MD HB599 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-22 - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Environment and Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 30 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-22 - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Environment and Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Altering the exemption from the application of the Forest Conservation Act for the cutting or clearing of public utility rights-of-way or land for specified electric generating stations; increasing the acreage that must be planted in order to meet the reforestation requirement under the Act; and authorizing a specified increase in the rate that is paid to the Forest Conservation Fund in lieu of meeting specified reforestation or afforestation requirements.
Title
Forest Conservation Act - Exemption, Reforestation Rate, and Forest Conservation Fund - Alterations
Sponsors
| Del. Anne Healey [D] | Del. Ben Barnes [D] | Del. Alfred Carr [D] | Del. Barbara Frush [D] |
| Del. Stephen Lafferty [D] | Del. Shane Robinson [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-22 | House | Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2017-01-30 | House | First Reading Environment and Transportation |
