Maryland Senate Bill 896 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-07 - Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Repealing a requirement that specified local governing bodies use at least a specified amount of the local governing body's annual apportionment for acquisition projects under Program Open Space; authorizing a local governing body to use all of the local governing body's annual apportionment for acquisition projects; altering the required contents of a local land preservation and recreation plan; repealing a requirement that the Department of Planning prepare specified guidelines; etc.

Natural Resources - Program Open Space - Use of Local Funds

Sen. John Astle [D]

Sen. Thomas Middleton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-07	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2017-02-28	Senate	Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-02-03	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0896?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0896f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0006/sb0896.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0896_ehe.pdf