Vehicle Laws - Driver Improvement Programs - Deduction of Accumulated Points [HB-1069]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to deduct 2 points from a specified individual's driving record if the individual attends a specified driver improvement program or driver safety program; prohibiting the Administration from deducting more than 2 points from an individual's driving record in a 2-year period; requiring the Administration to apply a specified point deduction in a specified manner; etc.
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - CASA Multi-Cultural Service [HB-1071]
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 CASA of Maryland, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of the CASA Multi-Cultural Service Center, located in Langley Park; 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-1071: Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - CASA Multi-Cultural Service
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/12/2010
Business Regulation - Bookstores Purchasing Used Textbooks - Required Records [HB-1102]
Requiring the owner or operator of a bookstore that purchases used textbooks from a person to make a written record if the transaction is for $50 or more; requiring bookstores to verify the identity of a seller of used textbooks in a specified manner; requiring specified bookstores to keep specified records of specified transactions; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 60 days or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.
HB-1102: Business Regulation - Bookstores Purchasing Used Textbooks - Required Records
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/24/2010
Real Property - Foreclosures of Residential Property - Loss Mitigation and [HB-1118]
Requiring specified documents to accompany a notice of intent to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property; requiring an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property to include payment of a $100 filing fee and be accompanied by either a final loss mitigation affidavit or a preliminary loss mitigation affidavit; altering the contents of a specified notice that must accompany an order to docket or complaint to foreclose; etc.
HB-1118: Real Property - Foreclosures of Residential Property - Loss Mitigation and
Sponsored by: Rep. Doyle Niemann
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/26/2010
Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures [HB-1120]
Providing for the statewide application for provisions of law governing the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots; establishing a motor vehicle towing and storage lien on a towed motor vehicle on behalf of the tower for specified towing and storage charges; prohibiting a motor vehicle towing and storage lienor from selling the motor vehicle to which the lien is attached under specified circumstances; specifying the manner in which a motor vehicle towing and storage lienor may sell a vehicle; etc.
HB-1120: Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Doyle Niemann
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/12/2010
Real Property - Mobile Home Parks - Resident and Park Owner Rights [HB-1123]
Requiring a mobile home park owner to maintain security deposits in specified accounts; imposing requirements for the accounts; prohibiting security deposits under mobile home park resident leases from being attached by specified creditors; imposing requirements for the return and withholding of security deposits; providing for rent escrow procedures in specified actions between a mobile home park owner and a resident; etc.
HB-1123: Real Property - Mobile Home Parks - Resident and Park Owner Rights
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/26/2010
Real Property - Common Ownership Communities - Annual Registration [HB-1124]
Requiring cooperative housing corporations, condominiums, and homeowners associations to register annually with the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General; authorizing the Division of Consumer Protection to charge a specified registration fee; requiring the registration form to include specified information; etc.
HB-1124: Real Property - Common Ownership Communities - Annual Registration
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/18/2010
Health Insurance - Coverage for the Treatment of Bleeding Disorders [HB-1127]
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for all medically necessary and appropriate pharmacy care, home nursing services, treatment at a hemophilia treatment center, and clinical laboratory services that an insured's or enrollee's treating physician determines are necessary to prevent, diagnose, or treat a bleeding disorder; etc.
HB-1127: Health Insurance - Coverage for the Treatment of Bleeding Disorders
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/27/2010
Property Tax Credit - Grocery Stores - Low-Income Areas [HB-1135]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on specified grocery stores in specified areas; authorizing the county or municipal corporation to provide for the amount and duration of the credit, eligibility criteria for the credit, specified regulations and procedures, and any other provisions necessary to carry out the credit; etc.
HB-1135: Property Tax Credit - Grocery Stores - Low-Income Areas
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Green Maryland Act of 2010 [HB-1164]
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 increase use of compost as fertilizer; requiring development of strategies and best practices for implementing environmentally preferable purchasing; requiring review and alteration of specifications to account for environmentally preferable procurement strategies and best practices; etc.
HB-1164: Green Maryland Act of 2010
Sponsored by: Rep. Doyle Niemann
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010