Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Priority of Liens [HB-1246]
Providing that, in the case of a foreclosure on a mortgage or deed of trust on a condominium unit, a specified portion of the condominium's liens on the unit has priority over the claim of the holder of a first mortgage or first deed of trust under specified circumstances; providing that lot owners in a homeowners association are liable for specified assessments and charges; etc.
HB-1246: Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Priority of Liens
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Food Bank [HB-1267]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Maryland Food Bank, Inc. for the acquisition, construction, and repair of Maryland Food Bank facilities, located in Baltimore and Salisbury; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
HB-1267: Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Food Bank
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2011
Tax Supported Debt - Energy Performance Contracts [HB-1310]
Providing that tax supported debt does not include specified capital leases used to finance energy performance contracts; excluding specified capital leases from the requirement that the Treasurer capitalize specified capital lease payments; restating the authority of the Treasurer to finance specified energy performance contracts as capital leases; and requiring that specified capital lease payments or specified contractor payments may not exceed specified energy savings.
HB-1310: Tax Supported Debt - Energy Performance Contracts
Sponsored by: Rep. Norman Conway
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
Wicomico County - Board of Education - Selection of Members - Straw Ballot [HB-1324]
Requiring that specified questions be placed on the ballot in Wicomico County at the November general election of 2012 to determine the sense of the voters of the County on whether to change the method of selecting members of the Wicomico County Board of Education; and providing for carrying out of the straw ballot.
HB-1324: Wicomico County - Board of Education - Selection of Members - Straw Ballot
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Re-referred Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 04/11/2011
Criminal Law - Sale of Novelty Lighters - Prohibition [HB-192]
Prohibiting a person from selling at retail, offering for sale at retail, or distributing for retail sale in the State a novelty lighter; establishing a penalty for a violation of the Act; defining the term "novelty lighter"; etc.
HB-192: Criminal Law - Sale of Novelty Lighters - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Morhaim
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/24/2011
Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Small Rural Electric Cooperative - [HB-281]
Specifying that a provision of law relating to the use of proceeds received by the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund and credited to a specified account does not apply to residential customers of a small rural electric cooperative; and requiring small rural electric cooperatives to distribute in a specified way money held as of June 1, 2011, in a specified escrow account.
HB-281: Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Small Rural Electric Cooperative -
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
Charlotte Hall Veterans Home - Gifts and Grants - Authority to Accept and Spend [HB-332]
Authorizing the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home to accept specified gifts and grants for use at the Home; providing for the uses and administration of the gifts and grants accepted for use at the Home; and requiring the Director of the Veterans Home Program and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report each year on the status of the gifts and grants accepted for use at the Home.
HB-332: Charlotte Hall Veterans Home - Gifts and Grants - Authority to Accept and Spend
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
Slot Machines for Nonprofit Organizations on the Eastern Shore - Expansion and [HB-39]
Requiring the State Comptroller to regulate the operation of slot machines by eligible organizations in specified counties; adding Worcester County to the list of counties in which nonprofit fraternal, religious, and war veterans' organizations may own and operate not more than five slot machines; authorizing the Comptroller to adopt regulations; prohibiting the Comptroller from issuing licenses for slot machines to specified eligible organizations in specified locations in Ocean City; etc.
HB-39: Slot Machines for Nonprofit Organizations on the Eastern Shore - Expansion and
Sponsored by: Rep. Norman Conway
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011