| HB908 | Pass | Altering the quorum requirement for the Maryland Clean Energy Center Board; altering the minimum vote required for the Board to act; designating employees and officials of the Maryland Clean Energy Center as State personnel under the Maryland Tort Cl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB1164 | Pass | Increasing the minimum amount of the total volume of paper that the Secretary of General Services buys to at least 90% recycled paper; requiring a review of procurement practices and a study of the use of recycled materials; establishing a goal to in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB405 | Pass | Authorizing an officer of a close corporation, as defined under the laws of the jurisdiction where the corporation is incorporated, to elect to be exempt from workers' compensation coverage; authorizing an officer of a corporation, other than a close...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB406 | Pass | Requiring a specified team of licensed associate real estate brokers and licensed real estate salespersons that provides real estate brokerage services to designate a team leader; establishing qualifications for the team leader; establishing specifie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB659 | Pass | Repealing specified provisions of law relating to durable powers of attorney; establishing the Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act; establishing that a specified agent is not required to disclose specified information, with specified e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB409 | Pass | Prohibiting the Maryland Home Improvement Commission from making an award from the Home Improvement Guaranty Fund in excess of the amount paid by or on behalf of the claimant to the contractor against whom the claim is filed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB411 | Pass | Adding a consumer member and a pharmacist to the Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations; repealing the termination date of the Commission; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with MedChi, the Maryland State M...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB161 | Pass | Requiring the juvenile court, in guardianship review hearings, to consult on the record with the child in an age-appropriate manner at least every 12 months.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB667 | Pass | Including Dorchester, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties as those in which an exceptional hauling permit issued by the State Highway Administration is valid for a combination of vehicles that transports specified forestry products, su...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB923 | Pass | Requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations that require the agency designated to certify minority business enterprises to complete its review and provide notice of its decision to the applicant within a specified period of time; and aut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB926 | Pass | Providing that a specified retiree organization may make only one request in April and one in October of each year to the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System for retiree information that is necessary for direct mailings by th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB927 | Pass | Exempting out-of-state applicants for licensure as a certified social worker or a certified social worker-clinical from specified requirements for licensure if the applicant is licensed or registered to practice social work in the other state at a sp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB168 | Pass | Providing that specified construction industry indemnity agreements relating to architectural, engineering, inspecting, or surveying services are against public policy and are void and unenforceable; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB674 | Pass | Authorizing the use of a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane by plug-in vehicles under specified circumstances; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, the State Highway Administration, and the Department of State Police to consult to design a spec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB676 | Pass | Authorizing an operator of a motorcycle to use specified auxiliary lighting on the motorcycle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB678 | Pass | Authorizing the Board of County Commissioners for Frederick County to enact a pilot program under which a solid waste hauler charges a resident a fee for curbside collection based on the volume of the solid waste collected; and providing that the pil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB1188 | Pass | Clarifying specified qualifications for licensed clinical professional counselors to be eligible to serve as members of the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists; and repealing specified requirements regarding the eligibility of a lic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB1443 | Pass | Authorizing specified individuals to purchase service credit in the Employees' Pension System; requiring individuals who choose to purchase service credit to pay to the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System a specified amount f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB934 | Pass | Creating an exception to the use of a handheld telephone utilizing push-to-talk technology by an individual operating a commercial vehicle to specified prohibitions against using a handheld telephone while driving a motor vehicle; making the Act cont...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB179 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Nursing to issue a temporary license to an individual who has taken and passed an examination under the title, but is waiting for the completion of a criminal history records check; specifying the scope of the temporary...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB435 | Pass | Requiring specified health insurance carriers to pay a bonus to primary care providers for services provided in the office after 6 p.m. and before 8 a.m. or on weekends and national holidays; requiring specified health insurance carriers to include s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB689 | Pass | Creating an exception for a holder of a lifetime complimentary angler's license for former prisoners of war or service disabled veterans to the requirement to obtain a trout stamp before catching or possessing freshwater trout.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB1199 | Pass | Creating an additional salvage application statement that an insurance company is required to provide under specified circumstances; prohibiting a person from using specified costs to determine the cost to repair a motor vehicle for highway operation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB1454 | Pass | Authorizing a child support recipient to send notice of a change of address to a child support enforcement agency in a specified manner; and authorizing a child support obligor to send notice of a change of address or place of employment to a child s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB1200 | Pass | Providing that any funds remaining in a special taxing district established in Calvert County at the termination of the special taxing district may be applied to future special taxing districts, returned to owners of property in the special taxing di...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB443 | Pass | Providing an exemption from the inheritance tax for property that passes from a decedent to or for the use of a surviving spouse of a deceased child or a deceased lineal descendant of a child of the decedent under specified circumstances; altering a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB1206 | Pass | Prohibiting specified persons from soliciting the execution of, processing, receiving, or accepting an application or agreement for a refund anticipation loan or refund anticipation check or facilitating the making of a refund anticipation loan or re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB193 | Pass | Authorizing a court in the State to exercise personal jurisdiction under specified circumstances over a person who obtains a foreign defamation judgment for the purpose of providing declaratory relief as to liability or determining whether the judgme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB1464 | Pass | Authorizing a municipal corporation to establish a land bank authority by ordinance; requiring an ordinance establishing an authority to include specified articles of incorporation; requiring specified articles of incorporation to be filed, accepted,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB699 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to pay specified rates for specified hospital services; specifying that emergency services include services provided at specified facilities for the purposes of hospital rate setting; requiring the He...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB702 | Pass | Defining a type of insurance to include a type of bond; authorizing specified governing bodies of a cooperative housing corporation, a condominium, or a homeowners association to satisfy the requirement of purchasing fidelity insurance by purchasing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB199 | Pass | Providing that under specified circumstances a homeowner who is an employee of the federal government stationed outside the State may qualify for the homestead property tax credit for a dwelling even though the homeowner does not live in the dwelling...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB451 | Pass | Authorizing the Somerset County Board of License Commissioners to issue a local caterer's license in the county only to the holders of specified Class B restaurant or hotel (on-sale) licenses; providing that a caterer's license issued under the Act a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB452 | Pass | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Washington County to employ one or more County Attorneys; requiring the salaries for a County Attorney to be set in the annual county budget; authorizing the County Commissioners to employ attorneys; authorizin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB704 | Pass | Authorizing the governing body of Prince George's County to merge specified government entities; providing for the powers, duties, and limitations of a specified merged entity; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB1470 | Pass | Providing that a title insurance producer independent contractor who provides specified services that may result in issuance of a title insurance contract by or on behalf of a title insurance producer is not required to file a specified fidelity bond...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB453 | Pass | Exempting from the prohibition against an employer requiring or demanding, as a condition of employment, that an individual submit to or take a lie detector or similar test, individuals who apply for employment with the Washington County Emergency Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB454 | Pass | Repealing obsolete provisions of law pertaining to limitations on the authority of the County Commissioners of Washington County to provide aid to specified factory businesses in Washington County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB203 | Pass | Providing for an exemption from the sales and use tax for sales to veterans' organizations that are qualified as tax exempt under § 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code; providing for the effective date of specified provisions of the Act; and prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB963 | Pass | Adding abandoned property delivered to the State Comptroller under the laws relating to the disposition of abandoned property to provisions of law requiring the State Comptroller to withhold the amount of specified child support arrearages from payme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB458 | Pass | Increasing from $50,000 to $100,000 the maximum amount of specified contracts for specified public improvements into which the County Commissioners of Washington County are authorized to enter without advertising for bids.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB710 | Pass | Establishing a Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding; requiring the Commission to review, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning specified issues; specifying the membership and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Gove...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB966 | Pass | Altering the method of selecting the at large member of the Washington County Salary Study Commission; repealing the requirement that the Commission study the salary of the Washington County State's Attorney; requiring the County Commissioners for Wa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB711 | Pass | Providing that an immediate successor in interest who has acquired legal title to residential property under a foreclosure shall assume the interest subject to the provision of a notice to vacate and the rights of a bona fide tenant; establishing the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-20
Approved by the Governor |
| HB1481 | Pass | Prohibiting a specified lease, contract, or agreement entered into by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission from including specified provisions under specified circumstances; providing that a specified prohibition applies only in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-04
Approved by the Governor |
| HB973 | Pass | Requiring each county board of education to provide students in the 6th through 12th grades with the telephone number of the Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline in specified ways; providing that a county board is not required to reprint or reissue student ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-04
Approved by the Governor |
| HB974 | Pass | Authorizing the State Department of Agriculture to establish requirements for the voluntary certification and registration of nutrient credits on agricultural land; establishing specified certification and registration requirements; authorizing the S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-04
Approved by the Governor |
| HB975 | Pass | Altering and redesignating the definition of "vehicular crossing" for purposes of specified provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law to include specified highways under the jurisdiction of the Maryland Transportation Authority, thereby applying specifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-04
Approved by the Governor |
| HB217 | Pass | Altering the qualifications for voter registration to allow an individual who is at least 16 years old to register to vote; specifying that an individual under the age of 18 years may vote in specified primary elections but may not vote in any other ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-04
Approved by the Governor |
| HB470 | Pass | Requiring the Comptroller to continue to distribute specified income tax revenue from corporations to the Higher Education Investment Fund; expanding the authorized uses of the Fund; establishing a Tuition Stabilization Trust Account in the Fund; sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-05-04
Approved by the Governor |
