MD Legislation | 2016 | Regular Session

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SB1015PassAltering the serving size of a sample serving of beer permitted to be served to an individual by a holder of a Class BWTS beer and wine tasting or sampling license in St. Mary's County; establishing a BWT beer and wine tasting permit in St. Mary's Co...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600
HB1488PassEstablishing the Maryland Corps Program; providing for stipends of up to $15,000 for corps participants and one-time scholarships of up to $6,000 for corps participants who complete the Program; requiring the Board of Directors to issue a Request for...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 654
HB870PassAuthorizing the Department of Natural Resources, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, to establish a program to control the spread of black flies in the State under specified circumstances; requiring that the program be implemented init...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 585
SB945PassRequiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require a person who is convicted of specified offenses relating to driving under the influence of alcohol to participate in the Ignition Interlock System Program for specified periods of time; increasing...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 512
SB1005PassRequiring the Division of Parole and Probation to conduct a risk and needs assessment on inmates as soon as feasible after sentencing and develop a case plan to guide an inmate's rehabilitation while in custody; altering the manner in which specified...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 515
HB249PassAuthorizing members of the National Guard whose employment and reemployment rights have been violated to bring a civil action for economic damages, including lost wages and benefits; and authorizing a court to award specified damages, fees, costs, an...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 561
SB771PassProhibiting a creditor or a debt collector from initiating or filing a specified consumer debt collection action under specified circumstances; specifying that any subsequent payment toward, written or oral affirmation of, or any other activity on th...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 579
HB1076PassCreating in Montgomery County a sports stadium license; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license to three individuals serving on the Board of Director for a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company that operat...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 646
HB1533PassProviding an exemption from the sales and use tax for specified construction material or warehousing equipment purchased for use in a specified target redevelopment area in Baltimore County under specified circumstances; requiring a buyer claiming th...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 604
HB654PassRequiring an applicant for a specified Class D beer, wine, and liquor license in Howard County to attest in a sworn statement that gross receipts from food sales will be at least equal to 20% of the gross receipts from the sale of food and alcoholic ...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 625
HB1054PassAltering the penalty the Comptroller is required to assess if a person fails to pay income tax when due; and applying the Act to all income tax penalties assess on or after July 1, 2016.
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 642
HB816PassProviding the salary of the Sheriff of Cecil County beginning with the term of office that begins in fiscal year 2019 to be not less than $100,000, as determined by the County Council of Cecil County; and providing for the application of the Act.
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 632
SB10PassIncreasing from $500,000 to $750,000 the minimum gross income amount by which the registration statement of a charitable organization must include an audit by an independent certified public accountant; providing a range of $300,000 but less than $75...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 527
HB855PassAuthorizing the Correctional Training Commission to revoke the certification of a Department of Juvenile Services employee in conjunction with specified disciplinary actions; authorizing the court to reinstate the certification of a correctional offi...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 555
HB659PassAuthorizing a specified victim to file an application for leave to appeal to the Court of Special Appeals from an interlocutory order or appeal to the Court of Special Appeals from a final order that denies or fails to consider the victim's right to ...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 541
SB1079PassAltering specified conditions under which the Board of License Commissioners of Washington County may issue a specified alcoholic beverages license to the owner of a hotel or motel; requiring the hotel or motel to have specified lobby facilities, to ...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 605
HB1148PassRequiring the Comptroller, on or before January 1, 2017, to collect information on State income tax forms on the amount of retirement income from specified sources reported by an individual taxpayer, and by each spouse in the case of a joint return; ...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 648
HB72PassRequiring the State Board of Education and nonpublic schools, defined as noncollegiate educational institutions that hold certificates of approval from the State Board and participate in the Nonpublic Schools Textbook and Technology Grants Program, t...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 609
HB177PassRepealing a criminal prohibition on making specified markings on a flag authorized by the United States or this State for exhibition or display, publicly exhibiting a flag of the United States or this State that has specified markings, or displaying ...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 617
SB1047PassEstablishing the Task Force to Study Recording Deeds for Victims of Domestic Violence; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding how to protect the identity and address of a participant in the Address Confidentiality Progra...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 602
HB1073PassAuthorizing the Montgomery County Board of License Commissioners to fulfill a specified notice requirement by posting online a completed application for an alcoholic beverages license at least 14 days before the hearing date.
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 645
SB552PassAuthorizing a specified property tax credit for specified residential real property in Harford County owned by specified surviving spouses or specified cohabitants; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to grant, by law, a specifie...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 558
HB22PassAltering the membership of the Steering Committee of the Ethan Saylor Alliance for Self-Advocates as Educators: requiring the Steering Committee to review, or request that the Alliance review, the content and monitor the implementation of the trainin...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 520
SB283PassProhibiting a person from possessing, with the intent to unlawfully use, an implement of dogfighting; establishing penalties on conviction of a violation of the Act of a maximum imprisonment of 90 days or a maximum fine of $5,000 or both; providing t...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 546
SB818PassRequiring an appointing authority to apply a credit of five points on a selection test for specified positions in the State Personnel Management System for an individual with a specified disability; requiring a specified appointing authority for a sp...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 523
HB155PassProhibiting a person from engaging in a malicious course of conduct where the person intends to cause or knows or reasonably should have known that the conduct would cause serious emotional distress to another.
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 545
SB1062PassProviding an exemption from the sales and use tax for specified construction material or warehousing equipment purchased for use in a specified target redevelopment area in Baltimore County under specified circumstances; requiring a buyer claiming th...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 603
SB726PassEstablishing the Task Force on the Maryland Clean Energy Center; requiring the Task Force to assess specified programs, review specified State financing instrumentalities, identify specified resources, review specified cost-effective opportunities, a...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 577
HB146PassAuthorizing a specified property tax credit for specified residential real property in Harford County owned by specified surviving spouses or specified cohabitants; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to grant, by law, a specifie...
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2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559
SB306PassAltering the definition of "agricultural land transfer tax" and defining "total rate of tax" to provide that, for purposes of specified provisions of law concerning the calculation of the agricultural land transfer tax, the tax does not include a spe...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 372
SB226PassRequiring specified engineering documents prepared at the request of the State or a political subdivision of the State, where specified skills are required, to be signed, sealed, and dated by a certain professional engineer who prepared or approved t...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 361
HB557PassAuthorizing an insurer to issue a policy of homeowner's insurance that includes a specified deductible, subject to specified limitations; authorizing the insurer to require a specified deductible in a policy of homeowner's insurance or to offer a spe...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 491
HB1453PassProviding that a licensee of the State Real Estate Commission need not verify that a specified service provider is currently licensed by the State to perform the services if the licensee offers the name of the service provider to a client in the prov...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 433
SB505PassAuthorizing a workers' compensation insurer to file a rating plan that provides for a premium discount of up to 4% for specified risks to an insured that has an alcohol- and drug-free workplace policy that may include one or more specified programs; ...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 394
HB676PassRequiring the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council to report to the General Assembly, on or before June 30 of each year, specified information regarding each apprenticeship program registered in the State and the individuals enrolled in those...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 495
SB794PassRequiring a statewide kindergarten assessment to be limited to a representative sample of kindergarten students from within each local school system in the State, subject to a specified exception; authorizing a specified kindergarten assessment to ev...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 427
SB1020PassRequiring the State Board of Physicians to license applicants to practice medicine who became licensed or certified as a physician in another jurisdiction under specified requirements, are in good standing in the other jurisdiction, submit the Board-...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 460
SB520PassProviding an exemption from the motor fuel tax for motor fuel that is bought by a county board of education or a school bus operator under contract with a county board of education for use in a school bus; authorizing a county board of education to c...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 397
SB297PassExtending until at least the end of the month in which the insured or enrollee turns 19 years old the period of time during which health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations are required to provide coverage o...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 371
SB509PassAuthorizing a specified action to be brought to establish title against adverse claims to property; providing for venue and the application of the Maryland Rules in an action under the Act; establishing requirements for a complaint, an answer to a co...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 395
SB46PassEstablishing for archery hunters in Anne Arundel County a safety zone of 100 yards from a dwelling house, residence, church, or any other building or camp within which archery hunting may not take place except under specified circumstances.
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 333
HB186PassEstablishing the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to maintain the operation of the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home; requiring the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to administer the Fund for staff salaries and benefits, physic...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 317
HB555PassIncreasing from 120 to 150 days the time period within which a sole proprietor registered cemeterian, specified permit holders, or specified other persons subject to specified perpetual care trust requirements are required to submit a specified repor...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490
SB86PassRepealing the prohibition on denying unemployment benefits to individuals who are at least 60 years old and who have been furloughed temporarily and are subject to recall for failing to actively seek work; and providing that the Act applies only to i...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 339
SB256PassRequiring that, in Prince George's County, the interest payable on specified county property tax payment deferrals may not exceed 4%; requiring the governing body of Prince George's County to establish and promote a specified public awareness campaig...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 368
HB1129PassRepealing a requirement that members of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission from Montgomery County reside in the Washington Suburban Sanitary District.
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 502
HB180PassRequiring specified health care providers to obtain consent for HIV testing in accordance with specified provisions of law and to test pregnant patients, except under specified circumstances, during the first and third trimesters of pregnancy; repeal...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 441
SB200PassContinuing the State Board of Environmental Health Specialists in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act by extending to July 1, 2027, the termination provisions related to the authority of the Board; requiring the Boar...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 359
HB631PassAltering the circumstances under which Howard County deputy sheriffs are eligible for a compensable permanent partial disability of less than 75 weeks; and providing for the prospective application of the Act.
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493
HB188PassReorganizing and consolidating provisions of law relating to the disclosure of specified information by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation and specified other persons and the authority of the Commissioner to enter into information sharing agree...
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2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 478
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