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MDHB286Authorizing the governing body of a common ownership community to foreclose on a lien against a unit owner or lot owner only if the damages secured by the lien consist solely of delinquent periodic or special assessments and reasonable costs and atto...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 449
MDHB306Prohibiting a person from engaging in the commercial rearing of shellfish seed outside specified leased areas without first obtaining a shellfish nursery permit from the Department of Natural Resources; placing limitations on the issuance and scope o...
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2013-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
MDHB331Requiring that a public body take specified actions if the State Open Meetings Law Compliance Board determines that a violation of the Open Meetings Act has occurred; providing that compliance with specified provisions of the Act is not an admission ...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612
MDHB380Establishing a presumption, for the purpose of filing a Maryland income tax return, that a married couple who does not file a joint federal income tax return or married filing separate federal income tax return has filed a specified federal income ta...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 617
MDHB385Repealing the limitations on the requirement to provide specified funding in specified fiscal years to the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program for specified purposes from the Environmental Trust Fund; requiring specified funding for the Corps Progr...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435
MDHB409Requiring that, in specified years, a specified annual planning report contain a narrative on the implementation status of a specified comprehensive plan; increasing the time period of the comprehensive planning and zoning cycles of specified local j...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 521
MDHB713Authorizing a State or local law enforcement agency, on process issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, to seize specified property used or intended for use in connection with a violation of specified criminal statutes relating to human traffick...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 636
MDHB753Repealing provisions of law that require enforcement as a secondary offense of specified violations involving the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; altering the penalty imposed for a violation of a specified proh...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 637
MDHB767Establishing the Spay/Neuter Fund within the Department of Agriculture; stating the purpose of the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; requiring the Department to establish a specified fee on specified commercial feed prepared and distributed ...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 562
MDHB769Authorizing a local jurisdiction to adopt local amendments to the Maryland Building Performance Standards if the local amendments do not weaken wind design and wind-borne debris provisions contained in the Standards.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 537
MDHB775Establishing the Maryland Pesticide Reporting and Information Workgroup; providing for the composition, cochairs, and staffing of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding the establishment of a pesticide use ...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 524
MDHB877Requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt specified regulations if the Board determines that specified acts, laws, or amendments authorize or require the reduction of specified dollar amounts or alteration of specified parameters pertaining to spe...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 555
MDHB863Altering the matters of negotiation that may be included in collective bargaining between an employee organization and specified system institutions, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, or Baltimore City Community College; requir...
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2013-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
MDHB1170Requiring the Secretary of Housing and Community Development to convene a specified workgroup to examine creating the Maryland Smart Growth Investment Fund; requiring the workgroup to include specified representatives; etc.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 593
MDHB1308Prohibiting a party claiming the right to possession from taking possession or threatening to take possession of specified residential property from a specified protected resident by locking the resident out; requiring a party claiming the right to p...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 515
MDHB1257Clarifying specified provisions of law relating to zoning, planning, subdivision, and other land use laws of the State; altering the contents of a specified annual report to refer to approved rather than adopted plans; requiring specified charter cou...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 674
MDHB103Requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations requiring design development documents for the construction or major renovation of school buildings to include specified information relating to the use of solar technology; requiring the Inter...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 217
MDHB184Allowing an individual or corporation a $1 credit against the State income tax for each bushel of oyster shells recycled during the taxable year; providing that the credit may not exceed $750 during a taxable year; requiring the Department of Natural...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 279
MDHB224Requiring an individual who applies to register to vote or update an existing voter registration online to provide specified information; providing an exception to the voter registration deadline to allow an individual to register to vote or update a...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158
MDHB263Increasing, from 10% to 25%, the amount of restoration and preservation expenses for specified historic structures that the governing body of a county or municipal corporation may authorize to be claimed by specified taxpayers as a property tax credi...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 190
MDHB408Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland individual and corporate income tax for specified expenses incurred to buy and install enhanced agricultural management equipment under specified circumstances; defining "enhanced agricultural m...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 258
MDHB489Making it a misdemeanor to knowingly and willfully make specified threats against a deputy State's Attorney, an assistant State's Attorney, or an Assistant Public Defender; and imposing penalties.
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 373
MDHB667Requiring public school employers in all jurisdictions of the State to negotiate with employee organizations designated as the exclusive representatives for the public school employees a requirement of a service or representation fee to be charged to...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262
MDHB690Establishing the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council; providing for the membership of the Council; requiring the Governor to consider the geographic and demographic diversity of the State in appointing individuals to t...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 306
MDHB708Creating a separate criminal offense for each nuisance organism imported or possessed in violation of specified provisions of law or regulation; and establishing a total maximum fine of $25 for offenses arising out of the same enforcement action.
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 285
MDHB1101Establishing the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission; providing for the purpose and membership of the Commission; providing for the terms of the members of the Commission; establishing the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission F...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 403
MDHB963Establishing the Jean B. Cryor Memorial Scholarship Program to provide scholarships for the son or daughter or the surviving spouse of a school employee who died in the line of duty or who sustained an injury in the line of duty that rendered the sch...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 395
MDHB1320Extending the termination date of the Child in Need of Supervision Pilot Program in Baltimore City and Baltimore County.
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413
MDHB108Increasing from $2,000,000 to $3,500,000 the maximum sum of contributions for specified projects under the Neighborhood and Community Assistance Program that are eligible for a specified tax credit; and authorizing the Department of Housing and Commu...
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2013-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 82
MDHB128Altering the dates by which specified applications for the homestead property tax credit for specified dwellings are required to be filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; altering the taxable years in which the tax credit may no...
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2013-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 26
MDHB226Altering the Maryland renewable energy portfolio standard program to include a specified amount of energy derived from offshore wind energy; prohibiting the portion of the renewable energy portfolio that represents offshore wind energy from applying ...
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2013-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 3
MDHB560Establishing the policy of the State on public-private partnerships; authorizing a reporting agency to establish a public-private partnership and execute an agreement in connection with specified functions, services, or assets; requiring a reporting ...
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2013-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 5
MDHB665Specifying that a law enforcement employee of any unit of State government, instead of only specified law enforcement employees of the Department of State Police and the Department of Natural Resources, who works on specified holidays is entitled to ...
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2013-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 131
MDHB838Extending to the end of June 30, 2018, the termination date of provisions of law altering specified surcharges on specified fees, charges, and costs in civil cases in the circuit courts and the District Court and requiring a specified informational b...
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2013-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72
MDHB248Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $35,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Humane Society of Baltimore County, Inc. for the design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction and capital ...
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2013-04-08
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations
MDHB271Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Cromwell Valley Park Council, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and...
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2013-04-08
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations
MDHB982Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of ...
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2013-04-08
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations
MDHB490Making it a misdemeanor to possess or use specified firearm ammunition during and in relation to the commission of a crime; and establishing penalties.
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2013-04-05
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
MDHB1077Requiring a dealer or any other person who sells or transfers a regulated firearm to notify the purchaser or recipient at the time of purchase or transfer that the purchaser or recipient is required to report a lost or stolen regulated firearm to the...
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2013-04-05
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
MDHB557Requiring specified institutions of higher education in the State to report specified information on the cost of higher education at the institution to specified students.
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2013-04-04
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
MDHB569Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with local government officials, to conduct a review of State programs that provide financial assistance for costs relating to the planning, design, construction, and upgrade of wastewater ...
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2013-04-02
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
MDHB592Requiring a local board of canvassers to prepare a statement of election results by precinct that includes all votes cast by voters registered in each precinct who voted early on specified voting machines; and requiring the State Board of Elections t...
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2013-03-28
MDHB309Authorizing a judgment creditor to obtain discovery in aid of enforcement of a money judgment entered or recorded in a circuit court or in the District Court by use of a court ordered examination under oath before a judge or examiner of a judgment de...
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2013-03-26
MDHB1426Requiring retirees of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System who are reemployed under specified circumstances to terminate participation in a Deferred Retirement Option Program and receive a specified lump sum payment before being reemployed by...
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2013-03-26
MDHB735Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified earned sick and safe leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick and safe leave is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; requiring an employer to allow an emplo...
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2013-03-25
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn
MDHB1087Requiring specified distributors, on or before January 1, 2015, to establish or participate in a program, approved by the Department of the Environment, for the collection and recycling of specified beverage containers; requiring specified owners and...
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2013-03-25
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
MDHB969Establishing a Commission to Consider Mental Health-Related Ways to Limit Mass Violence by Individuals with Antisocial Personality Disorders, Depressive Disorders, or Other Mental Illness; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Com...
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2013-03-23
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn
MDHB1048Requiring a vendor of property on which a dwelling built before December 31, 1977, is located to deliver to specified purchasers the results of a specified lead-contaminated dust test at least 7 days before settlement of a contract for the sale of th...
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2013-03-22
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
MDHB1100Establishing an independent Medical Marijuana Oversight Commission; providing for the purpose and membership of the Commission; providing for the terms of the members of the Commission; providing for the appointment of a chair and vice chair of the C...
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2013-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn
MDHB927Requiring a licensed tree expert to complete specified continuing education requirements to qualify for license renewal; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to maintain specified records for each licensed tree expert; requiring the Departme...
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2013-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn
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