Title Insurers - Required Reserves, Capital Stock, and Surplus [SB-900]
Requiring a title insurer domiciled in the State to have and maintain a specified paid-in capital stock with a fixed nominal or par value in a specified amount as of specified dates; altering a specified percentage of risk premiums for title insurance that specified title insurers must originally assign to specified reserves; altering the dates as of which specified reserves shall be calculated in a specified manner; altering the portions and timing of release of specified excess reserves; etc.
SB-900: Title Insurers - Required Reserves, Capital Stock, and Surplus
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Underground Facilities - Damage Prevention [SB-911]
Repealing provisions of Maryland's underground facilities damage prevention laws; expanding the scope of the underground facilities damage prevention laws to apply to an owner or lessee of a private residence who performs an excavation or demolition on the land of the private residence; establishing the Maryland Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Authority; establishing the Maryland Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Education and Outreach Fund; etc.
Property Tax Exemption - Farm or Agricultural Property Subject to an Easement [SB-960]
Providing a State property tax exemption for property that is actively used for farm or agricultural purposes and is subject to an easement or other interest that is conveyed or assigned to specified entities; and applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2010.
SB-960: Property Tax Exemption - Farm or Agricultural Property Subject to an Easement
Sponsored by: Sen. David Brinkley
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2010
Criminal Law - Sale of Novelty Lighters - Prohibition [SB-112]
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 civil penalty for a violation of the Act; defining the term "novelty lighter"; etc.
SB-112: Criminal Law - Sale of Novelty Lighters - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/11/2011
State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners - Unannounced Inspections [SB-117]
Requiring the State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners to conduct an unannounced inspection of the office of podiatrists against whom a specified complaint has been filed with the Board, to determine compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines on universal precautions.
SB-117: State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners - Unannounced Inspections
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
Task Force to Study the Development of Wetland Teaching Projects at Secondary [SB-129]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Development of Wetland Teaching Projects at Secondary Schools; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation; providing that a member of the Task Force may receive reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study State regulations governing the development of specified wetland projects at secondary schools in the State; etc.
SB-129: Task Force to Study the Development of Wetland Teaching Projects at Secondary
Sponsored by: Sen. Barry Glassman
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2011
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Community Emergency Response Team [SB-130]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax 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, 2010; etc.
SB-130: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Community Emergency Response Team
Sponsored by: Sen. Barry Glassman
Unfavorable Report By Budget And Taxation on 02/14/2011
Health Insurance - Ambulance Service Providers - Direct Reimbursement [SB-154]
Requiring health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to reimburse an ambulance service provider directly for covered services under specified circumstances; providing that an insured, a subscriber, or an enrollee of specified health insurance carriers may not be liable to specified ambulance service providers for specified services under specified circumstances; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to adopt regulations to implement provisions of the Act; etc.
SB-154: Health Insurance - Ambulance Service Providers - Direct Reimbursement
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011