Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Enhanced Agricultural Management [HB-1309]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland individual and corporate income tax for 100% of the expenses incurred to buy and install enhanced agricultural management equipment under specified circumstances; providing a subtraction modification for 50% of the expenses incurred to buy and install enhanced agricultural management equipment under specified circumstances; defining "enhanced agricultural management equipment"; applying the Act to tax years after 2011; etc.
HB-1309: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Enhanced Agricultural Management
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Favorable Report By Ways And Means on 04/09/2012
Religious Corporations - Laws Governing Assets of United Methodist Church - [HB-1344]
Repealing requirements for the holding of specified assets owned by a specified Methodist Church; and repealing provisions of law providing for the effect of the absence of a trust clause in a specified deed or other conveyance executed before a specified date.
HB-1344: Religious Corporations - Laws Governing Assets of United Methodist Church -
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2012
Vehicle Laws - Automotive Dismantlers and Recyclers or Scrap Processors - [HB-1361]
Requiring an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor to give to specified persons under specified circumstances at least 10 days' notice of intent to dispose of specified vehicles; and providing that an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor takes unencumbered title to a vehicle and may immediately dispose of the vehicle under specified circumstances.
HB-1361: Vehicle Laws - Automotive Dismantlers and Recyclers or Scrap Processors -
Sponsored by: Rep. Norman Conway
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/14/2012
Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Food Bank Sustainability Project [HB-1382]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Maryland Food Bank, Inc. for the planning, construction, repair, and capital equipping of the Maryland Food Bank Sustainability Project, located in Baltimore County; 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-1382: Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Food Bank Sustainability Project
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven DeBoy
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/09/2012
Public School Construction Program - Maryland School for the Blind [HB-1391]
Establishing that the Maryland School for the Blind shall be eligible for school construction funding for specified fiscal years, notwithstanding a specified provision of law and subject to specified regulations; and requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt specified regulations.
HB-1391: Public School Construction Program - Maryland School for the Blind
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
Education - Maintenance of Effort [HB-1412]
Authorizing a county governing body, for a specified purpose and under specified circumstances, to set a property tax rate that is higher than the rate authorized under the county's charter or to collect more property tax revenues than are authorized under the county's charter, notwithstanding any provision of the county charter that places specified limits on that county's property tax rate or revenues; requiring a county to appropriate to the local board of education specified revenues under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-1412: Education - Maintenance of Effort
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 03/22/2012
Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - Chesapeake Grove Senior Housing [HB-1415]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Delmarva Community Services, Inc. for the planning, design, and construction of the Chesapeake Grove Senior Housing and Intergenerational Center, located in Cambridge; 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-1415: Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - Chesapeake Grove Senior Housing
Sponsored by: Rep. Norman Conway
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/09/2012
Local Government - Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Funds - Distribution of Money to [HB-1423]
Requiring that each county distribute a specified minimum amount of money that the county receives from the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund to volunteer fire, rescue, and ambulance companies; requiring the Director of the Maryland Emergency Management Agency to submit an annual report to the General Assembly on the amount of money distributed by each county to volunteer companies; etc.
HB-1423: Local Government - Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Funds - Distribution of Money to
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2012
Ocean City Convention Center - Financial Obligations and Taxing Authority [HB-1424]
Altering a provision that places a limit on the amount of specified bonds that may be issued by a local governing body in connection with a specified convention center facility in a resort area and a tax on the sale of food and beverages in the resort area so that the limit applies to the total outstanding principal amount of the bonds; extending the time during which Ocean City and the Stadium Authority each own a specified leasehold interest in the Ocean City Convention Center and its expansion; etc.
HB-1424: Ocean City Convention Center - Financial Obligations and Taxing Authority
Sponsored by: Rep. Norman Conway
Favorable Report By Appropriations on 04/05/2012