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HB385PassRepealing 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
HB650PassApplying provisions of law relating to prevailing wage rates for public work contracts to public work contracts entered into by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission by altering the definition of "public body" to include the Commission.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 630
SB161PassAuthorizing 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 448
HB232PassProviding that the sales and use tax does not apply to a sale by specified parent-teacher organizations or other organizations within an elementary or secondary school in the State or within a school system in the State; etc.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 609
SB470PassAdding the Somerset County Economic Development Commission as an eligible governmental unit in the Employees' Pension System; providing that specified individuals are subject to the alternate contributory pension benefit in the Employees' Pension Sys...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 472
HB1433PassEstablishing a reduction of the Prince George's County school facilities surcharge for multifamily housing constructed within an approved transit district overlay zone, within one-quarter mile of a Metro station under specified circumstances, or with...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 685
HB646PassRemoving Montgomery County from a specified list of exempted counties so as to allow specified veterans' organizations in the county to be licensed to sell specified lottery machine tickets under specified circumstances; authorizing veterans' organiz...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 629
SB339PassRepealing 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 638
HB644PassAllowing an individual who files an income tax return electronically to elect to use all or a portion of the individual's income tax refund to purchase U.S. Series I Savings Bonds; specifying that the individual must make the designation in $50 incre...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 507
HB390PassAdding a trustee to the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to represent the interests of county governments; establishing the qualifications of the trustee; and requiring that the Governor appoint the trustee, who may be fr...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 535
SB473PassAuthorizing access to specified court records and police records by the Baltimore City Health Department's Office of Youth Violence Prevention and the Baltimore City Mayor's Office on Criminal Justice under specified circumstances; requiring that the...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 474
SB474PassAltering the amortization periods to be used for unfunded liabilities or surpluses of the State Retirement and Pension System; clarifying the application of a specified amortization period to specified changes; and phasing out a specified method for ...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 475
SB481PassEstablishing the Task Force to Study the Implementation of Tax Benefits for Emergency Preparedness; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the impleme...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 481
SB482PassIncreasing the amount an individual or corporation may claim as a credit against the State income tax for specified costs incurred to obtain federal security clearances and to construct or renovate specified sensitive compartmented information facili...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 482
HB642PassRequiring the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to post warning signs at each public access point to a waterway that is contaminated by a leak in a sanitary line, pipe, or fixture that is connected to the sanitary sewer system of the Commission...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 628
HB66PassAuthorizing a person to hunt turkey on specified public land on any Sunday during the spring turkey hunting season in Dorchester County; and making the Act an emergency measure.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 433
SB476PassClarifying the calculation used by the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to determine the amount of creditable service a member of the State Retirement and Pension System is eligible to receive for unused sick leave at ret...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 477
SB656PassAuthorizing the governing body of Calvert County to enter into a payment in lieu of taxes agreement with the owner of a facility for the liquefaction of natural gas; requiring an agreement for payment in lieu of taxes to include specified provisions;...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 516
HB909PassAuthorizing that a prosecution of a person for a violation of specified provisions of law prohibiting murder and manslaughter be brought in the county in which the crime occurred or, if the location of the crime cannot be determined, in the county in...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 650
SB477PassProhibiting specified retired members of the State Retirement and Pension System from being employed on a permanent, temporary, or contractual basis by specified employers within 45 days of the date the individual retired; deleting obsolete provision...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 479
HB639PassAltering a provision of law to provide that the boundaries of the Maryland-Washington Regional District include all of Prince George's County except the City of Laurel as it existed on July 1, 2013.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 627
SB658PassProviding that, for purposes of calculating Maryland estate tax, the surviving spouse of a decedent shall include any individual to whom, at the time of the decedent's death, the decedent was lawfully married under State law; providing an income tax ...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 517
SB790PassRequiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to set a fee, by regulation, for specified services of the Advance Directive Registry; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to take the steps necessary to make the Registry ope...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 549
HB1031PassProviding that, for purposes of calculating Maryland estate tax, the surviving spouse of a decedent shall include any individual to whom, at the time of the decedent's death, the decedent was lawfully married under State law; providing an income tax ...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 518
SB486PassIncluding motorcycles in the definition of "short-term vehicle rental" for purposes of determining the sales and use tax rate for short-term vehicle rentals; including motorcycles in the definition of "rental vehicle" for purposes of the Motor Vehicl...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 483
HB68PassAuthorizing the Comptroller to issue a Class 7 micro-brewery license to a holder of a Class D beer license in Dorchester County; and providing for the hours and days for consumer sales under the Class 7 micro-brewery license.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 445
HB637PassRequiring specified buildings owned by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to be high performance buildings under specified circumstances; exempting specified building types from specified high performance building standards; a...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 626
HB1030PassAltering the definition of "urban agricultural property" for purposes of a specified county or municipal corporation property tax credit to include specified real property of not more than 5 acres; etc.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 660
SB342PassRepealing the termination date for specified provisions of law related to access to public records in specified electronic formats.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 458
SB662PassAltering the annual fees and surcharges for specified commercial fishing licenses and authorizations; requiring that specified tidal fish licensees obtain a harvester registration from the Department of Natural Resources; authorizing the Department t...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 519
SB916PassEstablishing the Task Force to Study Licensing and Continuing Education Requirements for Electricians; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specifie...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 579
SB489PassClarifying that a person who feloniously and intentionally kills, conspires to kill, or procures the killing of the decedent is disqualified from inheriting, taking, enjoying, receiving, or otherwise benefiting from the death, probate estate, or nonp...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 485
SB917PassAltering a requirement for the distribution of specified proceeds that the Comptroller is required to pay to a licensee from video lottery terminals at a video lottery facility in Allegany County.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 580
HB70PassRepealing the termination date for provisions of law related to access to public records in specified electronic formats.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 459
HB1505PassIncreasing from 2 to 3 the maximum number of days per week that the Department of Natural Resources may authorize a specified dredge boat to operate under the power of an auxiliary yawl boat while dredging for oysters in the Chesapeake Bay.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 689
HB902PassClarifying the applicability of requirements for an offset from retirement allowances from the State Police Retirement System for specified individuals who accept employment with participating employers; extending a termination provision that applies...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 649
HB1507PassAuthorizing the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to enact an ordinance prohibiting an owner of real property from allowing or causing the existence, creation, or maintenance of a nuisance under specified circumstances; requiring an ordinance...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 690
HB48PassRequiring specified entities to include in specified contracts a requirement for procuring janitorial products; excluding a not-for-profit entity organized to promote the interests of physically or mentally disabled individuals from a specified defin...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 605
HB101PassAuthorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $1,109,119,000, the proceeds to be used for specified necessary building, construction, demolition, planning, renovation, conversion, replacement, and capital equipment purchases of the State,...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 424
HB102PassAltering the frequency with which specified payments from a special fund are required to be paid; requiring the reduction of specified grants and payments under specified circumstances; providing that a specified District Court surcharge shall be add...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 425
SB784PassRequiring an employer to explore specified means of reasonably accommodating a disability caused or contributed to by pregnancy if an employee requests a reasonable accommodation; requiring an employer to transfer an employee to a less strenuous or l...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 547
SB671PassIncreasing the time period of the comprehensive planning and zoning cycles of specified local jurisdictions to better coincide with the release of United States decennial census data; requiring a specified annual planning report to contain a specifie...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 520
SB965PassRequiring 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; requiring the workgroup to revi...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592
SB674PassProhibiting specified individuals who are serving in specified elected or appointed positions from being members of the Employees' Pension System while serving in the positions.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 522
SB675PassEstablishing 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 523
HB1017PassAllowing a credit against the State income tax for specified qualified expenditures at specified wineries and specified vineyards; requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development to administer the tax credit; providing for the maximum a...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 659
HB57PassRequiring the Office of Health Care Quality to reconvene the Abuser Registry Workgroup; requiring the Abuser Registry Workgroup to undertake a specified review, monitor the implementation of specified recommendations, and recommend specified changes;...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 606
HB1348PassAltering the date by which the Department of Legislative Services must complete specified evaluations and reports; altering the elements required in specified reports; altering the date by which the Legislative Policy Committee must make a specified ...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 680
SB926PassRepealing the termination date on a specified provision of law relating to the State and Local Aid Program for Certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 581
HB621PassAuthorizing the Maryland Energy Administration to create a Regulated Sustainable Energy Contract Program to authorize qualified contractors to provide residential renewable energy installations and residential energy efficiency measures to residentia...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 625
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