Maryland Senate Bill 985 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-03-28 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Granting the District Court exclusive original civil jurisdiction in a specified proceeding to abate a public nuisance; providing that a gas pipeline shall be considered a public nuisance under specified circumstances; authorizing specified persons to bring a specified action against the owner or operator of a gas pipeline to abate a public nuisance under the Act; authorizing a court to order a specified relief if, after a hearing, the court determines that a public nuisance exists; etc.

Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Public Nuisance Suits

Sen. Robert Zirkin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-28	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn
2013-03-19	Senate	Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2013-02-20	Senate	Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
2013-02-18	Senate	First Reading Senate Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0985?ys=2013rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/bills/sb/sb0985f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/fnotes/bil_0005/sb0985.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/votes_comm/sb0985_jpr.pdf