MD SB747 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-03-18 - Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-03-18 - Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring the Public Service Commission, in adopting specified vegetation management regulations, to require that an electric company's vegetation management program comply with the International Society of Arboriculture's Best Management Practices for Utility Pruning of Trees; and prohibiting an electric company from removing a tree on private property unless the tree is hazardous and the private property owner has consented to removal of the hazardous tree.
Title
Public Utilities - Electric Companies - Vegetation Management
Sponsors
| Sen. Brian Feldman [D] | Sen. Susan Lee [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-18 | Senate | Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn |
| 2015-03-16 | Senate | Hearing cancelled |
| 2015-03-17 | Senate | Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2015-02-24 | Senate | Hearing cancelled |
| 2015-03-03 | Senate | Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2015-02-17 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance |
| 2015-02-13 | Senate | First Reading Senate Rules |
