Transportation - Chesapeake Bay Bridge Authority [HB-16]
Establishing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Authority to finance, construct, operate, and maintain the Chesapeake Bay Bridge; providing for the members, appointment, terms, chair, and staff of the Authority; prohibiting the Department of Transportation from exercising jurisdiction or authority over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge; authorizing the Authority to take specified actions in the performance of its duties; etc.
HB-16: Transportation - Chesapeake Bay Bridge Authority
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 10/17/2011
Maryland Transit Administration - Farebox Recovery Rate Increase [HB-17]
Increasing from 35% to 50%, for fiscal year 2013 and thereafter, the percentage of operating costs for specified public transit services that the Maryland Transit Administration must recover from fares and other operating revenues; etc.
Transportation - Transit Authorities - Red Line and Purple Line [HB-18]
Establishing the Red Line Transit Authority and the Purple Line Transit Authority to finance, construct, and operate the Red Line and the Purple Line light rail transit lines; providing for the members, appointment, terms, chairs, and staff of the Authorities; prohibiting the Department of Transportation from exercising jurisdiction or authority over the Red Line and the Purple Line light rail transit lines; authorizing the Authorities to take specified actions in the performance of their duties; etc.
HB-18: Transportation - Transit Authorities - Red Line and Purple Line
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 10/17/2011
Maryland Transportation Authority - Intercounty Connector - Equitable Treatment [HB-19]
Requiring equitable treatment of toll rates on the Intercounty Connector in connection with any action by the Maryland Transportation Authority involving toll revenue affecting other transportation facilities projects owned or operated by the Authority; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Transportation Trust Fund Protection Act [HB-21]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish a Transportation Trust Fund to be used only for purposes relating to transportation with a specified exception; prohibiting the reversion or crediting of any part of the Transportation Trust Fund to the General Fund or a special fund of the State; requiring that specified taxes, fees, charges, and revenues be credited to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc.
HB-21: Transportation Trust Fund Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 10/17/2011
Congressional Redistricting Plan of 2011 [HB-22]
Establishing the composition of the eight districts in the State of Maryland for the election of members to the United States House of Representatives; specifying ward, election district, and precinct boundaries; and making the Act an emergency measure.
HB-22: Congressional Redistricting Plan of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 10/18/2011
Maryland Transportation Authority - Fixing or Revising Tolls - Legislative [HB-23]
Prohibiting the Maryland Transportation Authority from fixing or revising a toll on any part of any transportation facilities project unless the General Assembly approves the toll through legislation; authorizing the Authority, on or after the effective date of the Act, to continue to charge and collect a toll of the same amount in effect before the effective date of the Act; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Private Property Rights - Regulatory Infringement - Compensation [HB-7]
Giving an owner of private property a cause of action under specified circumstances against the Department of the Environment, the Department of Natural Resources, or the Department of Planning if the application of specified regulations infringes on a private property right; providing that the cause of action shall be filed in a specified court; providing for the sum that a private property owner may recover; etc.
HB-7: Private Property Rights - Regulatory Infringement - Compensation
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 10/17/2011
Environment - County Plans - Authority [HB-9]
Repealing the authority of the Department of the Environment to order a person to prepare and submit specified subdivision plans under specified circumstances; repealing the Department's authority to order the installation of specified water supply or sewerage systems for subdivisions under specified circumstances; repealing a requirement that a specified county plan be approved by the Department; repealing a requirement that a county adopt a revision or amendment to a specified county plan under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-9: Environment - County Plans - Authority
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 10/17/2011