Commissioner of Financial Regulation - Financial Education Resources [SB-1036]
Authorizing the office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to serve as a clearinghouse for information on financial education resources, services, and programs available to residents of the State; authorizing the Commissioner to include on the Commissioner's website specified information on financial education, resources, services, and programs and links to the websites of specified other state or federal agencies and specified nonprofit organizations; etc.
SB-1036: Commissioner of Financial Regulation - Financial Education Resources
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Favorable With Amendments Report By Ways And Means on 04/12/2010
Harford County - Sheriff's Office - Power to Enforce Noise Control Laws [SB-152]
Authorizing the Secretary of the Environment to delegate enforcement of specified noise control provisions in Harford County to the Sheriff of Harford County, except for lawful hunting and specified trapshooting, skeetshooting, or other target shooting between specified hours.
SB-152: Harford County - Sheriff's Office - Power to Enforce Noise Control Laws
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Harris
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Harford County - Liquor Control Board Membership - Nomination Process [SB-153]
Altering the process in which nominees are selected for vacancies on the Harford County Liquor Control Board resulting from expired terms; requiring the County Executive to submit the name of one nominee to the County Delegation of State Senators and Delegates for its advice and consent; requiring the County Delegation to approve or reject the nominee within a specified time; requiring the County Executive to submit the name of the approved nominee to the County Council for its advice and consent; etc.
SB-153: Harford County - Liquor Control Board Membership - Nomination Process
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Harris
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Family Farm Subject to Agricultural [SB-155]
Altering the determination of the Maryland estate tax to exclude from the value of the gross estate the value of specified real property that is subject to a perpetual agricultural preservation easement that has been granted to the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation and passes from the decedent to or for the use of specified relatives of the decedent; and applying the Act to decedents dying after December 31, 2009.
SB-155: Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Family Farm Subject to Agricultural
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Hearing Cancelled on 01/26/2010
Counties - Local Laws - Copies for Legislative Delegations [SB-174]
Authorizing specified counties to provide specified notice regarding a digital copy of the county's compilation of local laws to each member of the county's legislative delegation as an alternative to furnishing each member a printed copy of the compilation under specified circumstances; clarifying that copies of compilations of local laws and enactments of local laws furnished by specified counties to specified units of State government under specified circumstances shall be printed copies; etc.
SB-174: Counties - Local Laws - Copies for Legislative Delegations
Sponsored by: Sen. Barry Glassman
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/20/2010
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers, Distributors, and Factory Branches - Benefits to [SB-18]
Repealing provisions relating to a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch providing specified benefits, payments, or gifts to an employee of a vehicle dealer; providing that an incentive payment, a reimbursement payment, cash, a gift, or a thing of value to be given by a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch to an employee of a dealer may be given directly to the employee or to the dealer to be distributed to the employee in a specified manner; making the Act an emergency measure; etc.
SB-18: Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers, Distributors, and Factory Branches - Benefits to
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Approved By The Governor on 03/25/2010
Seniors Tax Relief Act [SB-190]
Increasing the amount allowed as a deduction for additional exemptions under the Maryland income tax for individuals who as of the last day of the taxable year are blind or are at least 65 years old; applying the Act to tax years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc.
SB-190: Seniors Tax Relief Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 2/16 At 1:15 P.m. on 02/10/2010
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Community Emergency Response Team [SB-197]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax in the amount of $3,500 for qualifying members of a Community Emergency Response Team; providing that an individual may not qualify for the subtraction modification based on membership in a Community Emergency Response Team unless the Community Emergency Response Team maintains specified records and provides specified reports; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009; etc.
SB-197: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Community Emergency Response Team
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy Jacobs
Hearing 2/19 At 8:30 A.m. on 02/10/2010
Farmer's Markets - Agricultural Product Sales - Producer Mobile Farmer's Market [SB-198]
Altering the definition of "food service facility" to exclude the sale of specified raw agricultural products at a farmer's market from regulation as a food service facility; prohibiting a local jurisdiction from requiring a license for the sale of raw agricultural products at a farmer's market; clarifying that a license is not required to deliver prepackaged food products; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a producer mobile farmer's market license; etc.