed on Patuxent Institution inmates in either the Eligible Person Program or Patuxent Youth Program who commit major violations to allow the Board of Review to impose appropriate sanctions consistent with the best interests of public safety.
Chairman JPR (Dept)

Governor's Workforce Investment Board -- Membership
Repealing the membership limits of the Governor's Workforce Investment Board; requiring that members of the Board meet specified federal requirements; and providing that, to the extent practicable, the composition of the Board shall reflect the race, gender, and geographic diversity of the population of the State.
Chairman FIN (Dept)

Correctional Services -- State Use Industries -- Renaming
Renaming State Use Industries to be Maryland Correctional Enterprises; and changing the title of the position of General Manager to be Chief Executive Officer.
Chairman JPR (Dept)

Courts -- Certificate of Merit -- Employer of Licensed Professional
Specifying that a requirement of filing a certificate of a qualified expert in specified malpractice claims applies to claims filed in a United States District Court; applying the requirement of filing a certificate of a qualified expert in malpractice claims to a claim against the employer, partnership, or other entity through which a licensed professional performs specified services; and providing for the construction and application of the Act.
Senator Haines, et al

Election Law -- Baltimore City Republican Party Central Committee -- Membership
Providing that the membership of the Baltimore City Republican Party Central Committee consists of two members, rather than four, elected from each of the councilmanic districts in Baltimore City.
Senators Harris and McFadden

Ethics -- Financial Disclosure -- Electronic Filing Procedures
Authorizing the State Ethics Commission to adopt regulations that modify the format for disclosure of information filed electronically; and mandating that regulations adopted under specified sections be consistent with the intent of the Public Ethics Title.
Chairman EHE (Dept)

Criminal Procedure -- Criminal Injuries Compensation Board -- Eligibility for Awards
Making a parent, child, or spouse of a person incarcerated for abuse eligible for awards from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board if the incarcerated person had been living with and providing financial support for the parent, child, or spouse.
Chairman JPR (Dept)

Occupational and Professional Licensing -- Disciplinary Actions -- Grounds
Altering specified grounds that may be used as the basis for taking disciplinary actions against applicants or licensees under the laws of Maryland relating to the regulation of architects, certified interior designers, landscape architects, professional engineers, professional land surveyors, and property line surveyors.
Chairman EHE (Dept)

Higher Education -- Tuition Waiver -- Members of the Maryland National Guard
Altering the intent of the General Assembly relating to the circumstances under which the governing boards of the State higher education institutions and Boards of Trustees of community colleges shall provide a tuition waiver policy for members of the Maryland National Guard.
Chairman EHE and Chairman B&T (Dept)

State Highway Administration -- Bus Passenger Shelter Program
Authorizing and restricting the use of commercial advertising signs on specified bus passenger shelters; authorizing the State Highway Administration to enter into specified agreements for specified advertising under specified conditions; authorizing the Administration to receive compensation pursuant to specified agreements; authorizing a municipal corporation, county, or transit operator to enter into an agreement to construct, operate, and maintain bus passenger shelters on a State right--of--way; etc.
Chairman FIN (Dept)

Commissioner of Financial Regulation -- Mortgage Lenders -- Licensing of Federally Approved Seller--Servicers
Repealing an exemption from licensure by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation for mortgage lenders that are federally approved seller--servicers; expanding a specified exemption from specified record keeping requirements; etc.
Chairman FIN (Dept)

Public Service Commission -- Civil Penalties -- Common Carriers
Altering the civil penalty that the Public Service Commission may impose on common carriers; repealing the authority of the Public Service Commission to bring an action for forfeiture; and repealing the authority of the Public Service Commission to impose a fine on a public service company under specified circumstances.
Chairman FIN (Dept)

Department of Housing and Community Development -- Revenue Bonds Issued by the Community Development Administration -- Interest Rate Exchange Agreements
Authorizing the Community Development Administration to enter into interest rate exchange agreements or contracts providing for payments based on interest rate levels or changes; providing for the effective date of specified provisions of the Act; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Chairman EHE (Dept)

Real Property -- Residential Property Disclaimer and Disclosure Statements -- Latent Defects
Requiring that a residential property disclaimer statement disclose any latent defects of which the vendor has actual knowledge and state that, except for latent defects that are disclosed, the vendor makes no representations or warranties and that a purchaser will receive the real property "as is", with all defects, including latent defects, that may exist, except as otherwise provided in the contract of sale; requiring the State Real Estate Commission to include specified information in a specified form; etc.
Senator Haines

Public Safety -- Volunteer Company Assistance Fund -- State Budget
Clarifying that a grant from the Volunteer Company Assistance Fund must be matched by at least 30% of the amount of the grant; limiting loans from the Fund to 75% of the total cost of equipment or facilities being purchased; altering the application and approval process for grants and loans from the Fund; altering requirements for an annual report on grants and loans made from the Fund; expressing legislative intent related to appropriations to and from the Fund; etc.
Senator DeGrange

Health Care Decision Making Forms -- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -- Personal Representatives
Clarifying that a health care agent is a personal representative in order to receive specified health care information in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; and clarifying that a health care agent is a personal representative regarding an individual's capacity to make an informed decision in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Senator Forehand

Register of Wills -- Salary
Altering a limit on the maximum salary that the Board of Public Works may set for a register of wills; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of an incumbent register of wills.
Senator Kramer, et al

Frederick County -- Alcoholic Beverages Inspector -- Salary
Requiring the County Commissioners of Frederick County to set the annual salary for the county alcoholic beverages inspector in Frederick County.
Senators Mooney and Brinkley

Baltimore City -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Municipal Golf Course Exemption
Exempting a Class C beer, wine and liquor (club) license issued for use on the premises of a municipal golf course in the 41st legislative district in Baltimore City from specified prohibitions relating to the issuance and transfer of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages in Baltimore City.
Senator Gladden

Baltimore City -- Maryland Historical Society Loan of 1996
Amending the Baltimore City -- Maryland Historical Society Loan of 1996 to require that the loan proceeds be encumbered by the Board of Public Works or expended for the purposes provided in the Act by June 1, 2006.
Senator Miller

Income Tax -- Corporations -- Payments to Related Entities -- Foreign Taxes
Providing that specified taxes imposed by specified foreign nations be taken into account for purposes of specified exceptions to a requirement that otherwise deductible interest expenses and intangible expenses paid by a corporation to related entities be added to the federal taxable income to determine Maryland modified income under specified circumstances; and applying the Act to tax years after 2004.
Senator Miller

State Police Retirement System -- Retirees -- Additional Retirement Allowance
Exempting members of the State Police Retirement System from a prohibition that members of the State Police Retirement System cannot accept a retirement or pension allowance from another pension or retirement system supported wholly or in part by the State; providing that retirees of the State Police Retirement System may only receive an additional retirement allowance from the Legislative Pension Plan; and providing for the application of the Act.
Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)

Frederick County -- Collective Bargaining -- Representatives for Deputy Sheriffs
Authorizing the representatives of specified full--time deputy sheriffs in the Frederick County Sheriff's Office to collectively bargain with the Sheriff of Frederick County concerning wages and benefits; requiring that any additional funding required as a result of a negotiated agreement be subject to the approval of the County Commissioners for Frederick County; providing for the procedures for certifying a labor organization as an exclusive representative and for collective bargaining negotiations; etc.
Senator Brinkley

Frederick County -- Public Facilities Bonds
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Frederick County to borrow not more than $66,000,000 in order to finance the cost of specified public facilities in Frederick County, to finance the payment of any unfunded liability of the County to the State Retirement and Pension System of Maryland, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale, at public or private sale, of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Senators Brinkley and Mooney

State and Local Pension Systems -- Uniform Management of Public Employee Retirement Systems Act
Requiring a county or municipal corporation in the State that establishes a public pension system on or after July 1, 2005, to adhere to principles incorporated in the Uniform Management of Public Employee Retirement Systems Act that address the investment and management of funds for a public pension system; providing that specified provisions of the Act may not be construed to affect the authority of the State or specified local jurisdictions over the budget for specified public pension plans; etc.
Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)

Garrett County -- Fees for Discontinuing and Restoring Water Service
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Garrett County to adopt, amend, and enforce a reasonable charge for discontinuing and restoring water service under specified circumstances.
Senator Hafer

Garrett County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Disposition of Fines
Removing Garrett County from the list of counties in which one--half of fines imposed for violations of alcoholic beverages provisions are required to be disposed of in a specified manner.
Senator Hafer

Employees' Pension System and Correctional Officers' Retirement System -- Disability Retirement Allowances
Providing that members of the Employees' Pension System who have accrued a service credit in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System may combine their eligibility service in the Employees' Pension System and the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for purposes of determining eligibility for an ordinary disability retirement allowance from the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)

Prince George's County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Part--Time Inspectors and Class B--MB/22 Licenses
Establishing a Class B--MB/22 license in a specified legislative district of Prince George's County; authorizing the Class B--MB/22 license to be issued only to specified persons; setting an annual fee; and increasing by three the number of part--time inspectors appointed by the Board of License Commissioners of Prince George's County.
Senator Lawlah, et al

Frederick County -- Sheriff -- Salary
Increasing the salary of the Sheriff of Frederick County to $100,000; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent Sheriff of Frederick County.
Senators Brinkley and Mooney

Procurement Exemption -- Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission -- Grants and Cooperative Agreements
Exempting the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission from the State procurement law for specified activities relating to grants and cooperative agreements that support the educational and cultural activities of the Commission.
Senator Hollinger, et al

Horse Racing at Fair Hill -- Cecil County Breeders' Fair, Inc. -- Takeout
Increasing the takeout to 25% that the Cecil County Breeders' Fair, Inc., or its successor must deduct from the handle for races held at the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area; and increasing to 9% the percentage of the handle paid to the State Racing Commission.
Cecil County Senators

Carroll County -- Food Sales -- Religious Organizations
In Carroll County, authorizing religious organizations that meet the requirements of an excluded organization under specified provisions of law to sell homemade fruit jellies, jams, and preserves made from specified fruits, fruit butters made from specified fruits, and fruit pies made from specified fruits if the food offered for sale or sold is produced at the organization and meets health and safety standards adopted by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Senator Haines, et al

Agriculture -- Critical Farms Program
Requiring the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation and the Department of Planning to establish a Critical Farms Program to provide interim or emergency financing for the acquisition of specified agricultural preservation easements on specified farms; requiring a county to determine if a property qualifies for the Program in accordance with criteria developed by the Foundation and the Department; requiring the Foundation and the Department to examine and identify specified options; etc.
Senator Dyson, et al

Construction of Electricity Generating Stations -- Required Certificates -- Exemption
Expanding the scope of an exemption from a requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity before beginning construction of an electricity generating station the capacity of which does not exceed 25 megawatts, the exported electricity of which may only be sold on the wholesale market pursuant to a specified agreement, and at which at least 10% of the electricity generated each year is consumed on--site; etc.
Senator Klausmeier

Human Relations Commission -- Authorization to Receive Grants
Authorizing the Maryland Human Relations Commission to apply for and accept grants from State, federal, and private nonprofit organizations in furtherance of its mission.
Chairman JPR (Dept)

Dorchester County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Hours for Sale and Consumption
Altering the hours for sale for holders of specified alcoholic beverages licenses in Dorchester County; altering the time that on--sale consumption of alcoholic beverages must end; and altering the time by which tables and bar areas must be cleared of alcoholic beverages.
Senator Colburn

Vehicle Laws -- Bicycles and Motor Scooters -- Exceptions to Requirement to Stay Right
Creating additional exceptions to the requirement that a person operating a bicycle or motor scooter stay as near to the right of the roadway as is safe and practical; and establishing that the requirement to stay to the right only applies to a bicycle or motor scooter that is traveling at a speed less than the speed of traffic under specified circumstances.
Senator Giannetti, et al

Baltimore County -- Alcoholic Beverages Licenses -- Transfers and Applications
Authorizing the Baltimore County Board of License Commissioners to transfer 2 Class B and Class D beer, wine and liquor (on--sale) retail alcoholic beverages licenses in existence in Election District 15 into the Quarry at Greenspring, 3 licenses into the land near the Owings Mills Metro Station, and 3 licenses into the Promenade at Catonsville; providing that the transfers occur on or after specified dates; prohibiting a license issued under specified provisions of the Act from being transferred to a specified location or converted; etc.
Senator Stone (Baltimore County Administration)

Wicomico County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Wine Tasting and Sampling
Authorizing the Liquor Control Board of Wicomico County to hold wine tasting and sampling promotional events in county liquor dispensaries under specified circumstances; limiting the number of days during which events may be held in any 12--month period in the county to not more than 10; etc.
Senator Colburn

Wicomico County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Dispensary Reserve Fund
Altering the reserve fund established in Wicomico County to provide working capital and meet any losses in the operation of the county alcoholic beverages dispensaries; making the reserve fund subject to the approval of the Wicomico County Council; repealing the maximum limit for the reserve fund; repealing exclusions from the reserve fund; and requiring that net profits be paid to Wicomico County on specified dates.
Senator Colburn

Allegany County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- License Expiration
Establishing that in Allegany County an alcoholic beverages license expires 180 days after the licensee has closed the business or ceased active alcoholic beverages business operations; providing for exceptions to specified expiration provisions; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners under specified circumstances to grant an extension not exceeding a specified period; altering a specified exception to a restriction on the authority of the Board of License Commissioners to issue licenses; etc.
Senator Hafer

State Employees -- Special Pay Plans
Changing the effective date of Chapter 302 of the Acts of 2004, which establishes a Special Pay Plan for State employees, from July 1, 2005, to July 1, 2006; requiring the Maryland Supplemental Retirement Agency to study issues with regard to special pay plans; requiring the Maryland Supplemental Retirement Agency to request information from the Internal Revenue Service; and requiring the Maryland Supplemental Retirement Agency to report information to the Joint Committee on Pensions by December 31, 2005.
Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman Joint Committee on Pensions)

Caroline County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Open Containers
Making it a misdemeanor for a person in Caroline County to possess an open container of an alcoholic beverage under specified circumstances.
Senators Colburn and Pipkin

Trailers and Semitrailers -- Regulation Requirement -- Repeal
Repealing a requirement that the Secretary of Transportation adopt regulations to be effective on October 1, 2004, authorizing the use of surge brakes on trailers and semitrailers.
Senator Jimeno

Commercial Drivers' Licenses -- Standards, Requirements, and Penalties
Requiring a clerk of a court to establish specified reporting procedures; expanding the requirements for driving commercial motor vehicles; applying specified sanctions to a holder of a commercial driver's license under specified circumstances; establishing specified disqualifying offenses for commercial drivers; establishing a defense for a specified violation; authorizing specified persons to receive information in a specified driving record; expanding and clarifying specified definitions; etc.
Senator Jimeno

Alcoholic Beverages -- Limited Winery License -- Pomace Brandy
Authorizing holders of a limited winery license to distill and bottle pomace brandy and to sell and deliver pomace brandy to specified persons under specified circumstances; establishing a specified production limit for distilling and bottling pomace brandy; defining "pomace brandy"; etc.
Senators Harris and Jacobs

Unemployment Insurance -- Charging and Taxation -- Benefits -- Oversight Committee
Altering the unemployment insurance charging and taxation system; altering the standard rate of contribution; increasing the maximum weekly unemployment insurance benefit amount; increasing the amount of wages used to compute a claimant's weekly benefit amount for partial benefits; establishing an oversight committee; requiring the committee to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before specified dates; providing for the application of the Act; and providing for the termination of the oversight committee.
Senator Middleton, et al

Transportation -- Vehicle Laws -- Maximum Vehicle Width and Length
Providing for the calculation of the width of a motor home or a travel trailer; authorizing the State Highway Administration and local authorities to restrict the width of vehicles traveling on specified highways in their jurisdiction under specified circumstances; increasing the maximum length of a bus or Class M motor home when operated on specified highways or routes; increasing the maximum length of a specified maxi--cube vehicle; etc.
Senator Haines, et al

Education -- Baltimore City Public Schools -- Facilities
Repealing specified provisions of law requiring the transfer of public school buildings from the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; repealing a requirement that Baltimore City and the Baltimore City Public School System prepare a specified plan; repealing a requirement that prohibits the State from funding capital improvements to public school buildings in Baltimore City after 2009 under specified circumstances; etc.
Senator McFadden (Baltimore City Administration)

Health Insurance -- Substance Abuse Treatment -- Copayments
Prohibiting an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization from charging a copayment that is greater than 50% of the daily cost for methadone maintenance treatment.
Senator Lawlah

Local Governments -- Deposits of Unexpended or Surplus Money
Authorizing local governments to deposit unexpended or surplus money into specified depository institutions under specified circumstances; providing that specified deposits are not required to be collateralized under specified circumstances; etc.
Senator Lawlah, et al

Maryland Tort Claims Act -- Structured Settlements
Altering the definition of "structured settlement" to include a settlement of a claim in provisions of law authorizing the State to enter into structured settlements of claims under the Maryland Tort Claims Act; and requiring a specified investment company to be selected by the State and a claimant by mutual agreement.
Senator Lawlah, et al (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)

Arts and Entertainment Districts -- Tax Benefits
Altering the definition of qualifying resident artist for the purpose of tax benefits available in arts and entertainment districts; altering a specified income tax subtraction modification allowed for specified income derived within an arts and entertainment district; expanding the types of buildings in specified arts and entertainment districts for which a property tax credit may be granted; etc.
Senator Ruben, et al

Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2003 -- Baltimore Zoo
Extending the date by which the Maryland Zoological Society must provide evidence that a matching fund will be provided for a specified grant provided in the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2003.
Senator Hughes

Environment -- Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean--Up and Contingency Fund and Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund
Altering the amount per barrel that is the basis of the fee for the license for transferring oil in the State that is credited to the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean--Up and Contingency Fund; extending the termination date and altering the fee for a specified additional per barrel fee to be credited to the Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund; etc.
Senator Conway, et al

Frederick County -- Wine Consumption -- Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Allowing, under specified circumstances, residents and their guests in a continuing care retirement community in Frederick County that holds a Class C (on--sale) beer, wine and liquor license to consume wine not purchased from the continuing care retirement community.
Senators Mooney and Brinkley

On--Farm Food Service Facility -- License -- Length of Operation and Expiration
Defining an on--farm food services facility as one that is located on a farm, serves specified foods, and operates a specified number of consecutive days, subject to a specified renewal authority; providing for the expiration and renewal of an on--farm food service facility license; etc.
Senator Middleton, et al

Higher Education Loan Corporation and Program -- Repeal
Repealing all statutory provisions relating to the Higher Education Loan Program and the Maryland Higher Education Loan Corporation.
Chairman B&T (Dept)

State Government -- Maryland Security Council -- Abolition
Repealing specified provisions of law relating to the Maryland Security Council; and requiring the Governor's Emergency Management Advisory Council to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2005, and on or before December 1 each year thereafter.
Senator Harris

Baltimore City -- Sheriff -- Salary and Expense Allowance
Altering the expense allowance amount received by the Sheriff of Baltimore City; altering the salary of the Sheriff of Baltimore City; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent Sheriff of Baltimore City.
Senator Conway, et al

Maryland Energy Administration -- Energy Efficiency and Economic Development Loan Program
Establishing the Energy Efficiency and Economic Development Loan Program in the Maryland Energy Administration; establishing the purpose of the Program; establishing the duties of the Administration in relation to the Program; requiring a borrower to file a specified application to obtain a loan under the Program; requiring the application to contain specified information; providing for the authorized uses of the Fund; etc.
Senator Middleton

Harford County -- State's Attorney -- Salary
Increasing the salary of the State's Attorney for Harford County by specified amounts by specified dates; providing for the calculation of the annual salary increase on and after a specified date and setting a limit on the amount of the annual increase; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent State's Attorney for Harford County.
Harford County Senators

Harford County Sheriff -- Salary
Increasing the annual salary of the Sheriff of Harford County by specified amounts as of specified dates; providing for the calculation of the annual salary increase on and after a specified date and setting a limit on the amount of the annual increase; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary of the incumbent Sheriff of Harford County.
Harford County Senators

Mining -- Bond Supplement Reserve -- Payments and Assessments
Increasing the amount of money needed in a mining bond supplement reserve to temporarily end a specified payment, to temporarily end a specified assessment, and to resume a specified assessment; etc.
Senator Hafer

Unemployment Insurance -- Military Disability Severance Payments
Providing that an individual who is eligible for specified unemployment insurance benefits may receive the benefits, and the benefits may not be reduced under specified provisions of State unemployment insurance law, for each week that the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation finds that the individual receives or is eligible to receive military disability severance payments; and providing for the application of the Act.
Senator Hafer, et al

Prince George's County -- Kettering Largo Boys & Girls Club Storage Facility Loan of 2001
Amending the Prince George's County -- Kettering Largo Boys & Girls Club Storage Facility Loan of 2001 to extend the date by which the Board of Directors for the Kettering Largo Boys & Girls Club must provide a matching fund.
Senator Currie

Baltimore City -- Human and Community Development Centers Loan of 1998
Amending the Baltimore City -- Human and Community Development Centers Loan of 1998 to require that the loan proceeds be encumbered by the Board of Public Works or expended for specified purposes by a specified date.
Senator McFadden

State Personnel -- Appointments in Skilled and Professional Services -- Credits in Selection Tests -- Veterans with Service Connected Disability
Requiring an appointing authority to apply a credit of two additional points for an eligible veteran who has a service connected disability on any selection test administered to establish the placement, on a list of eligible candidates, of skilled service and professional service employees in the State Personnel Management System.
Delegate Leopold, et al

Sales and Use Tax -- Tax--Free Period for Back--to--School Shopping
Designating a 5--day period in August 2006 during which the sales and use tax does not apply to any item of clothing or footwear, excluding specified accessory items, if the taxable price of the item is $100 or less.
Delegate Cryor, et al

Witness Fees and Mileage Costs
Repealing the payment of attendance fees and mileage costs allowed to witnesses attending specified proceedings; etc.
Delegate Smigiel

Maryland Medical Assistance Program -- Medical Loss Ratio and Quality of Care
Authorizing a managed care organization or a certified health maintenance organization to appeal a decision of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene under specified circumstances; authorizing a managed care organization to take a specified appeal under the Administrative Procedure Act under specified circumstances; requiring the Secretary to adopt regulations prior to making specified adjustments to capitation payments; etc.
Delegate Hubbard, et al

Somerset County -- State's Attorney's Office -- Deputy State's Attorney
Authorizing the State's Attorney of Somerset County to appoint a deputy State's Attorney; and providing that the deputy State's Attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the State's Attorney, shall perform work as directed by the State's Attorney or as authorized by law, may not engage in the private practice of law, shall be paid a salary as set by the County Commissioners, and shall perform specified functions.
Delegate Elmore

St. Mary's County -- Property Tax -- Credit for Individuals Over Age 70
Authorizing the governing body of St. Mary's County to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county property tax imposed on specified real property owned by individuals at least 70 years old who are of limited income; authorizing the governing body of St. Mary's County to provide, by law, for eligibility for the credit, for the amount and duration of the tax credit, specified regulations and procedures, and any other provision necessary to carry out the credit; making the Act applicable to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2005; etc.
St. Mary's County Delegation

Education -- Public Schools -- Use of Asthma Drugs and Related Medication
Requiring each public school system to adopt a policy authorizing a student to possess and self--administer specified medication pertaining to the student's asthma or other airway--constricting disease while in school, at school--sponsored activities, or on school property; requiring specified prior written orders and verification before a student can self--administer medication; requiring the school nurse to conduct a specified assessment; etc.
Delegate Healey, et al

Natural Resources -- Tree Experts -- Licensing
Altering the definition of "tree expert" to require a person who trims, prunes, thins, cables, shapes, removes, or reduces the crown of trees to be licensed and subject to regulation by the Department of Natural Resources; and establishing that specified persons are not experts for specified purposes.
Delegates Moe and Frush

Anne Arundel County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Class A Wine Licenses
Adding Anne Arundel County to those counties that are authorized to issue a Class A light wine license to the holder of a Class 4 manufacturer's license or the holder of a Class 3 manufacturer's license that makes wine from agricultural products grown in Maryland; etc.
Delegate V Clagett

Judgeships -- Circuit Courts and District Court
Increasing the number of circuit court judgeships in Baltimore City and in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Montgomery, Washington, and Worcester counties; and increasing the number of District Court judgeships in Baltimore City and in Worcester, Calvert, Prince George's, and Anne Arundel counties.
The Speaker (Maryland Judiciary)

Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations
Extending to May 31, 2008, the termination provision for the Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations.
Delegate Hubbard, et al

Crimes -- Representation of Destructive Device -- Device or Container Labeled as Containing or Intended to Represent Toxic Material
Expanding the crime of manufacturing, possessing, transporting, or placing a device representing a destructive device with the intent to terrorize to include manufacturing, possessing, transporting, or placing a device or container that is labeled as containing or is intended to represent a toxic material with the intent to terrorize.
Delegate Zirkin

Correctional Facilities -- Commission on Correctional Standards
Increasing the membership of the Commission on Correctional Standards from 11 to 12; and giving the Commission the option, in the case of a correctional facility that is in violation of minimum mandatory standards, to periodically inspect the facility until compliance with those standards is attained.
Delegate Cadden, et al

Public Safety -- Mutual Aid Agreements -- Authority to Enforce Laws
Establishing that police officers and other officers, agents, and employees coming from one county or municipal corporation to another within the State under a mutual aid agreement may enforce the laws of the State to the same extent as authorized law enforcement officers of the receiving county or municipal corporation.
Delegate Niemann, et al

Health -- Hospital Summary Financial Statement -- Physician Charges
Requiring a hospital to include in a summary financial statement information regarding how charges for services rendered by a physician will be billed separately from total hospital charges.
Delegate V Turner, et al

Natural Resources -- Wild Waterfowl Hunting -- Tidal Potomac River
Decreasing from 800 to 400 yards the distance from shore that the Department of Natural Resources may authorize by regulation the hunting of wild waterfowl by specified methods in the tidal waters of the Potomac River; and creating for the tidal waters of the Potomac River an exception to the requirement that a person who hunts wild waterfowl by specified methods must hunt 800 yards from the shore.
Delegate Levy, et al

State Board of Nursing -- Miscellaneous Provisions
Altering the terms for the president and secretary of the State Board of Nursing; repealing a provision that prohibits the limitation of delegating specified nursing functions to specified geriatric nursing assistants and medicine aides; authorizing the Board to issue temporary practice letters to specified nurse practitioners and nurse--midwives; establishing that the Board may take specified action if an applicant or licensee violates orders from the Board; etc.
Delegate Nathan--Pulliam, et al

Commercial Fertilizer -- Ammonium Nitrate -- Sale or Distribution Information
Requiring a distributor of ammonium nitrate to maintain, for at least 2 years, a record of sale or distribution information; requiring a distributor to make available specified information to the Secretary of Agriculture on request; requiring the Secretary to maintain specified records; and requiring the Secretary, in consultation with the Office of Homeland Security, to adopt specified regulations.
Delegate Moe, et al

Criminal Law -- Destroying Funerary Objects -- Revisions
Providing that prohibitions relating to the destruction of funerary objects do not prohibit specified repair, replacement, or maintenance activities.
Delegate Petzold, et al

Natural Resources -- Program Open Space Funds -- Transfer to Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Financing Fund and Required Study
Increasing the amount of money authorized to be transferred in a specified manner to the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Financing Fund from specified funds distributed to Program Open Space; and requiring the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority to conduct a specified study and submit a specified report to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2005.
Delegates Doory and McIntosh

Health General -- Diseases Required to be Reported by Medical Laboratories -- Creutzfeldt--Jakob Disease
Adding Creutzfeldt--Jakob Disease to a list of diseases and conditions required to be reported by medical laboratories to specified agencies.
Delegate Morhaim, et al

Montgomery County Bingo Prizes MC 511--05
Increasing from $500 to $1,000 the maximum dollar value amount that may be awarded in money prizes for each bingo game operated by a qualified organization in Montgomery County.
Montgomery County Delegation

Howard County -- Sheriff -- Salary Increase Ho. Co. 7--05
Increasing the annual salary of the Sheriff of Howard County to $85,000 over a 4--year period; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent Sheriff of Howard County.
Howard County Delegation

Natural Resources -- Forest or Park Reserve Fund -- Payments to Counties
Altering provisions relating to annual payments made to counties from the State Forest or Park Reserve Fund to require the Department of Natural Resources to pay counties a specified percentage of the gross revenue derived from the State forest or park reserve located in the county; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Delegate Edwards

Garrett County -- Gross Weight of Vehicles -- County Roads
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Garrett County to establish the authorized gross maximum weight of a specified vehicle using any part of Table Rock Road and Wilson Run Road that is owned and maintained by the county; and establishing that a specified gross maximum weight may not exceed 87,000 pounds.
Delegate Edwards

Business Occupations and Professions -- Architects -- Continuing Education
Altering the number of continuing education contact hours a licensed architect is required to complete to qualify for renewal of a license; altering the time period within which continuing education contact hours must be completed to qualify for renewal of a license; making a requirement to submit verification of completion of continuing education requirements subject to a request by the State Board of Architects; etc.
Delegate Love, et al

Consumer Protection -- Enforcement Authority of Consumer Protection Division
Altering the stipulations or conditions that the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General may include in a written assurance of discontinuance, settlement agreement, or cease and desist order provided for under specified provisions of the Consumer Protection Act; requiring the Division to consider specified criteria in determining the amount of security a violator or alleged violator of the Consumer Protection Act must post under specified circumstances; etc.
Delegate Krysiak, et al

State Police -- Cease Fire Council -- Transfer to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention
Transferring the administration of the Cease Fire Council from the Department of State Police to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention; specifying the staff for the Council; and requiring that the Assistant Attorney General assigned to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention be the legal advisor to the Council.
Chairman JUD (Dept)

Cecil County -- Alcoholic Beverages Licensees -- Administrative Proceedings
Adding Cecil County to the list of counties in which the granting of probation before judgment to an alcoholic beverages licensee for selling or furnishing alcoholic beverages to an underaged individual does not bar the Board of License Commissioners from proceeding administratively against the licensee for the violation.
Cecil County Delegation

Courts and Judicial Proceedings -- Cecil County -- Salary of the Sheriff
Increasing the annual salary of the Sheriff of Cecil County, beginning with calendar year 2007; providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent Sheriff of Cecil County; etc.
Cecil County Delegation

State Board of Morticians -- Authority to Conduct Audits
Authorizing the State Board of Morticians to conduct specified audits of specified licensees; authorizing the Board to issue subpoenas and administer oaths in connection with specified audits; etc.
Delegate Boutin

Kent County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Fines
Increasing the maximum amount of fines that the Board of License Commissioners of Kent County may impose for first, second, and third or subsequent violations of alcoholic beverages provisions.
Delegate Walkup, et al

Kent County -- Sheriff of Kent County -- Salary
Increasing the annual salary of the Sheriff of Kent County, beginning with a specified calendar year; providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent Sheriff of Kent County; etc.
Delegate Walkup, et al

State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program -- Employees of the Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center -- Participation
Expanding the definition of "qualifying not--for--profit organization" to include the Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, thereby authorizing employees of the Center to participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program.
Delegate Niemann

Natural Resources -- Nonresident Hunting Licenses -- Types and Fees
Establishing a nonresident junior hunting license; establishing a fee of $65 for the license; altering the fee for a specified license; eliminating specified reciprocal license provisions with specified states; providing for compensation for designated persons who sell nonresident hunting licenses; etc.
Delegate Edwards

Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund -- Duration
Extending the termination date of the Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund from June 30, 2006 to June 30, 2009.
Chairman APP (Maryland Judicial Conference)

Education -- Comprehensive Master Plan Updates -- Due Dates
Altering the date by which county boards of education must submit master plan updates and other information to the State Department of Education; and altering the date by which the State Superintendent of Schools must make a certain report.
Delegate Conway

Department of the Environment -- Surface Mining -- Issuance of Permits -- Prohibition
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a surface mining permit until the appropriate county has completed a land use review and provided the Department with a specified written statement.
Delegates Glassman and James

Economic Development -- Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority
Altering the maximum amount of loan guarantees from the Contract Financing Fund by the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority (MSBDFA); altering the maximum amounts of surety guarantees and bonds of MSBDFA under the Small Business Surety Bond Program; altering the scope of businesses that MSBDFA may assist under the Equity Participation Investment Program; establishing and altering limitations for investments by MSBDFA under that Program; etc.
Delegate Conway, et al

Maryland Uniform Environmental Covenants Act
Enacting the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act; establishing rules to govern the creation, applicability, maintenance, and enforcement of an environmental covenant; establishing the rights and duties arising from an environmental covenant; and making the Act severable.
Delegate McIntosh

Nursing Homes -- Family Council -- Administrative Functions
Authorizing nursing homes to assist a family council in the administrative functions of operating a family council under specified circumstances; and providing that the nursing home may assist the family council for longer than a specified period of time under specified circumstances.
Delegate Murray, et al

Natural Resources -- Seafood Landing License -- Establishment
Establishing the seafood landing license; requiring unlicensed persons who land fish caught in out--of--state waters to obtain a seafood landing license; and establishing a $150 annual fee for the seafood landing license.
Delegates Bozman and McIntosh

Environment -- Ballast Water Management
Repealing specified ballast water management provisions that require the reporting of vessel ballast water management activities by specified ships entering Maryland waters; and repealing specified penalties.
Chairman ENV (Dept)

Family Law -- Local Domestic Violence Fatality Review Teams
Authorizing the establishment of local domestic violence fatality review teams; authorizing specified persons to organize a local team; establishing the membership of a local team; requiring a local team to elect a chair; establishing the purposes and duties of a local team; authorizing a local team to review specified criminal cases; exempting specified persons acting within the scope of the jurisdiction of a local domestic violence fatality review team from civil liability under specified circumstances; etc.
Delegate Sophocleus, et al

Garrett County -- Gaming Events, Paper Gaming, and Bingo -- Regulation
Establishing in Garrett County licensing and regulatory procedures for specified persons to conduct specified gaming events, paper gaming, or bingo; establishing specified maximum prizes and awards; authorizing specified persons to engage in paper gaming under specified circumstances; requiring the County Commissioners to establish a Special Gaming Fund; etc.
Delegate Edwards

Department of State Police -- Explosives Advisory Council -- Repeal
Repealing the Explosives Advisory Council within the Department of State Police.
Chairman JUD (Dept)

Criminal Procedure -- Sex Offender Registration -- Supervising Authority
Altering the definition of "supervising authority" to include the court in which a specified registrant is convicted if the registrant's sentence is modified to time served.
Chairman JUD (Dept)

Charles County -- Education -- Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Instructors
Including Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) instructors in the definition of "public school employees" for the purpose of specified provisions of law related to organizations of certificated employees in Charles County.
Charles County Delegation

Local Fire and Police System -- Withdrawal of Participating Governmental Units
Requiring that if a participating governmental unit withdraws from the Local Fire and Police System (LFPS), all of the employees of the participating governmental unit who are members of the LFPS must also withdraw; requiring the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System to transfer liabilities and assets allocable to former vested members, retirees, or surviving beneficiaries of deceased members, former vested members, or retirees of the LFPS to the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Allegany County Delegation

Commercial Law -- Antitrust -- Business of Insurance
Providing that specified provisions of law do not make illegal the activity of a person engaged in the business of insurance with respect to conduct regulated by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner or authorized by specified provisions of law; providing that specified provisions of the Act may not be construed to prevent the application of specified provisions of law to persons who agree to or engage in specified acts; and making a specified stylistic change.
Delegate D Davis

Maryland Military Installation Strategic Planning Council -- Extension
Altering the termination date of the Maryland Military Installation Strategic Planning Council from December 31, 2005, to December 31, 2007.
Chairman ECM (Dept)

Task Force to Study Identity Theft
Establishing a Task Force to Study Identity Theft; specifying the membership and duties of the Task Force; providing for the appointment of a Senate co--chairman and House co--chairman of the Task Force; providing for the staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation for serving on the Task Force; authorizing a member of the Task Force to receive reimbursement; requiring a report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2006; etc.
Delegate Lee, et al

Task Force to Study Identity Theft
Establishing a Task Force to Study Identity Theft; specifying the membership and duties of the Task Force; providing for the appointment of a Senate co--chairman and House co--chairman of the Task Force; providing for the staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation for serving on the Task Force; authorizing a member of the Task Force to receive reimbursement for specified expenses; requiring a report to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2006; etc.
Senator Jones, et al

Caroline County and Cecil County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Wineries
Authorizing Class A light wine licenses to be issued in Caroline County and Cecil County; increasing to 22% the maximum percentage of alcohol by volume permitted in light wine for light wine licenses issued in Cecil County; requiring in Caroline County that the Board of License Commissioners set a specified fee with the approval of the Board of County Commissioners; and exempting Cecil County wineries applying for a specified license from specified quotas.
Cecil County Delegation

Cecil County -- Dog and Kennel Licenses
Excluding Cecil County from specified provisions of law relating to dog and kennel licenses; requiring that the fees, terms, and forms for dog and kennel licenses in Cecil County be determined by the County Commissioners of Cecil County; etc.
Cecil County Delegation

Public Safety -- Statewide DNA Data Base System -- Use of Match as Probable Cause
Altering the use as probable cause of a match obtained between an evidence sample and an entry in the statewide DNA data base system.
Delegate Rosenberg

Carroll County -- Property Tax -- Credit for Elderly Individuals of Limited Income
Authorizing the governing body of Carroll County to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county property tax imposed on specified real property owned by individuals who are at least 65 years old and of limited incomes; authorizing the governing body of Carroll County to provide, by law, for eligibility criteria for the credit, the amount and duration of the tax credit, regulations and procedures, and any other provisions necessary to carry out the credit; applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2005; etc.
Carroll County Delegation

State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators -- Inactive Status -- Penalties and Disciplinary Actions
Requiring owners of nursing homes or other appropriate nursing home authorities to provide specified notice to the State Board of Nursing Homes Administrators under specified circumstances; authorizing the Board to place licensees on inactive status for a specified term under specified circumstances; requiring the Board to provide written notification to licensees on inactive status under specified circumstances; prohibiting a licensee on inactive status from practicing as a nursing home administrator in the State; etc.
Delegate Mandel, et al

Well Drillers -- Permit and License Requirements -- Exceptions
Authorizing a person who has not been issued a well--drilling permit by the Department of the Environment or a person who has not been licensed by the State Board of Well Drillers to install a specified dewatering device under specified conditions; requiring a person installing a dewatering device under the Act to restore subsurface conditions to a previous level; etc.
Delegate Malone, et al

Washington County -- Correctional Facility Programs -- Participation
Requiring the Sheriff of Washington County to establish eligibility criteria to determine whether an inmate may participate in a home detention program, a work release program, or a pretrial release program; and removing the condition that an inmate may participate in these programs only if the inmate does not have any charges pending in any jurisdiction.
Washington County Delegation

Injury to or Death of Pet -- Damages
Establishing that a person who tortiously causes an injury to or death of a pet is liable to the owner of the pet for compensatory damages of not more than $7,500; etc.
Delegate McComas, et al

Criminal Law -- Altering the Outcome of a Drug or Alcohol Screening Test -- Substituting Other Substance
Including, in the crime of altering the outcome of a specified drug or alcohol screening test, the prohibition against the substitution, in whole or in part, of any other substance for the bodily fluid sample to be tested.
Delegate McComas, et al

Criminal Procedure -- HIV Testing -- Time Limits
Establishing a time limit in which a court, except for good cause, must hold a hearing after the court is presented with a victim's request for a hearing on whether a person charged with a crime or delinquent act that may have caused or resulted in exposure of the victim to HIV must be tested for HIV; establishing a time limit in which a court, except for good cause, must issue a specified order after the conclusion of the hearing; etc.
Delegate Lee, et al

Children in Need of Assistance or Supervision -- Notice of Truancy
Authorizing the juvenile court to notify specified school officials of the fact that a child has been found to be in need of assistance or in need of supervision and has been committed to a specified custody or under a specified guardianship; prohibiting the notice to school officials from including an order or pleading related to the child in need of assistance or supervision case; and requiring specified school officials to give specified notice under specified circumstances.
Delegate Bartlett

Licensed Out--of--State Certified Public Accountants -- Authority to Practice Certified Public Accountancy
Authorizing a certified public accountant licensed in another state to practice certified public accountancy in the State after providing specified notification to the Board and under specified circumstances; authorizing a specified certified public accountant to represent to the public that the certified public accountant is authorized to practice certified public accountancy in the State; providing for the expiration date of a specified individual's right to practice certified public accountancy; etc.
Delegate Krebs, et al

Vehicle Equipment -- Amber Flashing Lights -- Security Guard Agencies
Authorizing a licensed security guard agency to equip its vehicles with amber flashing lights; and authorizing a person to activate specified amber flashing lights only while on duty on property that the agency is responsible for patrolling.
Delegate Boteler, et al

State Fire Prevention Commission -- Evacuation Assistance Symbol -- Repeal
Repealing the requirement that the State Fire Prevention Commission develop a program to identify, by the display of a sign, sticker, or other appropriate symbol, the dwellings of occupants who, because of age, blindness, disability, or physical or mental illness, are unable to evacuate the dwelling without assistance in case of fire; and repealing the requirement that the State Fire Prevention Commission adopt regulations to govern the distribution and use of the symbols.
Chairman HGO (Dept)

Maryland Environmental Service -- Procurement
Clarifying the authority of the Maryland Environmental Service to undertake specified procurements and to provide a process to resolve disputes.
Chairman HGO (Dept)

Somerset County -- Tax Sales -- Auctioneers -- Fees
Providing that auctioneers are allowed $8 for each property sold at tax sales in Somerset County; repealing a specified limit on auctioneers' fees at tax sales in Somerset County; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Delegate Elmore

Prince George's County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Additional Class B Licenses PG 314--05
Authorizing the Prince George's County Board of License Commissioners to allow a specified holder of a Class B beer, wine and liquor license to hold or have an interest in an additional license, if the restaurant for which the license is sought is within a specified waterfront entertainment retail complex as defined by a county ordinance or a commercial establishment on 100 or more acres designated by the County Executive as a recreational, destination, or entertainment attraction; etc.
Prince George's County Delegation

Prince George's County -- Board of License Commissioners -- Authority to Approve Transfers -- Attorney Benefits PG 324--05
Making the attorney for the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George's County eligible for specified health and retirement benefits; and authorizing the Prince George's County Board of License Commissioners to approve the transfer of one Class D beer and light wine license with an off--sale privilege from a specified alcoholic beverages district to another specified alcoholic beverages district for use on a specified premises.
Prince George's County Delegation

Prince George's County -- Parking of Commercial Vehicles in Residential Areas PG 406--05
Prohibiting a person from parking specified commercial vehicles in zoned residential areas in Prince George's County; providing an exception; making the Act inapplicable to specified vehicles engaged under specified circumstances; making the Act inapplicable in municipal corporations in Prince George's County; defining a term; specifying penalties; etc.
Prince George's County Delegation

Prince George's County -- Alcoholic Beverages Licenses -- Nudity and Sexual Displays PG 300--05
Adding Prince George's County to those jurisdictions that prohibit nudity and sexual displays in establishments licensed to sell alcoholic beverages; requiring the Prince George's County Board of License Commissioners to revoke an alcoholic beverages license if, after a hearing, a nudity or sexual display restriction is found to have been violated in the licensed establishment; and requiring the Board to grant a specified exemption to specified persons.
Prince George's County Delegation

Vehicle Laws -- Utility Emergencies -- Incidental Drivers
Providing that specified provisions relating to motor carriers do not apply to incidental drivers during a declared utility emergency; providing that specified incidental drivers employed by or under contract with a utility company are exempt from specified requirements during a utility emergency under specified circumstances; etc.
Delegate Barve

Public Safety -- Deceased Military Member -- State Flag Presented to Family
Requiring the Secretary of State to issue a State flag to the family of a member of the military when the member is killed in the performance of duty; and requiring the flag to be presented by the Department of Veterans Affairs when the deceased is a member of the military.
Delegate Minnick, et al

Office of the State Fire Marshal -- Hazardous Duty Pay
Increasing, from $50 to $150, the maximum amount of hazardous duty pay that the Secretary of Budget and Management is required to set for specified employees of the State Fire Marshal's office.
Chairman APP (Dept)

Electric Companies -- Net Energy Metering -- Biomass Electric Generating Facilities
Including biomass electric generating facilities in the facilities eligible for net energy metering; increasing the maximum kilowatt capacity that specified electrical generating facilities owned by eligible customers may have; providing that specified electric generating facilities may only be used for net metering if the Public Service Commission makes a specified finding; requiring biomass electric generating systems used by eligible customers to meet specified safety and performance standards; etc.
Delegate Stull, et al

Natural Resources -- Wildlife -- Hunting Restrictions
Authorizing a person in Dorchester County to hunt deer on specified Sundays on private land with a bow and arrow during October and November; and prohibiting a person, while hunting any bird or mammal, from shooting or discharging any firearm or other deadly weapon within 150 yards of a church.
Delegate Eckardt, et al

Alcoholic Beverages -- Furnishing for or Allowing Underage Consumption -- Fines
Increasing the fines to $1,000 for first offenders and to $1,500 for subsequent offenders of the prohibition against knowingly furnishing an alcoholic beverage to an individual under the age of 21 years for the purpose of consumption and of the prohibition against knowingly and willingly allowing an individual under the age of 21 years actually to possess or consume an alcoholic beverage at a specified residence.
Delegates Cryor and Arnick

Garrett County -- Wine Festival License -- Sunday Sales
Authorizing a wine festival license issued for use in election district 11 or 15 in Garrett County to allow Sunday sales to begin at 10 a.m.; and exempting wine festival sales from taking place only with or after an order for a meal placed by a consumer.
Delegate Edwards

State Commission on Kidney Disease -- Membership
Altering the membership of the State Commission on Kidney Disease.
Delegate Nathan--Pulliam

Real Property -- Release of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust -- Retention Requirement
Repealing a specified requirement that a clerk retain specified mortgages and deeds of trust for 25 years under specified circumstances.
Delegate Kelly

Howard County -- Appointment and Tenure of Deputy Sheriffs Ho. Co. 23--05
Establishing the rights and tenure for individuals appointed by the Sheriff of Howard County to serve as deputy sheriffs under specified circumstances; establishing a probationary period for specified deputy sheriffs and requiring the Sheriff to evaluate specified deputy sheriffs during a specified period; mandating specified training requirements and standards for specified deputy sheriffs; establishing specified discipline and appeal rights, standards, and requirements; etc.
Howard County Delegation

Baltimore City -- Orphans' Court Judges -- Salary Increases
Increasing to a specified amount the annual salaries of the associate judges and the Chief Judge of the Orphans' Court for Baltimore City; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salaries or compensation of the incumbent associate judges and the Chief Judge of the Orphans' Court for Baltimore City.
Delegate Rosenberg, et al

Natural Resources -- Chesapeake Bay Trust -- Scope of Authority
Altering the purpose and scope of authority of the Chesapeake Bay Trust.
Delegate Montgomery, et al

Economic Development -- Local Redevelopment Authorities
Authorizing the Secretary of Business and Economic Development to create specified local redevelopment authorities in accordance with the federal Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990; requiring the Secretary of the Department to file articles of incorporation of an authority with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; extending the termination date of the Maryland Military Installation Strategic Planning Council; etc.
Delegate Bohanan

Health Insurance -- Payment of Claims for Reimbursement -- Erroneous Denial of Provider's Claim
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to reprocess claims for reimbursement submitted by specified health care providers under specified circumstances.
Delegate Bromwell, et al

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene -- Federally Qualified Health Centers Grant Program
Creating the Federally Qualified Health Centers Grant Program; authorizing the Board of Public Works, on the recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, to provide grants under the Program to counties, municipal corporations, and nonprofit corporations for federally qualified health centers; requiring the Governor to include funding in the capital budget for the Federally Qualified Health Centers Grant Program; etc.
The President (Administration), et al

Waste Management Administration -- Lead Poisoning Prevention
Reducing elevated blood lead levels required to make a qualified offer and to initiate specified notice to property owners; requiring property owners to perform specified procedures to satisfy specified requirements; eliminating the grace period for specified violations; altering definitions; etc.
The Speaker (Administration), et al

Department of Human Resources -- Disclosure of Information -- Hospitals and Birthing Centers
Allowing disclosure of specified records and reports concerning child abuse or neglect to a licensed practitioner of a hospital or birthing center for the purpose of making discharge decisions concerning a child, when the practitioner suspects that the child may be in danger after discharge based on the practitioner's observation of behavior of the child's parents or immediate family; and requiring the Department of Human Resources to submit a specified report.
The Speaker (Administration), et al

Community Health Care Access and Safety Net Act of 2005
Altering the eligibility requirements of the Maryland Pharmacy Discount Program to cover individuals who are not Medicare beneficiaries, who lack other public or private prescription drug coverage, and who have a specified annual household income, and to exclude Medicare beneficiaries; requiring hospitals to develop financial assistance policies to provide free and reduced--cost care to specified patients; establishing the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission; etc.
Delegate Hurson, et al

Maryland Pharmacy Programs -- Modifications and Subsidies for Medicare Drug Benefits
Renaming the Senior Prescription Drug Program to be the Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program; altering the eligibility requirements for and purpose of the Program; requiring the Program to provide a State subsidy for the cost of a portion of Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage Plan premiums and deductibles; repealing the Maryland Pharmacy Discount Program; etc.
Senator Middleton, et al

Maryland Pharmacy Programs -- Modifications and Subsidies for Medicare Drug Benefits
Renaming the Senior Prescription Drug Program to be the Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program; altering the eligibility requirements for and purpose of the Program; requiring the Program to provide a State subsidy for a portion of the cost of Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage Plan premiums and deductibles; etc.
Delegate Hammen, et al

Law Enforcement Officer Protection Act
Establishing the crime of assault against specified law enforcement officers as an assault in the second degree; prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another knowing or having reason to know that the other is a law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of official duties; providing that the District Court has jurisdiction that is concurrent with a circuit court in criminal cases involving assault against law enforcement officers; etc.
Senator Miller, et al

Aging -- Congregate Housing -- Civil Money Penalties
Authorizing the Secretary of Aging to impose civil money penalties against congregate housing providers; establishing requirements for the content of a notice of a civil money penalty; and providing that a provider has the right to appeal a civil money penalty in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Chairman FIN (Dept)

Insurance -- Workers' Compensation -- Cancellation or Nonrenewal of Policies
Clarifying specified provisions relating to the nonrenewal of workers' compensation policies; requiring an insurer to provide notice to an employer at least 10 days before cancellation of a workers' compensation policy for nonpayment of premium; requiring that a notice be mailed in a specified manner; requiring that a specified notice state a specified reason for cancellation or nonrenewal; requiring an insurer to file a copy of the notice with the State Workers' Compensation Commission's designee; etc.
Chairman FIN (Dept)

Baltimore City -- 46th Alcoholic Beverages District -- Restaurant Exemptions
Exempting specified restaurants in specified areas in Baltimore City from prohibitions concerning the issuance and transfer of alcoholic beverages licenses; and requiring that, to qualify for an exemption, a restaurant meet specified standards concerning capital investment, seating capacity, and average daily receipts, and not conduct sales for off--premises consumption.
Senator Della

Family Law -- Interception of State Payments for Child Support Arrears
Authorizing the Child Support Enforcement Administration to send certification to the State Comptroller concerning specified child support obligors; requiring the Administration to send a specified notice to specified obligors; authorizing the collection of specified arrearages by intercepting payments issued by the State Comptroller; requiring the State Comptroller to transfer to the Administration specified payments; providing for the right of the obligor to appeal an interception; etc.
Chairman JPR (Dept)

Fishing Licenses -- Disability Exemption
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue 1--day fishing license exemptions to nonprofit organizations which take physically or mentally disabled individuals fishing; and providing a fishing license exemption for specified disabled veterans and mental health patients under specified conditions.
Chairman EHE (Dept)

Medicare Supplement Plan A Policies -- Individuals With a Disability -- Rates
Requiring a carrier, under specified circumstances, to make available a Medicare supplement policy plan A to an individual eligible for Medicare due to a disability; prohibiting a carrier from charging individuals who, regardless of age, are eligible for Medicare due to a disability a higher rate for a Medicare supplement policy plan A than the rate charged by the carrier to individuals in the same county or same zip code who are eligible for Medicare due to age; requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to conduct a study; etc.
Senator Kelley

Higher Education -- Private Donation Incentive Program -- Extension of Deadline
Altering the date before which pledged amounts must be paid by eligible private donors to Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Morgan State University, and University of Maryland Eastern Shore from January 1, 2006 to January 1, 2010 in order to effectuate matching payments by the State as part of the Private Donation Incentive Program; etc.
Senator Lawlah, et al

Task Force to Study Electronic Health Records
Establishing a Task Force to Study Electronic Health Records; providing for the composition of the Task Force; prohibiting members from receiving compensation but entitling members to reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study electronic health records and the current and potential expansion of electronic health record utilization in the State; requiring the Task Force to submit a specified report on or before December 31, 2007; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Senator Hollinger

Assisted Living Programs -- Criteria for Requiring Manager Training
Altering the criteria used to determine whether managers of licensed assisted living programs are required to complete a manager training course and continuing education that meets specified requirements.
Senator Teitelbaum, et al

Quality Teacher Incentive Act -- Increasing Participation
Increasing the maximum number of teachers selected each year to participate in the State and Local Aid Program for Certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards from 500 to 750; and generally relating to participation in the Program.
Senator Pinsky, et al

Health -- Maryland Health Care Commission -- Membership
Increasing the number of members on the Maryland Health Care Commission; altering the qualifications for membership on the Maryland Health Care Commission; and establishing additional requirements for the appointment of members to the Maryland Health Care Commission.
Senator Forehand, et al

Reimbursement of Health Care Providers -- Sunset Repeal
Repealing termination provisions relating to the reimbursement of specified health care providers by specified health maintenance organizations at a specified rate under specified circumstances and the disclosure of specified information under specified circumstances.
Senator Astle, et al

The Sara Hohne Patient Protection Act
Allowing a hospital to discharge a patient under specified conditions; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to impose a civil money penalty under specified circumstances; etc.
Senators Hollinger and Kittleman

Health Occupations -- Podiatrists -- Scope of Practice
Allowing specified surgical procedures performed by licensed podiatrists to be performed in a licensed ambulatory surgical center under specified circumstances; requiring a licensed podiatrist who performs specified surgical procedures in a licensed ambulatory surgical center to have specified surgical privileges at a licensed hospital and meet specified requirements; etc.
Senator Hollinger, et al

Task Force to Study Retiree Health Care Funding Options
Establishing a Task Force to Study Retiree Health Care Funding Options; providing for the membership, chair, duties, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on its findings; and providing for the termination of the Act.
Senator Kasemeyer

Task Force on Assistance to Disabled Veterans Establishing Small Businesses
Establishing a Task Force on Assistance to Disabled Veterans Establishing Small Businesses; specifying the membership and duties of the Task Force; providing for staffing and requiring the Governor to appoint a chair of the Task Force; prohibiting the members of the Task Force from receiving compensation but authorizing specified reimbursement; requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2005; etc.
Senator Garagiola, et al

Hospitals -- HIV Testing -- Public Safety Worker
Requiring designated hospital infectious disease/communicable disease officers to order tests to be conducted in a specified manner and in accordance with specified recommendations on blood samples or other body fluids of specified hospital patients for the presence of antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) under specified circumstances; requiring a public safety worker to give notice to a medical director under a specified circumstance; etc.
Senator McFadden (Baltimore City Administration)

Health Insurance -- Treatment of Morbid Obesity
Altering the duties of the Task Force to Study Utilization Review of the Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity; altering the date a report of the Task Force is provided to committees of the General Assembly; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Maryland Insurance Administration to provide staffing for the Task Force; requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to annually provide a report to committees of the General Assembly; etc.
Senator Middleton, et al

Public Health -- Children -- Notice of Drinking Water Contamination
Requiring specified water systems to notify in writing specified private schools, public schools, child care centers, and family day care homes of specified water contamination; requiring private schools, public schools, child care centers, and family day care homes to give notice of drinking water contamination to the parent or legal guardian of each child attending these institutions; and establishing requirements for the notice.
Senator Hooper, et al

Public Health -- Children -- Notice of Drinking Water Contamination
Requiring specified water systems to notify in writing specified private schools, public schools, child care centers, and family day care homes of specified water contamination; requiring private schools, public schools, child care centers, and family day care homes to give notice of drinking water contamination to the parent or legal guardian of each child attending these institutions; and establishing requirements for the notice.
Delegate Jennings, et al

Higher Education Institutions -- Blind Individuals -- Access to Technology
Requiring governing boards of public institutions of higher education to develop, by a specified date, a specified clause relating to nonvisual access for use in the procurement of specified technology; requiring a specified clause adopted by the governing bodies of specified institutions to be consistent with specified standards developed by the Department of Budget and Management; defining specified terms; etc.
Senator Conway, et al

Adult Education and Literacy Services -- Waiting List -- Funding
Requiring the Governor to increase a specified appropriation in the State budget for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 for the State Department of Education to distribute as Literacy Works grants in order to reduce the waiting list for adult education and literacy services; etc.
Senator Hogan, et al

State Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board
Establishing a State Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board; specifying the membership and duties of the Advisory Board; providing for staffing of the Advisory Board; requiring the Advisory Board to meet at least once within a specified time period; requiring the Advisory Board to elect a chair once every year; providing for specified term limits for members of the Advisory Board; prohibiting members of the Advisory Board from receiving compensation for serving on the Advisory Board; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Senator Kelley, et al

Sales and Use Tax -- Modular Buildings
Providing that for the sale of modular buildings, as defined, the sales and use tax rate is to be applied to 60% of the taxable price for the sale; etc.
Senator Brinkley

Education -- Children in State--Supervised Care -- Transfer of Educational Records
Requiring a placement agency responsible for a child in State--supervised care, or the agency's designee, to provide notice to a public school or a specified nonpublic school regarding the enrollment or imminent enrollment of a child in State--supervised care; requiring a sending school to orally inform a receiving school of the grade level of the child; requiring a sending school to convey specified information to a receiving school; etc.
Senator Kelley, et al

Community Associations -- Civil Liability
Altering the definition of "community association" for purposes of provisions of law that limit the civil liability of community associations and their agents under specified circumstances.
Senators Stone and Giannetti

Task Force on the Establishment of a Prescription Drug Repository Program
Establishing a Task Force on the Establishment of a Prescription Drug Repository Program; providing for the composition, chair, staffing, and duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2006; and providing for the termination of the Act.
Senator Teitelbaum, et al

Cecil County -- Solicitation of Money or Donations from Occupants of Vehicles -- Prohibitions and Exceptions
Prohibiting, in Cecil County, a person from standing, or causing, encouraging, allowing, or petitioning another to stand, in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle, subject to a specified exception; authorizing the County Commissioners of Cecil County or the governing body of a municipal corporation in Cecil County to enact a permit program to allow specified individuals or representatives of specified organizations to solicit donations in a specified manner; etc.
Cecil County Senators

Student Health Promotion Act of 2005
Requiring each county board of education to include the importance of physical activity as part of instruction in health education; requiring all vending machines in public schools to have and use a timing device in accordance with specified policies; etc.
Senator Pinsky, et al

Criminal Law and Procedure -- Criminal Gang Offenses
Prohibiting a person from threatening an individual, or a friend or family member of an individual, with physical violence with the intent to coerce, induce, or solicit the individual to participate in or prevent the individual from leaving a criminal gang; prohibiting specified threats or physical violence within a specified distance of specified school property; establishing specified penalties for specified violations of the Act; etc.
Senator Jacobs, et al

Frederick County -- County Commissioners -- Salaries
Increasing the salaries of the County Commissioners of Frederick County to $45,000 per year; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salaries or compensation of the incumbent County Commissioners.
Senator Brinkley

Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics -- Regulation
Defining the term "person" to include a unit of State or local government if the State or local unit of government is the operator of the facility or an operator of a facility owned by a unit of State or local government, as the term is used in provisions of law regulating food, drugs, and cosmetics.
Chairman EHE (Dept)

Health Insurance -- High--Deductible Health Plans -- Prohibition on Deductible -- Exception
Establishing an exception to a specified prohibition against specified health insurance carriers imposing a deductible for specified health insurance coverage provided to mothers and newborn children; authorizing the health insurance carriers to require that specified health insurance coverage be subject to the deductible of a high--deductible health plan under specified circumstances; etc.
Chairman FIN (Dept)

Department of Transportation -- Personnel -- Disciplinary Action
Requiring an appointing authority or a designated representative of the Department of Transportation to initiate specified steps before taking any disciplinary action related to employee misconduct; authorizing the appointing authority or designated representative to suspend an employee, with or without pay, under specified circumstances; etc.
Senator Della

Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services -- Establishment, Membership, and Duties
Establishing the Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services; providing for the membership, tenure, and chairs of the Committee; requiring the Committee to monitor access to public mental health services for eligible individuals and medically necessary mental health services for individuals covered by private insurance; requiring the Committee to submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding systemic barriers to access and recommendations to mitigate these barriers; etc.
Senator Kelley, et al

Agriculture -- Governor's Advisory Commission on Maryland Wine and Grape Growing
Establishing the Governor's Advisory Commission on Maryland Wine and Grape Growing; establishing the membership of the Commission; establishing the terms of the membership of the Commission; establishing specified procedures of the Commission; providing for the Governor to appoint the members; providing for the Governor to designate a member as Chairman; establishing specified duties and powers of the Commission; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide staff to the Commission; repealing specified definitions; etc.
Senator Munson

Agriculture -- Maryland Wine and Grape Promotion Fund and Council -- Establishment
Establishing a Maryland Wine and Grape Promotion Fund; establishing a Maryland Wine and Grape Promotion Council; authorizing the Department of Agriculture to deduct 2% of the proceeds paid into the Fund by the Comptroller for administering it; establishing specified eligible activities paid for by the Fund; establishing the Board of Public Works as the final approving authority on grants from the Fund; etc.
Senator Munson

Board of Trustees of Chesapeake College -- Terms, Term Limits, Extensions, and Appointments
Altering the length of a term of a member of the Board of Trustees of Chesapeake College from 4 years to 5 years; altering the number of terms that a member may serve from not more than three 4--year terms to not more than three 5--year full terms; providing for the extension of specified members' terms; providing for the appointment of specified members; etc.
Senator Colburn

Maryland Summer Youth Connection Program
Establishing the Maryland Summer Youth Connection Program in the Division of Employment and Training of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; providing that the Program offer specified paid summer work opportunities, employability training, and career counseling to specified disadvantaged youth; requiring funds for the Program to be used for specified services; requiring the Director of Employment and Training in the Department to adopt regulations to implement the Program and monitor Program participants; etc.
Senator McFadden

Circuit Court Clerks -- Salary
Altering to $98,500 the maximum salary that the Board of Public Works may set for a circuit court clerk; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of an incumbent clerk.
Senator Kramer, et al

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene -- Medical Laboratories -- Retests and Public Notification
Authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to require specified laboratories to notify physicians or other individuals of specified erroneous or questionable test results and take specified measures to reduce or eliminate specified threats; and establishing a civil penalty of $1,000 per day, not to exceed $50,000, for noncompliance.
Chairman EHE (Dept)

Public Safety -- Collection of DNA Samples -- State Budget
Repealing a requirement that, before an individual is required to submit a DNA sample, appropriations in the State budget must be available for the collection of DNA samples.
Senator Kelley

Vehicle Laws -- Registration and Parking for Individuals with Disabilities
Altering specified eligibility criteria for special disability registration and parking placards; altering the number of special registration plates and placards that may be issued; repealing a requirement that an individual recertify a disability; requiring parking lots and signs to come into compliance with specified laws by specified dates; providing that specified parking lot changes are considered to be an alteration for the purposes of the Maryland Accessibility Code; providing for a delayed effective date; etc.
Senators DeGrange and Jacobs

Massage Therapists -- Certification and Registration -- Educational Qualifications
Altering the qualifications for a certificate or registration to practice massage therapy to include enrollment on or after March 1, 2004, in a school approved by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners at the time of enrollment and graduation from that school by December 31, 2004.
Senator Middleton

Courts -- Criminal Cases -- Dismissal and Limitation on Prosecution After Appeal by State
Creating a specified exception to a requirement that the charges against a criminal defendant be dismissed and that the State be precluded from prosecuting the defendant on the charges or related charges if a decision of a trial court excluding evidence is affirmed after an appeal by the State.
Senator Jimeno, et al

Wiretap and Electronic Surveillance -- Court Order -- Obstructing Justice
Adding specified offenses committed with the intention of obstructing justice to those crimes for which application may be made for a court order authorizing the interception of oral, wire, or electronic communications.
Senators Jimeno and Jacobs

Hospitals -- HIV Testing -- Consent and Public Safety Workers
Requiring specified individuals in a hospital to order tests on a blood sample already obtained from a patient for the presence of antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) under specified circumstances; requiring specified individuals in a hospital to order tests to be conducted on blood samples of specified public safety workers for the presence of antibodies to HIV under specified circumstances; etc.
Senator Middleton, et al

Task Force to Study Visual Smoke and Evacuation Alarms for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Establishing a Task Force to Study Visual Smoke and Evacuation Alarms for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; providing for the membership, designation of a chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation but authorizing reimbursement for specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to conduct a specified study and report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly by September 30, 2006; etc.
Senator Grosfeld

Renewable Fuels Promotion Act of 2005
Establishing specified production credits for ethanol and biodiesel; establishing the Renewable Fuels Incentive Board to implement and govern the production credits; establishing application procedures for certification for the production credits; requiring an application to contain specified information; establishing limits on the amount of production credits the Board may certify per producer and the total amount of production credits the Board may certify; etc.
Senator Middleton, et al

Health Insurance -- Human Papillomavirus Screening Test -- Coverage
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for a human papillomavirus screening test at the testing intervals outlined in specified recommendations developed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; authorizing specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to impose specified cost--sharing requirements under specified circumstances; defining specified terms; etc.
Senator Lawlah, et al

Public Health -- Child Abuse and Neglect Centers of Excellence Initiative
Establishing a Child Abuse and Neglect Centers of Excellence Initiative in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing for the purposes of the Initiative; providing for the duties of the Centers of Excellence faculty; authorizing a center of Excellence to receive specified information from the Department and to consult with the Department on specified cases; etc.
Senator Lawlah, et al

Frederick County -- Fire and Rescue Services -- Collective Bargaining
Authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Frederick County to allow voluntary collective bargaining concerning wages and benefits between the Board and a specified employee organization that represents employees of the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services; etc.
Senator Brinkley

Small Business Development Center Network -- Funding
Establishing the Small Business Development Center Network Fund; allowing the Fund to be used only for specified purposes; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill a specified appropriation to the Fund; and providing that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Governor provide a specified additional appropriation for specified purposes for fiscal year 2006.
Senator Jones, et al

Small Business Development Center Network -- Funding
Establishing the Small Business Development Center Network Fund; allowing the Fund to be used only for specified purposes; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill a specified appropriation to the Fund; and providing that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Governor provide a specified additional appropriation for specified purposes for fiscal year 2006.
Delegate Vaughn, et al

Criminal Law -- Evidence of Motor Vehicle Theft -- Owner's Affidavit
Authorizing in a specified criminal case or juvenile proceeding involving theft of a motor vehicle the introduction of an affidavit by the lawful owner of the motor vehicle as substantive evidence that the motor vehicle was taken from and operated, used, or possessed without the lawful owner's authorization under specified circumstances; requiring the affidavit to be given under oath and attached to the certificate of title of the motor vehicle; requiring the State to provide specified notice to the defendant; etc.
Senator Green, et al

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene -- Licenses and Eligibility for State Funding -- Minimum Standards
Requiring that the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene adopt regulations requiring that at least 75% of a specified body of licensees be composed of residents of the State or persons who reside within 100 miles of specified administrative offices; requiring that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene adopt regulations prohibiting specified individuals from serving on the governing body of specified licensees except under specified circumstances; etc.
Senator Teitelbaum, et al

Pilot Program to Study and Improve Screening Practices for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Establishing a Pilot Program to Study and Improve Screening Practices for Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Department of Education; requiring the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to select and establish relationships with specified providers to participate in the Pilot Program, assess and identify autism spectrum disorders screening instruments, and develop training materials and distribute written information on early detection of autism spectrum disorders; etc.
Senator Middleton, et al

Cecil County -- Treasurer -- Salary
Increasing the salary of the Treasurer of Cecil County; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent Treasurer of Cecil County.
Cecil County Senators

Maintenance Drug Prescriptions -- Mail Order Purchase -- Study
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration and the Maryland Health Care Commission, in consultation with the Maryland Board of Pharmacy, to study the utilization impact, cost savings, financial impact on retail pharmacies, and convenience of mail order service for purchasing specified maintenance drugs; requiring the Administration and the Commission to issue a specified report by December 31, 2005; etc.
Senator Middleton

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene -- Maryland Health Insurance Plan -- Computerized Eligibility System
Authorizing the Board of the Maryland Health Insurance Plan (MHIP) to authorize transfer of specified funds from the Maryland Health Insurance Plan Fund to the Major Information Technology Development Project Fund to design and develop a computerized eligibility system for the Medicaid Program; providing that specified money transferred shall be redistributed to the Maryland Health Insurance Plan under specified circumstances; providing for the purpose of the computerized eligibility system; etc.
Senator Middleton

Education -- Public School System Reviews -- Requirements
Altering the dates by which specified consultants shall conduct specified reviews of the Prince George's County public school system, the New Prince George's County Board of Education, the Baltimore City--State Partnership, and the Baltimore City Public School System; altering the dates by which specified entities submit reports to the General Assembly; and providing that the Prince George's County Board of Educataion shall review specified findings, conduct specified hearings, and report specified results.
Senator Lawlah

Agricultural Limited Liability Entities -- Homestead Tax Credit
Altering definitions under the Homestead Property Tax Credit law to include partners in agricultural limited liability partnerships within the definition of "homeowner" for property tax purposes under specified circumstances; applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2005; authorizing the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to accept specified applications on or before a specified date; etc.
Senator Brinkley

Carroll County -- Alcoholic Beverages -- Class BR Licenses
Reducing to 5 the minimum number of days per week that a holder of a Class BR beer, wine and liquor restaurant license in Carroll County must keep the restaurant open for business.
Senator Brinkley

Health Insurance -- Small Group Market -- Self--Employed Individuals
Altering specified criteria for determining when an employee is considered an eligible employee for small group market health insurance; authorizing specified self--employed individuals or sole proprietors to remain enrolled in small group market health insurance under specified circumstances; etc.
Senator Middleton

University and College Textbooks -- Consortium
Establishing the University Textbook Consortium within the University System of Maryland in order to enable constituent institutions to receive a volume discount on the purchase of textbooks and educational supplies; etc.
Delegate Franchot, et al

Department of Agriculture -- Weights and Measures -- Fees
Increasing registration fees for specified weights and measures; repealing obsolete provisions of law; etc.
Chairman ENV (Dept)

Maryland Agricultural Commission -- Membership
Increasing the membership of the Maryland Agricultural Commission from 24 members to 29 members.
Chairman ENV (Dept)

Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Easement Termination -- County Notification
Extending the time period within which a county is required to notify the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation of a specified decision from 30 days to 90 days.
Chairman ENV (Dept)

Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation -- Board of Trustees
Designating the Secretary of Planning or the Secretary's designee as an ex officio member of the board of trustees of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation.
Chairman ENV (Dept)

Agriculture -- Animal Health -- Administrative Penalties
Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to impose an administrative penalty on any person who violates specified animal health requirements relating to livestock and poultry; establishing the maximum penalty; establishing the Animal Health Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund that may be used only for specified purposes; providing for the distribution of specified penalties to the Fund; requiring the Secretary to adopt regulations; and defining a term.
Chairman ENV (Dept)

Agriculture -- Commercial Feed and Fertilizer, Agricultural Liming Materials, and Pesticide Registration and Labeling Laws -- Penalties
Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to impose an administrative penalty of up to $2,000 on any person who violates the commercial feed and fertilizer, agricultural liming materials, and pesticide registration and labeling laws; requiring penalties to be paid into the State General Fund; and requiring the Secretary to adopt regulations.
Chairman ENV (Dept)

Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation -- Local Land Use
Clarifying the authority of a county to deny specified applications under local land use regulations under specified circumstances; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly.
Chairman ENV (Dept)

Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation -- Arbitration of Easement Values
Establishing a deadline for requesting arbitration of disputes over the value of specified easements under the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation.
Chairman ENV (Dept)

Higher Education -- University of Maryland University College -- Governing Authority
Establishing that the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is an instrumentality of the State; providing that the exercise of powers by UMUC is an essential public function; authorizing a custodian to deny inspection of specified public records pertaining to UMUC; prohibiting a custodian from denying inspection of specified public records relating to UMUC under specified circumstances; etc.
Delegate Boschert, et al

Secretary of Agriculture -- Animal Health -- Reports
Requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain animal health reports in a manner that protects the identity of the animal owner under specified circumstances; authorizing the disclosure of the identity of the animal owner if the Secretary determines it necessary in order to protect public health or prevent the spread of disease; and requiring the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene in determining whether disclosure is necessary.
Chairman ENV (Dept)

Child Care Centers and Family Day Care Homes -- Employees -- Background Checks
Authorizing the Child Care Administration of the Department of Human Resources to disclose to the operator of a child care center or to a family day care provider reports and records concerning child abuse and neglect for a specified purpose; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide an initial and revised statement of a specified applicant's State criminal record to the Child Care Administration; etc.
Delegate Krebs, et al

Business and Economic Development -- Financial Assistance Programs
Providing that the members of the Maryland Industrial Development Financing Authority also serve as the members of the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority; providing for the appointment of the members of the Maryland Industrial Development Financing Authority in a specified manner with specified qualifications; authorizing the members of each authority to act concurrently as members of both authorities; etc.
Chairman ECM (Dept)

Education -- Arrest for Reportable Offenses -- Notification
Expanding the requirement that law enforcement agencies notify local superintendents of public schools of arrests for reportable offenses to include arrests of all students; defining "student" as an individual enrolled in a public school system in the State who is 5 years old or older and under 22 years of age; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly.
Delegate King, et al

Howard County -- Board of Education -- Reimbursement for Travel and Other Expenses Ho. Co. 13--05
Repealing a provision entitling the Chairman and members of the Howard County Board of Education to a specified allowance for travel and other expenses; and providing that the Chairman and members of the Howard County Board of Education are entitled to receive reimbursement for travel and other expenses as provided in the Howard County budget after submitting vouchers under specified circumstances.
Howard County Delegation

Procurement -- Debarment -- Causes
Authorizing the debarment of a person that is debarred under Federal Acquisition Regulations; and providing for the automatic termination of a specified debarment under specified circumstances.
Delegate Morhaim, et al

Task Force to Study the Dynamics of Elderly and Retiree Migration Into and Out of Maryland
Altering the date by which the Task Force to Study the Dynamics of Elderly and Retiree Migration Into and Out of Maryland is required to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly from December 31, 2004, to May 31, 2006; and extending the termination date of the Task Force from December 31, 2004, to May 31, 2006.
Delegates Cryor and Cardin

Health Insurance -- Mandated Benefits -- Smoking Cessation Treatment
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for specified drugs and nicotine replacement therapy to assist an insured or enrollee to cease the use of tobacco products; prohibiting the insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing specified copayments or coinsurance requirements for specified drugs and nicotine replacement therapy; etc.
Delegate Morhaim, et al

Motor Vehicles -- Low Speed Vehicles -- Standards and Restrictions
Clarifying that the Motor Vehicle Administration may issue certificates of title for, and register, electric low speed vehicles; prohibiting a person from driving a low speed vehicle on specified roadways; providing for the classification of low speed vehicles and establishing an annual registration fee; requiring a specified application to be submitted electronically; etc.
Delegate Malone

Domestic Violence -- Protective Orders -- Definition of Abuse
Altering the definition of "abuse" applicable to petitions for relief from abuse to include stalking; etc.
Delegate Dumais, et al

Education -- School--Based Employees -- Stipends
Providing for specified stipends for specified school--based employees under specified circumstances; updating specified terms; and defining terms.
Delegates Rudolph and Elmore

Insurance -- Fraud Reporting and Prevention -- Expansion
Requiring health maintenance organizations to comply with insurance fraud reporting and prevention laws; extending the application of the Fraudulent Insurance Act to the State, including the Uninsured Employers' Fund and specified self--insurers; requiring registered premium finance companies to comply with specified insurance fraud reporting requirements; etc.
Delegate Bartlett, et al

Qualified Hybrid Vehicles -- Exemption from Motor Vehicle Emissions Test and Inspection Requirements -- Sunset Repeal
Altering a termination provision relating to exempting specified qualified hybrid vehicles from specified motor vehicle emissions test and inspection requirements under specified circumstances and a requirement for the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations; making a technical correction to a specified defined term; etc.
Delegate Cardin, et al

Workers' Compensation -- Evaluation of Permanent Impairments
Requiring that a licensed psychologist or a qualified physician perform an evaluation of only the mental or behavioral portion of a permanent impairment in a workers' compensation case; and requiring that the report of an evaluation in a case that involves a behavioral or mental disorder be submitted to the Workers' Compensation Commission in accordance with the regulations of the Commission.
Delegate Krysiak, et al

Health Insurance -- Pharmacies -- Electronic Reimbursement
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to reimburse a pharmacy electronically and provide appropriate payment data electronically under specified circumstances; prohibiting the imposition of a specified processing fee; and providing for a delayed effective date.
Delegate Morhaim, et al

State Board of Dental Examiners -- Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
Continuing the State Board of Dental Examiners in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board until July 1, 2011; removing a dentist member of the Board and adding a dental hygienist member to the Board; etc.
Delegate Hurson (Chair, HGO)

Municipal Corporations -- Regulation of Nudity and Sexual Displays
Authorizing the legislative body of each municipal corporation to adopt an ordinance for the licensing, control, location, or maintenance within its jurisdiction of a business establishment that allows on its premises specified activities involving nudity and sexual displays; and providing a specified penalty.
Delegate Conroy, et al

Health Insurance -- Coverage for Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing
Providing that health insurance coverage, including coverage provided by a health maintenance organization, is not discriminatory if, with respect to outpatient coverage for services provided to treat mental illnesses, emotional disorders, drug abuse, or alcohol abuse, benefits include psychological and neuropsychological testing for diagnostic purposes; etc.
Delegate Hammen, et al

Mental Health Advisory Committees
Altering the requirements for the governing bodies of two or more counties to establish an intercounty mental health advisory committee; authorizing the governing body in Baltimore City to designate Baltimore Mental Health Systems, Inc. as the mental health advisory committee for Baltimore City; and providing for an exception to the membership requirements for a mental health advisory committee in Baltimore City.
Delegate Hammen

Real Estate Brokers -- Limited Liability Companies -- Payment of Commission
Authorizing specified licensed real estate salespersons and licensed associate real estate brokers with the consent of a specified licensed real estate broker, to form a specified limited liability company; providing for the formation of a limited liability company; providing that a commission may be paid to the limited liability company under specified circumstances; etc.
Delegate Fulton

Allegany County -- Property Tax Credit -- Allegany County Building Trades Education Foundation, Inc.
Authorizing the governing body of Allegany County and of a municipal corporation in Allegany County to grant a property tax credit against the county and municipal corporation property tax imposed on property owned by the Allegany County Building Trades Education Foundation, Inc.; etc.
Allegany County Delegation

Howard County -- Dealers -- Precious Metal Objects -- Electronic Transfer of Records Ho. Co. 11--05
Requiring specified dealers in Howard County to submit specified records to law enforcement units by submitting a copy of the records electronically in a specified manner.
Howard County Delegation

Talbot County -- Tax Sales -- Auctioneer's Fee
Altering the auctioneer's fee in Talbot County allowed as an expense relating to the tax sales of property; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Talbot County Delegation

Maryland Uniform Electronic Transactions Act -- Use of Electronic Postmarks
Providing that a requirement under a law other than the Maryland Uniform Electronic Transactions Act to send, communicate, or transmit a record by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by regular mail is satisfied by an electronic record that meets specified requirements; providing that a specified electronic record is subject to the same legal protections as the United States mail; providing that specified provisions of the Act do not authorize the use of an electronic postmark or certificate for specified purposes; etc.
Delegate Haddaway, et al

Hospitals -- Bone Marrow Donation
Requiring a specified hospital to allow an individual to donate bone marrow to any individual, under specified circumstances.
Delegate Bobo, et al

Cecil County -- Tax Sales -- Auctioneer's Fee
Providing for an increase to $7.50 per property sold, the auctioneer's fee in Cecil County allowed as an expense relating to specified tax sales of property; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Cecil County Delegation

Environment -- Statewide Computer Recycling Pilot Program
Authorizing a county to address methods for the separate collection and recycling of computers in a specified recycling plan; establishing the Statewide Computer Recycling Pilot Program in the Department of the Environment; requiring the Office of Recycling in the Department to administer the Program; requiring, on or after specified dates, specified computer manufacturers to submit a specified registration and fee; etc.
Delegate Morhaim, et al

Department of Agriculture -- Water Pollution Control -- Cost Sharing
Repealing the requirement that a specified person pay the full amount of State cost sharing funds paid for practices that are not implemented or maintained; and authorizing the Department of Agriculture to determine the amount that the person shall pay for failing to establish or maintain a best management practice under the Department's cost sharing program for water pollution control.
Delegates Stull and Cane

Dorchester County -- Personal Property Tax -- Exemption
Authorizing the governing body of Dorchester County to reduce, by law, the percent of the assessment of specified personal property for property tax purposes under specified circumstances; providing for a phase--out of a specified property tax; and repealing a provision of law authorizing the governing body of Dorchester County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on personal property.
Dorchester County Delegation

Burglary and Daytime Housebreaking -- Mandatory Sentences -- Retroactive Effect
Allowing a person who is serving a term of confinement for burglary or daytime housebreaking that includes a mandatory minimum sentence imposed before October 1, 1994, to apply for and receive a sentence review; authorizing a review panel to take a specified action, subject to a specified limitation; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Delegate Marriott, et al

Cecil County -- Public Facilities Bonds
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Cecil County to borrow not more than $28,100,000 in order to finance the cost of the construction and improvement of specified public facilities in Cecil County and to effect that borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Cecil County Delegation

Developmental Disabilities Administration -- Prioritization System for Investigations
Requiring the Developmental Disabilities Administration, in conjunction with the Office of Health Care Quality, to adopt regulations establishing a prioritization system for responding to and investigating specified incidents; and requiring the Administration to seek input from specified individuals in developing the regulations.
Delegate Costa, et al

Secretary of Agriculture -- Regulation of Poultry to Control Avian Influenza
Requiring specified live poultry markets, poultry production facilities, and poultry dealers to obtain an annual license; requiring specified persons who keep poultry to register with the Secretary of Agriculture; requiring the Secretary to maintain records in a specified manner; authorizing the disclosure of identifying information if the Secretary, after consulting with the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, determines that disclosure is necessary; etc.
Chairman ENV (Dept)

Health Occupations -- State Board of Examiners in Optometry -- Scope of Practice
Authorizing therapeutically certified optometrists to administer and prescribe specified pharmaceutical agents; authorizing therapeutically certified optometrists to administer or prescribe topical steroids under specified circumstances; etc.
Delegate Pendergrass, et al

State Board of Barbers -- State Board of Cosmetologists -- Citations
Authorizing inspectors for the State Board of Barbers and inspectors for the State Board of Cosmetologists to issue citations to and impose civil penalties on licensees and permit holders for violations of laws and regulations; providing for the form, content, and service of the citations; requiring the civil penalty set forth in the citation to be paid within 60 days; prohibiting a specified hearing from being delegated to the Office of Administrative Hearings; etc.
Chairman ECM (Dept)

State Finance and Procurement -- Funding for Public Art
Establishing the Maryland Public Art Initiative Program; stating the intent of the General Assembly; requiring that specified grantees provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the Maryland State Arts Council to develop regulations to implement the Maryland Public Art Initiative Program; establishing the Maryland Commission on Public Art; specifying the membership of the Commission; establishing the Maryland Public Art Fund; etc.
Delegate Madaleno, et al

Allegany, Anne Arundel, Garrett, and Washington Counties -- Sound Level Limits and Noise Control -- Shooting Sports Clubs
Prohibiting Allegany, Anne Arundel, Garrett, or Washington counties or political subdivisions of Allegany, Anne Arundel, Garrett, or Washington counties from adopting noise control ordinances, rules, or regulations that prohibit target shooting between specified hours by shooting sports clubs that are chartered and in operation by a specified date; etc.
Garrett County, Allegany County, and Washington County Delegations

Retirement and Pensions -- Reemployment of Retired Health Care Practitioners
Exempting from an offset of a retirement allowance retirees of the Employees' Retirement System or the Employees' Pension System who are reemployed as health care practitioners; providing the criteria for hiring retired health care practitioners of the Employees' Retirement System or the Employees' Pension System; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide the State Retirement Agency with information; etc.
Delegate Eckardt, et al

Developmental Disability -- Written Plan of Habilitation -- State Residential Centers
Requiring specified individuals to develop a written plan of habilitation for individuals in State residential centers; requiring the Developmental Disabilities Administration to develop a specified protocol and format for the written plan of habilitation to be used by each State residential center; requiring treating professionals and resource coordinators to discuss service needs with individuals in a State residential center on an annual basis and on request of the individual; etc.
Delegate Hubbard, et al

Civil Actions -- Defenses -- Sales of Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Other Health--Related Products
Abolishing in specified civil actions a defense of indirect contact with the person on whose behalf the action is brought for a person that sells, distributes, or otherwise disposes of food, drugs, cosmetics, and specified other health--related products; authorizing the person to prove that all or any part of an alleged overcharge ultimately was passed on to another person by a purchaser or seller in the chain of manufacture, production, or distribution who paid the alleged overcharge; etc.
Delegate Hubbard, et al

Integration of Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Services
Authorizing records and reports regarding child abuse and neglect to be disclosed to addiction specialists under specified circumstances; requiring statewide protocols for integrating child welfare and substance abuse treatment services to include placing specified addiction specialists in all child welfare offices; ensuring that addiction specialists in child welfare offices have information needed and evidence relating to the existence of substance abuse; etc.
Delegate Nathan--Pulliam, et al

State Real Estate Commission -- Special Fund -- Fees
Establishing the State Real Estate Commission Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; requiring that the Fund be used for specified purposes; providing for an audit of the Fund; requiring the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation or a designee of the Secretary to administer the Fund; requiring the Secretary, in consultation with the State Real Estate Commission, to annually calculate specified costs; etc.
Delegate Krebs, et al

Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities -- Quality of Care Oversight
Changing the name of the Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes to the Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities; altering the membership of the Oversight Committee; altering the duties of the Oversight Committee; altering reporting requirements; requiring the Department of Human Resources to provide staff support to the Oversight Committee; repealing a termination provision; etc.
Delegate Hammen, et al

Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission -- Termination Date Extension and Modifications
Extending the termination date for the Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission; authorizing the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a specified number of members of the Commission for a fourth consecutive term beginning on a specified date; requiring the Commission to study the variation in specified costs and recommend whether the rates should include specified adjustments; requiring the Commission to review the changes in specified payments and the utilization of specified services; etc.
Delegate Hubbard, et al

State Personnel -- Grievance -- Costs of Appeals to Office of Administrative Hearings
Requiring that the principal unit that employs a grievant pay the costs of appeals of grievances to the Office of Administrative Hearings; providing for a delayed effective date; etc.
Delegate F Turner, et al

Education -- Youth Suicide Prevention School Program -- Mental Health Programs
Authorizing the Youth Suicide Prevention School Program to include specified mental health programs; requiring the Youth Suicide Prevention School Program to develop and implement specified mental health programs; authorizing the State Department of Education to assist in implementing specified programs; and requiring the State Department of Education to seek specified federal funds for Youth Suicide Prevention School Programs.
Delegate Hixson, et al

Juvenile Causes -- Child in Need of Assistance -- Priority of Relatives as Caregivers
Requiring a local department of social services to consider whether there is a relative able to provide supervision of a child alleged to be in need of assistance prior to placing the child in emergency shelter before a specified hearing; requiring that a notice of a hearing be given to relatives of a child alleged to be in need of assistance; requiring a court to give priority to a child's relatives over nonrelatives when ordering shelter care for the child; etc.
Delegate Weldon, et al

Fish and Fisheries -- Seafood -- Aquaculture
Renaming the Seafood Marketing Authority within the State Department of Agriculture to be the Seafood Marketing and Aquaculture Development Program; renaming and altering the duties of the Aquaculture Advisory Committee within the Department; establishing and providing for the duties of the Aquaculture Review Board within the Department; establishing and providing for the duties of the Seafood Program Management Team within the Department; etc.
Delegates O'Donnell and McIntosh

Natural Resources -- Endangered and Threatened Species -- Incidental Taking -- Puritan Tiger Beetle
Authorizing the Secretary of Natural Resources to issue an incidental taking permit for the endangered puritan tiger beetle if the applicant submits a specified plan and the Secretary makes specified findings; authorizing the Secretary to adopt regulations to implement and enforce the Act; etc.
Delegate O'Donnell, et al

Individuals with Developmental Disabilities -- Additional Rights and Services
Adding the right to be informed of specified service options to the list of basic rights to which an individual who receives services provided by the Developmental Disabilities Administration is entitled; requiring the staff of an Administration licensee, at a specified time, to assess whether the needs of an individual with a developmental disability could be met in more integrated settings and to provide specified service options to the individual in a specified manner; and making technical and conforming changes.
Delegate Hubbard, et al

Education -- Principals -- Fellowship and Leadership Development Program
Establishing the statewide Principal Fellowship and Leadership Development Program in the State Department of Education; requiring the Department to develop criteria for the selection of fellows and receiving schools; authorizing the State Superintendent of Schools, subject to the approval of the State Board of Education, to require specified school systems to participate in the Program; prohibiting a principal in a local school system from participating in the Program in an eligible school within the same system; etc.
Delegate Hixson, et al

Joint Legislative Task Force on Small Group Market Health Insurance
Establishing a Joint Legislative Task Force on Small Group Market Health Insurance; providing for the composition, chairs, staffing, and duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to submit a specified report to the presiding officers and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2006; etc.
Delegate Kach, et al

Horse Racing -- Purses and the Racing Special Fund -- Allocation
Creating a special fund consisting of specified revenues; requiring that money from the special fund be used for purses for the running of the Pimlico Special and for purses at Rosecroft Raceway; requiring that the funds be allocated by the Maryland Racing Commission in a specified manner; requiring that after specified deductions from the Racing Special Fund are made, specified funds are to be allocated in a specified manner by the Comptroller; etc.
Delegate C Davis, et al

State Government -- Energy Efficiency Standards
Altering minimum efficiency standards for specified products; repealing specified minimum efficiency standards for specified products; authorizing the Maryland Energy Administration to limit specified delays; requiring the Administration to adopt procedures for testing the energy efficiency of new products by rule, after public notice and comment; authorizing manufacturers who make specified certifications in other states to use the same certifications in Maryland under specified circumstances; etc.
Delegates Bronrott and McMillan

Nursing Facility Conversion Grant Program
Establishing the Nursing Facility Conversion Grant Program; authorizing the Board of Public Works, on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide grants under the Program to counties, municipal corporations, and nonprofit organizations for the conversion of nursing facility beds to other health care services; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to make specified recommendations; etc.
Delegate Hammen, et al

Automated External Defibrillator Program
Repealing specified limitations on individual use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs); altering qualifications for EMS Board certificates for facilities that desire to make AEDs available; defining specified terms; etc.
Chairman HGO (Dept)

Education -- Suspended or Expelled Students -- Community Resources List
Requiring a student considered for suspension or expulsion from school or the student's parent or guardian to be given a community resources list; requiring a child with a disability or the child's parent or guardian to be given a community resources list attached to a procedural safeguards notice if the child is being considered for suspension or expulsion from school; etc.
Delegate Kaiser, et al

Courts -- Parent--Child Immunity -- Motor Vehicle Torts
Expanding the abrogation of the doctrine of parent--child immunity in motor vehicle torts up to the limits of motor vehicle liability coverage or uninsured motor vehicle coverage.
Delegate Simmons, et al

The Maryland Hunting Heritage Protection Act
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to keep land managed by the Department open for hunting unless the Department makes specified findings or except as required by law; requiring the Department to manage the land to support, promote, and enhance hunting opportunities to a specified extent; and requiring the Department to manage the land to prevent any net loss of acreage available for hunting opportunities on the land; etc.
Delegate Weir, et al

Health Insurance -- Prohibition Against Reunderwriting
Prohibiting health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and nonprofit health service plans from reunderwriting individuals for health coverage under individual contracts after the contracts have been issued.
Chairman HGO (Dept)

Maryland Pharmacy Discount Program -- State Discount -- Eligibility
Altering the eligibility requirements of the Maryland Pharmacy Discount Program to cover individuals who are not Medicare beneficiaries, who lack other public or private prescription drug coverage, and who have an annual household income below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines; authorizing specified enrollees in the Program to receive a discount subsidized by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for specified prescription drugs; etc.
Delegate Rudolph, et al

Department of Juvenile Services Educational Programs -- Private Residential Rehabilitative Institutions
Requiring private residential rehabilitative institutions to develop and implement a specified educational program; requiring a specified educational program to be approved by the State Department of Education before the program is implemented; providing for the operating requirements of a private residential rehabilitative institution; etc.
Delegate Stocksdale, et al

Environment -- Lead--Contaminated Dust Testing and Inspections -- Related Party
Prohibiting a specified owner from employing or engaging a related party to the owner to perform specified lead--contaminated dust testing or conduct specified inspections; requiring the Department of the Environment to impose an administrative penalty, not to exceed $25,000, on an owner who employs or engages a related party to the owner to perform specified lead--contaminated dust testing or conduct specified inspections; requiring the Department to impose an administrative penalty under specified circumstances; etc.
Delegate Carter, et al

Wiretap and Electronic Surveillance -- Investigation -- Obstructing Justice
Adding specified offenses committed with the intention of obstructing justice to those crimes for which evidence may be gathered by interception of oral, wire, or electronic communications.
Delegate McComas, et al

Higher Education -- Scholarships -- Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists
Authorizing an area of critical shortage to include speech language pathology or audiology services under the Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memorial Teacher Education Award program in the Maryland Higher Education Commission; defining terms; etc.
Delegate Heller

Community College Students with Disabilities Task Force
Establishing the Community College Students with Disabilities Task Force; providing for the membership and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report its findings by December 1, 2005; and providing for the termination of the Act.
Delegate Heller, et al

Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance and Homeowner's Insurance -- Underwriting Standards and Requirements -- Active Duty Military Personnel Returning from Overseas
Prohibiting an insurer, except under specified circumstances, from denying, refusing to renew, or cancelling coverage or increasing rates with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance or homeowner's insurance for military personnel who are returning from active duty overseas because they fail to meet underwriting standards that require continuous coverage; clarifying the applicability of specified standards related to an insurer's economic and business purposes; etc.
Delegate Jennings

Maryland Medbank Program -- Study
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Maryland Medbank Program to report by September 1, 2005, to the Governor and General Assembly on the effect on participation in the Maryland Medbank Program of the implementation and availability of specified prescription drug programs, the effect on specified Medbank costs, and efforts by Medbank to reduce specified expenses.
Delegate Donoghue, et al

Task Force on the Needs of Persons with Co--Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders -- Termination Date Extension and Modifications
Altering the name of the Task Force on the Needs of Persons with Co--Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorders; providing for additional members of the Task Force; authorizing the Governor to remove a member who has had more than a specified number of absences from Task Force meetings and to appoint another member; requiring the Task Force to identify the number of specified disparities and make specified recommendations; etc.
Delegate Nathan--Pulliam, et al

Public Safety Employees Killed in Performance of Duties -- Death Benefits -- Heart Attack or Stroke
Providing that specified individuals who die from a heart attack or stroke shall be presumed to have died in the performance of duties under specified circumstances.
Delegate Moe, et al

Maryland Rx Program
Requiring the Department of Budget and Management to establish a Maryland Rx Program to achieve savings on the cost of prescription drugs for the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program and specified entities; requiring the Maryland Rx Program to seek savings through specified means; etc.
Delegate Rudolph, et al

Student Financial Assistance Reform Act of 2005
Altering the service obligation requirements for the Maryland State Nursing Scholarship Program to perform specified service obligations working in specified full--time or part--time nursing or faculty positions; establishing the Distinguished Scholar Program for Community College Transfer Students; etc.
Delegate Kaiser, et al

Vehicle Laws -- Vehicles Temporarily Used in Farming -- Registration
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a temporary Class K (farm area) vehicle registration to a specified vehicle owned by a resident of another state that is used for a specified purpose; etc.
Delegate Conway, et al

Creation of a State Debt -- Aging School Program -- Qualified Zone Academy Bonds
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $9,364,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Interagency Committee on School Construction for specified development or improvement purposes; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds and the allocation of funds to eligible school systems, subject to a requirement that the grantee document the provision of a required federal matching fund; authorizing the Board of Public Works to sell specified bonds at specified sales; etc.
Chairman APP (Dept)

Academic Facilities Bonding Authority
Approving specified projects for the acquisition, development, and improvement of specified academic facilities for the University System of Maryland; and approving the issuance of bonds by the University System of Maryland for financing the projects.
Chairman APP (Dept)

Commercial Law -- Equipment Dealer Contract Act
Providing that the Equipment Dealer Contract Act does not require the repurchasing of specified items from a dealer; requiring a dealer and supplier to furnish representatives to inspect parts and certify their acceptability when packed for shipment; providing that failure of a supplier to provide a representative within a specified time shall result in automatic acceptance by the supplier of all returned items; requiring a supplier to repurchase a dealer's inventory under specified circumstances; etc.
Delegate Stull, et al

Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memorial Teacher Education Award -- Qualification Requirements
Altering the qualification requirements for applicants for a Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memorial Teacher Education Award; and prohibiting the State Board of Education from considering the grade point average of an applicant who earned an undergraduate degree on or before December 31, 1985, as part of specified criteria.
Delegate Heller

Natural Resources -- Chesapeake Bay Trust -- Investments
Altering the investment authority of the Chesapeake Bay Trust; and requiring the overall investment portfolio of the Trust to have at least a rating of "AA".
Delegate Montgomery, et al

State Department of Education -- Early Learning and Child Care Programs
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a plan to accredit certain early learning programs and child care programs that are planning to provide or are providing specified kindergarten or prekindergarten programs to specified children; requiring the State Department of Education to submit the plan to the Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families on or before December 31, 2005; etc.
Delegate Marriott, et al

Task Force to Study the Impact of Autoimmune Disease in Maryland
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Impact of Autoimmune Disease in Maryland; providing for the membership, chair, and staff for the Task Force; providing that a member of the Task Force may receive specified reimbursement as provided in the State budget; providing for the duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to submit specified reports to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before specified dates; and providing for the termination of the Act.
Delegate Goldwater, et al

Dorchester County -- State's Attorney's Office -- Salaries, Expenses, and Employees
Prohibiting the Dorchester County State's Attorney from engaging in the private practice of law at any time in any jurisdiction; prohibiting the State's Attorney from appearing professionally in any criminal proceeding in the State except in connection with specified duties; authorizing the State's Attorney to appoint and provide for the salaries, compensation, and legal powers of deputy or assistant State's Attorneys; authorizing an allowance for specified expenses; etc.
Delegate Eckardt

Maryland Quality Home Care Services Act
Transferring the Office of Personnel Assistance Services and the Attendant Care Program of the Office from the Department of Human Resources to the Department of Disabilities; repealing a specified Advisory Committee; repealing a specified reporting requirement; establishing the Personal Assistance Services Advisory Committee; and requiring the Committee to submit specified reports to the Governor and General Assembly by October 1 of each year.
Delegate Hubbard, et al

Reorganization of State Government -- Historical and Cultural Programs
Reorganizing State government by transferring and reassigning the duties, responsibilities, authority, and functions of the Commission on Indian Affairs from the Department of Housing and Community Development to the Department of Human Resources; transferring and reassigning the duties, responsibilities, authority, and functions of specified units and programs in the Department of Housing and Community Development to the Department of Planning; etc.
Delegate McIntosh

Natural Resources -- Nonnative Oysters -- Introduction
Prohibiting a person from introducing a nonnative oyster into State waters without a permit issued by the Department of Natural Resources; requiring the Department to satisfy specified conditions before introducing or before issuing a permit to another person for an introduction; providing for criminal and civil penalties for those who violate the Act; etc.
Senators Conway and Frosh

Baltimore--Washington International Airport and Other State Facilities, Roads, and Bridges -- Naming
Renaming the Baltimore--Washington International Airport as the Baltimore--Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport; creating the Advisory Committee on the Naming of State Facilities, Roads, and Bridges; providing that expenditures to implement funding of the Act shall be as provided in the State budget; etc.
Delegate Burns, et al

Fair Share Health Care Fund Act
Establishing the Fair Share Health Care Fund; establishing the purpose of the Fund; providing that the Fund consists of specified payments made by employers in connection with a specified health care payroll assessment; providing that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; requiring that investment earnings of the Fund be retained in the Fund; requiring the interest on and other income from the Fund be separately accounted for; etc.
Senator Lawlah, et al

Fair Share Health Care Fund Act
Establishing the Fair Share Health Care Fund; establishing the purpose of the Fund; providing that the Fund consists of specified payments made by employers in connection with a specified health care payroll assessment; providing that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; requiring that investment earnings of the Fund be retained in the Fund; requiring the interest on and other income from the Fund be separately accounted for; etc.
Delegate Healey, et al

Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the State's Water Resources
Establishing an Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the State's Water Resources; providing for the membership, duties, appointment of the chair, and staffing of the Committee; prohibiting a member of the Committee from receiving compensation; authorizing a member of the Committee to receive reimbursement; requiring the Committee to make a report to the General Assembly and to include a specified recommendation; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Senator Middleton

Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the State's Water Resources
Establishing an Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the State's Water Resources; providing for the membership, duties, appointment of the chair, and staffing of the Committee; prohibiting a member of the Committee from receiving compensation; authorizing a member of the Committee to receive reimbursement; requiring the Committee to make a report to the General Assembly and to include a specified recommendation; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Delegate G Clagett, et al

State Lottery -- Prize Winners -- Voluntary Assignments
Enabling specified prize winners of the State lottery to voluntarily assign prizes that are paid in installments under specified circumstances; authorizing a court to approve a voluntary assignment if specified requirements are met by assignees and assignors; etc.
Senator Astle, et al

State Lottery -- Prize Winners -- Voluntary Assignments
Enabling specified prize winners of the State lottery to voluntarily assign prizes that are paid in installments under specified circumstances; authorizing a court to approve a voluntary assignment if specified requirements are met by assignees and assignors; etc.
Delegate C Davis

Maryland Commission for Women
Altering the membership of the Maryland Commission for Women; providing for the appointment of members of the Commission; repealing provisions that require the membership of the Commission to include specified persons; requiring that a specified number of members of the Commission shall be appointed from among applicants who have been nominated and recommended for appointment by specified organizations; requiring, to the extent practicable, that appointments to the Commission ensure geographic diversity; etc.
Senator Grosfeld, et al

Commission to Study Southern Maryland Transportation Needs
Establishing a commission to study issues related to transportation in Southern Maryland; providing for the membership and staffing of the commission; requiring the commission to study specified transportation issues in specified geographical areas and report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before November 1, 2006; requiring the commission to make recommendations with regard to traffic congestion and mass transit options in Southern Maryland; and providing for the termination of the Act.
Senator Dyson, et al

Voters Rights Protection Act of 2005
Providing that an individual whose right to vote is challenged at the polling place may establish the individual's identity by presenting a specified identification; prohibiting a person from willingly or knowingly influencing or attempting to influence a voter from going to the polls to cast a vote through the use of specified means or activities; prohibiting a person from willingly or knowingly engaging in specified conduct; requiring a local board of elections to count specified provisional ballots; establishing penalties; etc.
Senator Gladden, et al

Baltimore City -- Illegal Dumping -- Surveillance Systems
Authorizing the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (Department) to place surveillance systems at specified dumping sites in Baltimore City for enforcement of laws relating to illegal dumping; providing that specified persons recorded on a surveillance image while committing a specified littering offense are subject to specified penalties; establishing a maximum fine for a specified violation; etc.
Senator McFadden

Baltimore City -- Illegal Dumping -- Surveillance Systems
Authorizing the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (Department) to place surveillance systems at specified dumping sites in Baltimore City for enforcement of laws relating to illegal dumping; providing that specified persons recorded on a surveillance image while committing a specified littering offense are subject to specified penalties; establishing a maximum fine for a specified violation; etc.
Delegate Branch, et al

Procurement -- Payment Security and Performance Security
Raising to $200,000 the price threshold at which a procurement officer may require specified contractors to provide payment security and performance security on specified procurement contracts; and requiring the Department of General Services to report to specified committees of the General Assembly by November 1, 2007, regarding implementation of the Act.
Senator Conway

Department of Juvenile Services -- Youth Services Bureaus -- Predelinquent Diversion Services
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to include information on predelinquent diversion programs in the State Comprehensive Juvenile Justice 3--Year Plan; increasing the membership of the State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services; requiring the Secretary of Juvenile Services to establish specified predelinquent programs; requiring the Department to help local governments and youth services bureaus to encourage the use of specified predelinquent programs; etc.
Senator Green, et al

Department of Juvenile Services -- Youth Services Bureaus -- Predelinquent Diversion Services
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to include information on predelinquent diversion programs in the State Comprehensive Juvenile Justice 3--Year Plan; increasing the membership of the State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services; requiring the Secretary of Juvenile Services to establish specified predelinquent programs; requiring the Department to help local governments and youth services bureaus to encourage the use of specified predelinquent programs; etc.
Delegate Menes, et al

Election Law -- Early Voting
Establishing a process to allow voters to vote in elections at early voting polling places in the State; specifying the time period in which early voting is allowed; requiring local boards of elections to establish the early voting polling places in each county; requiring the local boards in specified counties to establish at least a specified number of early voting polling places for each primary or general election; requiring the Governor to allocate specified resources to implement the Act; etc.
Senator Miller, et al

Medical Decision Making Act of 2005
Establishing life partnerships in the State for specified purposes; requiring individuals to register with the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene in order to enter into a life partnership; requiring the Secretary to develop specified forms and make forms available at specified locations; establishing procedures for applying for and obtaining a certificate of life partnership; requiring the Secretary to set specified fees; providing procedures to terminate a life partnership; etc.
Senator Conway, et al

Election Law -- Voting System -- Study of Independent Verification Systems
Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to study, review, and evaluate independent verification systems, including at least one system that includes a voter verified paper audit trail, for the voting system currently used in the State; requiring the study to be conducted during specified municipal elections; authorizing the State Administrator to seek assistance from specified individuals in conducting the study; establishing an advisory committee to assist and advise the State Administrator in a specified review; etc.
Senator Dyson, et al

Election Law -- Voting System -- Study of Independent Verification Systems
Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to study, review, and evaluate independent verification systems, including at least one system that includes a voter--verified paper audit trail, for the voting system currently used in the State; requiring the study to be conducted during specified municipal elections; authorizing the State Administrator to seek assistance from specified individuals in conducting the study; establishing an advisory committee to assist and advise the State Administrator in a specified review; etc.
Delegate Patterson, et al

Navigable Water -- Licenses for Improvements to Land -- Fee Limits
Prohibiting the Board of Public Works from requiring compensation exceeding a specified amount for a license issued for riparian structures or activities not intended to increase revenue to a commercial enterprise and for which a public hearing is not conducted; etc.
Senators Stone and Harris

Procurement -- Percentage Price Preference -- Environmentally Preferable Products or Equipment
Providing a specified price preference for environmentally preferable products or equipment under specified circumstances; requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt specified regulations concerning the establishment of a specified percentage price preference; requiring specified units of State government to establish a list of acceptable environmentally preferable products or equipment; etc.
Delegate Cardin, et al

Labor and Employment -- Minimum Wage -- Increase
Requiring specified employers to pay specified employees at least the greater of specified wage amounts; authorizing an increase in a specified tip credit used by specified employers to compensate specified employees; and providing for a delayed effective date.
Delegate D Davis, et al

Montgomery County -- Vehicle Laws -- Speed Monitoring Systems MC 513--05
Authorizing the placement of speed monitoring systems on specified highways in Montgomery County; providing that persons recorded by a speed monitoring system while operating a motor vehicle in violation of speed limit laws are subject to specified penalties; requiring specified local police departments in Montgomery County to mail a citation to the owner of a motor vehicle that is recorded by a speed monitoring system in the county to have been used to commit a specified violation; etc.
Montgomery County Delegation

Procurement -- eMaryland Marketplace
Authorizing the Department of Budget and Management to establish fees for the use of eMaryland Marketplace by entities that publish a notice of a procurement, conduct a procurement, or publish a notice of award; repealing specified procedures for deducting and retaining specified fees from a procurement contract price to pay the costs of operating eMaryland Marketplace; and providing for a delayed effective date.
Delegate Morhaim, et al

Police and Court Records -- Nuisance Crimes -- Expungement
Authorizing a person convicted of any of a list of minor crimes who completed the sentence imposed for the conviction, including probation, to petition for the expungement of records maintained by the State pertaining to the conviction.
Delegate Marriott, et al

Elections -- Absentee Voting on Demand
Eliminating the circumstances that are required to exist for a voter to qualify for voting by absentee ballot; and altering the methods for receiving and submitting an application for an absentee ballot.
Delegate Petzold, et al

Elections -- State Board of Elections -- Membership Appointment Process and Authority over the State Administrator
Altering the appointment process for the members of the State Board of Elections; requiring the Governor to appoint to the State Board an individual whose name is submitted by the State Central Committee of the principal political party entitled to the appointment; providing that the appointment of the State Administrator of Elections by the State Board is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate of Maryland; etc.
Delegate Hixson, et al

Children -- Records -- Access by the Baltimore City Health Department
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to disclose to the Baltimore City Health Department specified records concerning specified children under specified circumstances; requiring the Baltimore City Health Department to submit specified reports under specified circumstances; requiring that child abuse and neglect records and reports be disclosed to the Baltimore City Health Department under specified circumstances; etc.
Delegate Marriott (Baltimore City Administration)

Department of Juvenile Services Reform Act of 2005
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to appear in court to explain why a specified child, detained in a specified facility for a specified period of time after a court has made a disposition on a petition about the child, remains in the facility; establishing the Joint Oversight Committee on the Department of Juvenile Services; etc.
Delegate Zirkin, et al

Civil Actions -- Burden of Proof -- Uninsured Motorist Coverage
Establishing that a person asserting the uninsured status of a motor vehicle in an action against an insurer or the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund has the burden of proof; providing that the burden of proof shall be deemed satisfied when the person introduces specified records or documents; requiring the finder of fact to find the motor vehicle to be uninsured if the person satisfies the burden of proof, unless an adverse party establishes specified coverage by a preponderance of the evidence; etc.
Delegate Kelley

Recordation and Transfer Taxes -- Exemptions -- Domestic Partners
Exempting from recordation tax and State and county transfer taxes instruments of writing transferring property between domestic partners and former domestic partners under specified circumstances; requiring the submission of specified evidence to qualify for specified exemptions; etc.
Delegate Kaiser, et al

Juvenile Justice Monitoring -- Transfer to Office of the Attorney General
Transferring the duties of the Office of the Independent Juvenile Justice Monitor from the Office for Children, Youth, and Families to the Office of the Attorney General; establishing the Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit of the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to adopt a specified policy for addressing disciplinary actions and grievances; requiring the Department to cooperate with the Unit in a specified manner; etc.
Delegate Zirkin, et al

Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2006)
Making the proposed appropriations contained in the State Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, in accordance with Article III, Section 52 of the Maryland Constitution; etc.
The Speaker (Administration)

Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2005
Providing for the distribution of specified fees to a special fund to be used for specified purposes; authorizing a fee to be assessed for the Drinking Driver Monitor Program for specified fiscal years; establishing the Drinking Driver Monitor Program Fund and providing for its administration; prohibiting judges from receiving specified salary increases; altering the authorized uses of a specified fund; etc.
The Speaker (Administration)

Creation of a State Debt -- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2005 and Other Consolidated Capital Bond Loans
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $665,443,000, the proceeds to be used for specified necessary building, construction, demolition, planning, renovation, conversion, replacement, and capital equipment purchases of this State, and for grants to specified subdivisions and other organizations for specified purposes, subject to the requirement that specified grantees provide specified matching funds; etc.
The Speaker (Administration)

Criminal Procedure -- Victim and Witness Intimidation
Providing that statements made by specified victims or witnesses are not excluded in a judicial proceeding by the hearsay rule under specified circumstances; etc.
The President (Administration), et al

Criminal Procedure -- Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board -- Membership and Duties
Altering the termination date for the Commission on Public Safety Technology and Critical Infrastructure; adding members to the Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board; requiring the Board to make specified recommendations; requiring the Board to consult and cooperate with specified governmental units; and requiring the Board to submit a specified report to the Governor and the General Assembly.
The President (Administration)

Department of State Police -- Collection of DNA Samples
Authorizing the collection of DNA samples at the time of sentencing and at a suitable location in a circuit court following the imposition of sentence; etc.
The President (Administration), et al

Department of State Police -- Collection of DNA Samples
Authorizing the collection of DNA samples at the time of sentencing and at a suitable location in a circuit court following the imposition of sentence; etc.
The Speaker (Administration), et al

Criminal Justice Information System -- National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact
Enacting the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact; establishing the purpose, responsibilities, and procedures of the Compact; establishing the organization and membership of the Compact Council and the Council's authority to adopt rules, procedures, and standards; providing for the designation of a Compact Officer for the State; requiring compliance with specified standards; etc.
The President (Administration), et al

Criminal Justice Information System -- National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact
Enacting the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact; establishing the purpose, responsibilities, and procedures of the Compact; establishing the organization and membership of the Compact Council and the Council's authority to adopt rules, procedures, and standards; providing for the designation of a Compact Officer for the State; requiring compliance with specified standards; etc.
The Speaker (Administration), et al

Vehicle Laws -- Provisional Drivers -- Eligibility for License
Prohibiting an individual who holds a provisional driver's license from receiving a driver's license sooner than 18 months following the later of the date the individual first obtains the provisional license, the date the individual has been convicted of specified violations, or the date of restoration of the individual's provisional license or driving privilege; etc.
The President (Administration), et al

Vehicle Laws -- License to Drive -- Requirements
Altering the minimum age required for eligibility for a provisional license and license; and extending from 4 months to 6 months the time period an individual is required to hold a learner's instructional permit before taking specified examinations to obtain a provisional driver's license.
The President (Administration), et al

Municipal Corporations -- Special Taxing Districts -- Public Safety
Authorizing municipal corporations in the State to create within their respective corporate limits special taxing districts for the purpose of financing capital and operating costs to enhance police, fire protection, and rescue services; and authorizing municipal corporations in the State to fix, impose, and collect ad valorem or special taxes and issue bonds or other obligations for specified purposes.
Senator Giannetti

Maryland Uniform Transfers to Minors Act -- Qualified Minor's Trust
Authorizing a custodian for a minor under the Maryland Uniform Transfers to Minors Act to transfer part or all of the custodial property to a qualified minor's trust without a court order under specified circumstances; providing that the transfer of custodial property to a qualified minor's trust terminates the custodianship of that property to the extent of the transfer; defining "qualified minor's trust"; and providing for the application of the Act.
Senator Giannetti

Commercial Law -- Gift Certificates and Gift Cards -- Expiration and Fees -- Restrictions and Prohibitions
Prohibiting a person from selling a gift certificate that is subject to expiration or specified fees or charges within a specified period after purchase; requiring disclosure of specified terms and conditions in a specified manner; providing that a gift certificate sold or issued in violation of the Act shall be considered valid and may not be subject to expiration or any fee; etc.
Senator Klausmeier, et al

Property Tax -- Valuation -- Low Income Housing Tax Credit Projects
Creating a subclass of real property for property tax assessment purposes; requiring a supervisor valuing commercial real property to consider the impact of rent restrictions, affordability requirements, or related restrictions required by provisions of federal law and federal, state, or local programs; prohibiting a supervisor valuing commercial real property from considering federal income tax credits as income attributable to the commercial real property; etc.
Senator Kramer, et al

Criminal Procedure -- Sexual Crimes Involving a Minor -- Term of Probation
Authorizing a court to order probation for a specified defendant convicted of sexual abuse or sexual offense crimes involving a minor for a time longer than the sentence imposed but not longer than 10 years for probation ordered in a circuit court or 6 years for probation ordered in the District Court.
Senator Brochin, et al

Proposed Capital Projects -- Planning -- High Performance Buildings
Requiring a unit of State government requesting an appropriation for the preliminary planning of a proposed capital project to include in its program submission to the Department of Budget and Management a justification for proposing that the building is appropriate for design as a high performance building; requiring the Department to conduct a specified review if a specified justification is submitted; etc.
Senator Brochin, et al

Criminal Procedure -- Sex Offenses -- Prohibition Against Probation Before Judgment
Including specified additional sex offenses among those offenses for which a court is prohibited from staying the entering of judgment and placing a defendant on probation.
Senator Kelley, et al

Crimes and Criminal Procedure -- Victim and Witness Intimidation
Prohibiting a person from harming another, threatening to harm another, or damaging or destroying property with the intent to induce a victim or witness not to report the existence of facts relating to a crime or delinquent act; prohibiting solicitation of another person to harm another, threaten to harm another, or damage or destroy property with the intent to induce a victim or witness to avoid testifying at an official proceeding or not to report the existence of facts relating to a crime or delinquent act; etc.
Senator Forehand, et al

Public Safety -- Protective Body Armor Fund -- Additional Use
Authorizing under specified circumstances the distribution of money remaining in the Protective Body Armor Fund to the Division of Parole and Probation to assist the Division to acquire protective body armor for its agents.
Chairman JPR (Dept)

Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis -- Fire and Explosive Investigators -- Authority
Extending to an Anne Arundel County or City of Annapolis fire and explosive investigator operating in Anne Arundel County or the City of Annapolis the authority of the State Fire Marshal and full--time investigative and inspection assistants in that office to make warrantless arrests and exercise powers of arrest; authorizing an Anne Arundel County or City of Annapolis fire and explosive investigator to exercise specified authority while operating outside Anne Arundel County or the City of Annapolis under specified circumstances; etc.
Senator Astle (Chairman, Anne Arundel County Senators)

Permanency for Families and Children Act of 2005
Revising substantively the laws relating to termination of parental rights, guardianship, and adoption.
Chairman JPR (Maryland Judicial Conference) and Senator Giannetti

Adoption -- Written Instruments -- Meaning of "Child"
Altering a date in a provision that limits the meaning of the term "child" or any equivalent term in specified written instruments to specified adopted individuals under specified circumstances; and providing for the application of the Act.
Senator Astle

State Government -- International and Interstate Compacts and Agreements -- Filing and Publication
Requiring that specified international and interstate compacts and agreements be filed with the Division of State Documents in the Office of the Secretary of State; requiring the Division of State Documents to publish specified filed compacts and agreements in the Maryland Register; and authorizing the Division of State Documents to deliver specified agreements or compacts to the State Archives.
Chairman EHE (Dept)

Baltimore County -- Orphans' Court Judges -- Attorneys--at--Law
Providing that a judge of the Orphans' Court in Baltimore County who is also an attorney--at--law shall have full power to do any act that the court is authorized by law to perform, including the power to hold court under specified circumstances; and authorizing a judge of the Orphans' Court in Baltimore County to practice law under specified circumstances.
Senator Stone, et al

Electric Universal Service Program -- Weatherization Component -- Transfer
Transferring responsibility for administering the low--income weatherization component of the electric universal service program from the Department of Human Resources to the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department of Human Resources, through the Office of Home Energy Programs, to be responsible for administering specified components of the electric universal service program; etc.
Senator Klausmeier, et al

Task Force on Common Ownership Communities
Creating a Task Force on Common Ownership Communities; providing for the composition of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to elect a chair from among its members; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide staff for the Task Force; prohibiting a member from receiving compensation but entitling a member to reimbursement for specified expenses; providing for the duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to submit a report by December 1, 2006; etc.
Senator Kelley, et al

Education -- Physical Education Director
Requiring the State Department of Education to employ a full--time director of physical education.
Senator Britt, et al

Department of Transportation and Maryland Transportation Authority -- Debt, Authority, and Financing
Expanding a definition of tax--supported debt to require the Capital Debt Affordability Committee to review and make recommendations regarding specified debt issued by the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority; repealing a specified requirement that the Capital Debt Affordability Committee make specified recommendations; repealing a requirement that the Governor make a specified appropriation; providing for additional notice and comment before the Authority takes a specified action; etc.
Delegate Madaleno, et al

Department of Transportation and Maryland Transportation Authority -- Debt, Authority, and Financing
Expanding the definition of tax--supported debt to require the Capital Debt Affordability Committee to review and make recommendations regarding specified debt issued by the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority; repealing a requirement that the Capital Debt Affordability Committee review and make recommendations about specified debt issued by the Department of Transportation; etc.
Senators DeGrange and Kasemeyer

Land Preservation and State Asset Protection Act
Requiring the Department of Planning to provide notice regarding specified excess property to specified committees of the General Assembly, specified members of the General Assembly, and specified adjacent property owners; requiring units of State government and the Department to maintain public records about determinations made about specified property; etc.
Senator Hollinger, et al

Baltimore City -- Property Tax Credit for Newly Constructed Dwellings
Extending the termination date from June 30, 2005, to June 30, 2007, applicable to provisions authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the local property tax on specified newly constructed dwellings under specified circumstances.
Senator Conway, et al

Landlord and Tenant -- Termination of Lease -- Limitation of Liability for Rent
Limiting the liability of a tenant for rent under a residential lease to no more than 2 months' rent if the tenant vacates the leased premises due to a medical condition; requiring a tenant to provide a landlord a specified certification from a physician and a specified notice of termination to qualify for the limitation of liability for rent; providing that the Act does not apply to a tenant under a residential lease under specified circumstances; etc.
Senator Kelley, et al

Maryland Energy Administration -- Geothermal Heat Pump Grant Program
Establishing the Geothermal Heat Pump Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide grants to individuals for a portion of the cost of installing a geothermal heat pump; and requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to administer the Program, establish procedures relating to the Program, and award grants, not to exceed $1,000, under the Program.
Senator Teitelbaum, et al

Consolidation of State Forest and Park Services Rangers and Natural Resources Police -- Exemption from Probationary Status
Establishing an exemption for specified employees of the State Forest and Park Service from the probationary time period for a Natural Resources police officer; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Senator Hogan, et al

Criminal Law -- Extortion by Government Officer or Employee -- Persons Subject to Offense
Expanding the category of officers or employees who are subject to specified provisions relating to extortion; expanding the category of employment from which a person convicted of extortion is barred; and defining the term "political subdivision".
Senator Stone, et al (Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments)

Public Safety -- Department of State Police -- Investigations of Deaths in or Outside Correctional Facilities
Requiring the Department of State Police to investigate any death of an inmate suspected to be a homicide that occurs within or outside a correctional facility under specified circumstances; and authorizing police employees to act within the limits of specified municipal corporations when conducting specified investigations.
Senator Frosh

Carroll County -- Public Facilities Bonds
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $35,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of specified public facilities in Carroll County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Carroll County Senators

Libraries -- Funding -- Public Libraries and Regional Resource Centers
Altering to specified amounts in specified fiscal years the per capita dollar amount that is required to be provided annually to each county public library system participating in the State's minimum library program; and altering to specified amounts in specified fiscal years the minimum allocations per each resident that each participating regional resource center shall receive for operating and capital expenses.
Senator Miller, et al

Crimes -- Factual Determinations That Enhance Penalties -- Revision
Altering specified provisions of law to establish new offenses in place of factual determinations that enhance penalties; establishing the offense and clarifying the penalty for rape in the first degree and kidnapping involving a victim under the age of 16 years; establishing the offense and clarifying the penalty for sexual offense in the first degree and kidnapping involving a victim under the age of 16 years; etc.
Senators Giannetti and Stone (Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments)

Task Force to Implement Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance Education
Establishing the Task Force to Implement Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance Education; requiring the University System of Maryland to provide staff for the Task Force; establishing the duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to submit an interim and a final report; etc.
Senator Teitelbaum, et al

Criminal Procedure -- Search and Seizure Warrants -- Sealed Affidavit
Repealing a limitation on the applicability of provisions authorizing a court to order that an affidavit presented in support of a search and seizure warrant be sealed; authorizing a court to grant one 30--day extension of time that an affidavit presented in support of a search and seizure warrant is to remain sealed under specified circumstances; etc.
Senator McFadden

Public Records -- Trade Secrets and Confidential Information -- Public Institutions of Higher Education
Authorizing a custodian to deny inspection of a part of a public record that contains information disclosing or relating to a trade secret, confidential commercial information, or confidential financial information owned in whole or in part by a public institution of higher education if the information is part of specified activities.
Senator Hogan, et al

Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System -- Membership -- Aviators with the Department of State Police
Providing aviators who operate an aircraft for the State Emergency Medical System and who are employed by the Department of State Police with membership in the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System; making membership optional for specified aviators; etc.
Senator DeGrange, et al

Higher Education -- Nursing Scholarships
Altering the service obligation requirements for a specified nursing scholarship to enable specified recipients to perform specified service obligations working in specified full--time or part--time nursing or faculty positions; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to review the demand for and capacity of nursing programs in the State and the availability of financial aid and other incentives; etc.
Senator Hollinger

Optional Retirement Program -- Eligibility
Altering the eligibility provisions for the Optional Retirement Program to include individuals in positions designated as exempt by the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland or the Board of Regents of Morgan State University; providing that an individual who was a participant in the Optional Retirement Program as of a specified date may continue to participate in the Program under specified circumstances; and providing for the application of the Act.
Senators Klausmeier and Hogan

Retirement and Pensions -- Ordinary Disability Retirement Allowance -- Offsets
Requiring that retirees receiving an ordinary disability allowance who return to work for the State or an employer that participates in the State retirement and pension system and who meet specified criteria be subject to a reduction of their retirement allowance.
Senator Kasemeyer

Cigarettes -- Direct Sales and Shipping
Prohibiting a person engaged in the business of selling or distributing cigarettes from selling, shipping, or causing to be shipped cigarettes, ordered or purchased by mail or through a computer network, telephonic network, or other electronic network by a consumer or other unlicensed recipient, directly to a consumer or other unlicensed recipient in this State; allowing a licensed retailer or an employee of a licensed retailer to deliver no more than two cartons of cigarettes directly to a consumer; etc.
Senator Exum, et al

Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance -- Vehicle Theft
Making it lawful for a person to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication in the course of a law enforcement investigation in order to provide evidence of the commission of vehicle theft if the person is an investigative or law enforcement officer or is acting under the direction of an investigative or law enforcement officer, and the device through which the interception is made has been placed within a vehicle by or at the direction of law enforcement personnel under specified circumstances.
Senator Giannetti, et al

Consumer Protection -- Hearing Aids -- Cancellation
Requiring a seller of a hearing aid to bill fees for diagnostic tests separately from specified other charges; authorizing a seller of a hearing aid to deduct payments made for diagnostic tests from a refund paid to a purchaser after cancellation of a hearing aid purchase; etc.
Senators Hafer and Conway

State Retirement and Pension System -- Administration -- Simplification
Providing that members of the several systems included in the State Retirement and Pension System who retire within 30 days after separating from employment with specified employers may receive creditable service for their unused sick leave; requiring that specified trustees on the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System meet specified criteria; etc.
Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman Joint Committee on Pensions)

Caroline County -- Treasurer -- Salary
Altering the salary of the Treasurer of Caroline County from $45,000 to $55,000; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent Treasurer of Caroline County.
Senators Colburn and Pipkin

Drunk and Drugged Driving -- Test Refusal -- Enhanced Criminal Penalties
Providing for specified enhanced criminal penalties that may be imposed if a person is convicted of specified alcohol-- or drug--related driving offenses and the trier of fact finds that the person knowingly refused to take a specified test; requiring a police officer to advise a person of the enhanced criminal penalties under specified circumstances; providing for specified procedures; etc.
Senator Giannetti, et al

Drunk and Drugged Driving -- Test Refusal -- Enhanced Criminal Penalties
Providing for specified enhanced criminal penalties that may be imposed if a person is convicted of specified alcohol-- or drug--related driving offenses and the trier of fact finds that the person knowingly refused to take a specified test; requiring a police officer to advise a person of the enhanced criminal penalties under specified circumstances; providing for specified procedures; etc.
Delegate Simmons, et al

Juvenile Causes -- Hearing on Petition to Authorize Continued Detention and Shelter Care -- Limitation
Limiting to 5 days the period in which a court may extend the date of a hearing on a petition to authorize detention, community detention, or shelter care for a specified child filed by an intake officer or specified official; and providing for the application of the Act.
Senator Giannetti

Insurance -- Individual Deferred Annuities -- Minimum Nonforfeiture Amounts
Providing for the calculation of the minimum nonforfeiture amount under specified annuity contracts; providing for the calculation of and imposing conditions on the interest rate used in determining the minimum nonforfeiture amount under an annuity contract; requiring an insurer to provide specified information regarding the redetermination of an interest rate in an annuity contract; providing for the calculation of and imposing specified conditions on benefits for annuity contracts; etc.
Senator Astle

Retirement and Pensions -- Reemployment of Retirees
Exempting from an offset of a retirement allowance retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or Teachers' Pension System who meet specified criteria; providing that specified retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System may only be reemployed for a period of 4 years; etc.
Senator Kasemeyer, et al

State Retirement and Pension System -- Optional Retirement Allowances -- Designated Beneficiaries
Prohibiting a member of the State Retirement and Pension System who elects to receive Option 2 or 5 as an optional form of retirement allowance from designating a beneficiary who is more than 10 years younger than the member; repealing Option 7 as an optional form of retirement allowance; and providing for the application of the Act.
Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman Joint Commission on Pensions)

Real Property -- Abatement of Nuisances on Property Used for Controlled Dangerous Substance Offenses
Specifying the persons against whom an action may be brought to abate a nuisance on property used for controlled dangerous substance offenses; clarifying that a plaintiff is entitled to equitable relief in an action to abate a drug--related nuisance whether or not an adequate remedy exists at law; authorizing a court, if a tenant fails to comply with an order to abate a drug--related nuisance, to order restitution of possession of the property to the operator of the property; etc.
Senators Hughes and Della

Baltimore City -- Tax Sales for Nonpayment of Environmental Citations -- Prohibition
Prohibiting tax sales of real property for nonpayment of specified municipal charges imposed for specified environmental violations in the City of Baltimore.
Senator Della

Medical Records -- Authorized Disclosures -- Compulsory Process
Altering requirements for disclosures of specified medical records; requiring that specified health care providers disclose specified medical records under specified circumstances; requiring that specified health care providers receive assurances from specified parties or by specified means; etc.
Senator Hollinger

Juvenile Causes -- Child in Need of Assistance -- Court Hearings and Findings
Requiring a juvenile court in specified hearings concerning a child in need of assistance to make a finding whether a local department of social services made reasonable efforts to prevent placement of the child into the local department's custody; requiring the court in specified review hearings to make a finding whether the local department made reasonable efforts to finalize the child's permanency plan and meet the child's needs; requiring the court to consider specified factors in making a finding; etc.
Senator Garagiola, et al

Election Law -- Election Judges -- Minors
Making the appointment and service of minors as election judges subject to specified provisions of the labor and employment law; and authorizing minors to be exempt from work hour restrictions, under specified circumstances.
Senator Green

Unemployment Insurance -- Exemption from Covered Employment -- Owner Operators of Class F (Tractor) and Class E (Truck) Vehicles
Clarifying that work performed by specified owner operators of Class F (tractor) and Class E (truck) vehicles is not covered employment for the purposes of unemployment insurance; requiring that specified contributions and benefit charges collected are not subject to refund; and providing for the application of the Act.
Senator Middleton

Children in Need of Assistance -- Custody and Guardianship
Authorizing a juvenile court to grant custody and guardianship of a child to a relative or nonrelative under provisions of law relating to children in need of assistance; authorizing the court to order specified reviews after granting custody and guardianship; requiring specified considerations before the court grants custody and guardianship; requiring the court to see a specified child in person before the court concludes a permanency plan review hearing; etc.
Senator Gladden, et al

Insurance -- Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact
Entering the State of Maryland in the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact; specifying the purposes of the Compact; providing for the creation of the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission as a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the compacting states; establishing a Task Force on the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact; etc.
Senator Middleton, et al

Real Property -- Foreclosure -- Protection of Homeowners
Regulating foreclosure consultants, foreclosure purchasers, and foreclosure surplus purchasers; prohibiting specified practices; specifying the form and contents of specified contracts and documents; providing that a homeowner has the right to rescind specified contracts and documents within a specified time; providing penalties for violations of the Act; requiring a written notice of a foreclosure sale to contain a specified statement; etc.
Senator Frosh

Baltimore City -- General Powers -- Special Tax Districts
Altering the purposes for which the proceeds shall be applied of specified bonds issued by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City under specified provisions of law authorizing specified special tax districts for the improvement of specified areas in Baltimore City, to include buildings that are abandoned property or distressed property, or that will provide units of affordable housing.
Senator McFadden (Baltimore City Administration)

Carroll County and Garrett County -- Display of Tobacco Products
Prohibiting specified persons who own or operate a business engaging in the retail sale of tobacco products from storing or displaying a tobacco product in a specified manner in Carroll County or Garrett County; providing that a person who violates specified provisions regarding the display of tobacco products is committing a civil infraction; providing for the issuance of a citation by specified persons, the contents of the citation, and the civil penalties for violations; etc.
Carroll County Senators and Garrett County Senators

Criminal Procedure -- Restitution
Allowing restitution for rehabilitation expenses; providing that the $10,000 cap of restitution is per child per incident and not aggregate children per incident; requiring the Division of Parole and Probation or Department of Juvenile Services to request the court to impose an earnings withholding order to collect restitution from an obligor's salary if the restitution is overdue and the restitution obligor is employed; providing for the presumed necessity of specified restitution expenses when written documentation is provided; etc.
Senators Stone and Green

State Surplus Personal Property -- Transfer
Authorizing the Secretary of General Services to dispose of surplus personal property owned by the State by transferring it to public schools; etc.
Senator Gladden

Charles County -- New School Capacity Construction Bonds -- Limitation
Repealing the $100,000,000 limitation on the amount the Charles County Commissioners may borrow by issuing 10--year new school capacity construction bonds; and authorizing the Commissioners to issue 10--year new school capacity construction bonds to fund all county costs in providing new school capacity.
Senator Middleton

Property Tax Exemption -- Property Used for Student Housing
Exempting property from the State and local property tax that is leased from the State and is used to provide housing to students of public senior higher education institutions; authorizing a public senior higher education institution to negotiate a payment--in--lieu--of--taxes agreement with specified local government entities; applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2005; and defining a term.
Senator Currie

Baltimore City Sheriff -- Employees -- Salaries
Altering the salaries of specified employees of the Baltimore City Sheriff; altering specified surcharges on filing fees in the District Court in Baltimore City; providing for the termination of specified provisions of the Act; etc.
Senator Conway, et al

Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System -- Transfers of Members of the Maryland Transit Administration Police Force
Transferring members of the Maryland Transit Administration Police Force from the Maryland Transit Administration Pension System to the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System; requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to pay to the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System specified employer contributions and to transfer specified employer contributions to the Board of Trustees; etc.
Senator Klausmeier

State Police Retirement System and Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System -- Disability Retirement
Exempting from earnings limitations and reemployment restrictions specified disability retirees of the State Police Retirement System and Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System.
Delegate Leopold

Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System -- Deferred Retirement Option Program -- Eligibility
Providing that members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System who were not eligible to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program for 5 years because they had more than 25 years of service credit are eligible to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program; providing the period of time these members may participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program; requiring that these members complete and submit forms to the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System; etc.
Delegate Cadden, et al

POW/MIA Flag Display on State House Grounds
Requiring the POW/MIA flag of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia to be flown on the State House grounds each year on Memorial Day and each day of Memorial Day weekend, POW/MIA Recognition Day in September, and Veterans' Day and each day of Veterans' Day weekend; and requiring the State House Trust to determine the site on the State House grounds where the POW/MIA flag will be flown.
Delegate Boschert, et al

Consumer Protection -- Privacy of Social Security Numbers
Prohibiting the public posting or displaying of an individual's Social Security number under specified circumstances; prohibiting the printing of an individual's Social Security number on specified cards under specified circumstances; prohibiting a person from requiring an individual to transmit the individual's Social Security number over the Internet under specified circumstances; prohibiting a person from initiating the transmission of an individual's Social Security number over the Internet under specified circumstances; etc.
Delegate Pendergrass, et al

Environment -- Brominated Flame Retardants -- Pentabrominated and Octabrominated Diphenyl Ether -- Prohibition
Prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2008, the manufacture, processing, sale, or distribution in the State of a new product or flame--retardant part of a new product that contains more than a specified amount of penta-- or octa--brominated diphenyl ether; providing that the prohibition does not apply to specified processing of specified recyclables or specified manufacturer replacement service parts or other products; etc.
Delegate Hubbard

Procurement -- Exemptions -- Policies and Procedures
Requiring specified units to have written policies and procedures for the procurements exempt from the procurement law; providing for specified exceptions; establishing requirements for the written policies and procedures; requiring units to submit written policies and procedures to the Board of Public Works or specified other authorities for review the beginning of each fiscal year; declaring the intent of the General Assembly; etc.
Delegate Morhaim, et al

Talbot County -- Board of Education -- Election of Members
Providing that members of the Talbot County Board of Education shall be elected; establishing a procedure for the election of members to the Talbot County Board of Education; establishing a specified term of office for elected members; providing for the removal of members under specified circumstances; providing for the appointment of a student nonvoting member; providing a procedure for filling a vacancy on the County Board; providing for the election of the president and vice president of the County Board; establishing districts; etc.
Delegates Haddaway and Eckardt

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 specified public facilities in St. Mary's County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
St. Mary's County Delegation

St. Mary's County -- Agricultural Land Preservation Program -- General Obligation Installment Purchase Agreements
Authorizing the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to enter into general obligation installment purchase agreements for an aggregate purchase price of not more than $20,000,000 to acquire development rights in tracts or parcels of agricultural and forestry land in St. Mary's County; etc.
St. Mary's County Delegation

Caroline County -- Sheriff -- Salary
Altering the salary of the Sheriff of Caroline County from $55,000 to $65,000; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent Sheriff of Caroline County.
Caroline County Delegation

Election Law -- Not--for--Profit Organizations -- Attribution of Contributions by Officers
Providing that specified campaign contributions made by officers of specified not--for--profit organizations are not attributable to the organizations, except under specified circumstances; and defining "officer".
Delegate Bobo

Real Property -- Homeowners Associations -- Electronic Payment Fees
Authorizing a homeowners association to charge a person an electronic payment fee if the person elects to pay the homeowners association with a credit card or debit card; limiting the electronic payment fee to a specified amount; requiring a homeowners association to provide notice that an electronic payment fee will be charged; etc.
Delegates Bozman and Conway

Maryland Tobacco Authority -- Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
Continuing the Maryland Tobacco Authority in accordance with the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2011, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Authority; altering the number of members of the Authority, the membership criteria, and the process for nominating members; repealing authority for the compensation for specified members of the Authority; repealing a requirement that the Authority conduct specified studies and investigations; etc.
Delegate McIntosh

Harford County -- Admissions and Amusement Tax -- Exemptions
Providing that the admissions and amusement tax may not be imposed by Harford County on gross receipts derived from any admissions and amusement charge for any activities related to agricultural tourism or from any admissions and amusement charge by roller skating rinks.
Harford County Delegation