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HOUSE BILL 1334

File Code: Agriculture

Sponsored By:
Delegates Cane, Stull, Bartlett, Bozman, Conway, Donoghue, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Haddaway, Hogan, McKee, Rudolph, Shank, Sossi, Walkup, Weldon, Bobo, V. Clagett, Glassman, Jennings, Montgomery, Parker, and Weir

Entitled:
Agriculture - Critical Farms Program

Synopsis:

Requiring the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation and the Department of Planning to establish a Critical Farms Program to provide specified 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 specified criteria developed by the Foundation and the Department; requiring the Foundation and the Department to conduct a specified study and submit a report; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/11
First Reading Environmental Matters
Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.
3/21
Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/22
Third Reading Passed (134-0)
4/2
House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
House Requests Senate Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Delegates Cane, Weir, and Stull
4/8
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (133-0)
Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
3/22
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/5
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/3
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/4
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
4/7
Senate Refuses to Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Senators Harris, Greenip, and Kittleman
4/8
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/26
Governor vetoed - Duplicative

Sponsored by:

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B
Delegate Patrick N. Hogan, District 3A
Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
Delegate Rosetta C. Parker, District 47
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36
Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
Delegate Michael H. Weir, Jr., District 6
Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES -see also- ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
AGRICULTURE -see also- FARMLAND
CONSERVATION -see also- SOIL CONSERVATION
COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
EASEMENTS
FARMLAND
LEGISLATION - see also- CORRECTIVE LEGISLATION; CURATIV LEG.
PLANNING, DEPARTMENT OF
REPORTS
RULES AND REGULATIONS

Bill affects the following Statute:

Agriculture
( 2-517 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
House
Number: 330817/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 21, 2005   at: 6:36 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 804439/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: April 5, 2005   at: 11:27 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Conference Committee Documents (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
Report Number: 633023/1 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: April 11, 2005   at: 6:22 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 22, 2005: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed (133-0)
Senate
April 4, 2005: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


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