SYNOPSIS
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions
2008 Maryland General Assembly Session
February 18, 2008
Schedule 28
SENATE BILLS INTRODUCED February 18, 2008
SB 888 Senator Lenett, et al
HIGHER EDUCATION – MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Establishing the Maryland Biotechnology Scholarship Program; authorizing
the Maryland Higher Education Commission to make scholarship awards for
specified purposes; requiring a scholarship recipient to meet specified
eligibility criteria; requiring a recipient to sign an agreement containing
specified provisions; etc.
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008
ED, §§ 18-2801 through 18-2807 - added
Assigned to: Senate Rules
SB 889 Senator Dyson
NURSE PRACTITIONERS – AUTHORITY TO CERTIFY
Authorizing a nurse practitioner to make a determination of incapacity or
debilitation under specified circumstances; requiring a nurse practitioner to
provide a copy of a specified determination to a standby guardian; authorizing
a nurse practitioner to certify that a specified minor is pregnant or has given
birth under specified circumstances; authorizing a nurse practitioner or a
nurse midwife to provide specified information about the birth of a child for
purposes of filing a birth certificate; etc.
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008
ET, § 13-906, FL, § 2-301, TR, § 13-616(a) and (b), and HG, Various
Sections - amended and § 5-601(o) - added
Assigned to: Senate Rules
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Schedule 28, Page 2 SENATE OF MARYLAND February 18, 2008
SB 890 Senator Jones
MARYLAND CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL BOND LOAN OF 2006 –
BALTIMORE CITY – GAY STREET ONE/MADISON SQUARE
Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2006 to extend
the deadline by which the Board of Directors of the East Baltimore
Community Corporation may present evidence to the Board of Public Works
that a matching fund will be provided; etc.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008
Chapter 46 of the Acts of 2006, § 1(3) Item ZA01(V) - amended
Assigned to: Senate Rules
SB 891 Senator Peters
MARYLAND CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL BOND LOAN OF 2007 –
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY – REID COMMUNITY BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2007 to change
the location of the Reid Community Business Development Center.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008
Chapter 488 of the Acts of 2007, § 1(3) Item ZA01(BD) and ZA02(BT) -
amended
Assigned to: Senate Rules
SB 892 Senator Stoltzfus
CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – SOMERSET COUNTY – BENDING
WATER PARK
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds
to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Accohannock Indian
Tribe, Inc. for the design, construction, and capital equipping of Bending
Water Park, located in Marion; 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.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008
Assigned to: Senate Rules
February 18, 2008 SENATE OF MARYLAND Schedule 28, Page 3
SB 893 Senator Stoltzfus
CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – WICOMICO COUNTY – EPILEPSY
ASSOCIATION FACILITY
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $170,000, the proceeds
to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Epilepsy Association of
the Eastern Shore, Inc. for the construction, repair, renovation, and capital
equipping of a building to be used as a facility for the Epilepsy Association of
the Eastern Shore, located in Salisbury; providing for disbursement of the
loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a
matching fund; etc.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008
Assigned to: Senate Rules
SB 894 Senator Stoltzfus
CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – WORCESTER COUNTY –
RACKLIFFE HOUSE
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds
to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Rackliffe House Trust,
Inc. for the repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the
historic Rackliffe House, located in Berlin; providing for disbursement of the
loan proceeds, subject to a specified requirement; requiring the grantee to
grant and convey a preservation easement to the Maryland Historical Trust;
etc.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008
Assigned to: Senate Rules
SB 895 Senator Stoltzfus
MARYLAND CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL BOND LOAN OF 2007 –
WORCESTER COUNTY – DELMARVA DISCOVERY CENTER ON THE
POCOMOKE RIVER
Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2007 to expand
the authorized uses of a grant to the Board of Directors of the Pocomoke
Marketing Partnership, Inc.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008
Chapter 488 of the Acts of 2007, § 1(3) Items ZA01(BV) and ZA02(CE) -
amended
Assigned to: Senate Rules
Schedule 28, Page 4 SENATE OF MARYLAND February 18, 2008
SB 896 Senator Exum, et al
CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY –
UNITED COMMUNITIES AGAINST POVERTY FACILITY
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 the United Communities
Against Poverty, Inc. for the planning, design, renovation, construction,
reconstruction, and capital equipping of the United Communities Against
Poverty facility, located in Capitol Heights; providing for disbursement of the
loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a
matching fund; establishing a deadline; etc.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008
Assigned to: Senate Rules
SB 897 Senators Exum and Kittleman
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION – MEDICAL FEE GUIDE
COMMITTEE – MEMBERSHIP
Requiring the Workers’ Compensation Commission to establish a committee
within the Commission to review its guide of medical and surgical fees; and
requiring that the membership of the committee, at all times, consist of one or
more dentists who practice dentistry in the State.
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008
LE, § 9-663(b) - amended
Assigned to: Senate Rules
SB 898 Senator Zirkin
CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – BALTIMORE COUNTY – WEINBERG
VILLAGE V SENIOR APARTMENT BUILDING
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $1,000,000, the
proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Comprehensive
Housing Assistance, Inc., and the Board of Directors of the Harry and
Jeanette Weinberg Village V Limited Partnership for the planning, design,
construction, repair, and capital equipping of the Weinberg Village V Senior
Apartment Building, located in Owings Mills; providing for disbursement of
the loan proceeds, subject to a specified requirement; etc.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008
Assigned to: Senate Rules
February 18, 2008 SENATE OF MARYLAND Schedule 28, Page 5
SB 899 Senator Rosapepe
PUBLIC HEALTH – TASK FORCE ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY
Establishing a Task Force on Childhood Obesity to provide specified advice
and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly; specifying
the membership, terms, chair, and staff of the Task Force; requiring the Task
Force to issue a report on or before a specified date; etc.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008
HG, § 19-710.4 - added
Assigned to: Senate Rules
SB 900 Senator Klausmeier
EXHIBITORS – LICENSURE – NATIONAL CONVENTION
EXEMPTION
Specifying that the exemption from the trader’s license requirement imposed
on exhibitors applies to exhibitors that provide the promoter with an affidavit
stating that the exhibitor has not participated in more than three shows, not
including participation in a specified national show, in addition to the current
annual income requirements.
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008
BR, § 17-1804(d)(2) - amended
Assigned to: Senate Rules
SB 901 Senators Exum and Currie
CREATION OF STATE DEBT – PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY – DELTA
ALUMNAE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds
to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Prince George’s County
Delta Alumnae Foundation, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, and design of a
community development center, located in Suitland; 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.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008
Assigned to: Senate Rules
Schedule 28, Page 6 SENATE OF MARYLAND February 18, 2008
SB 902 Senator Kelley
MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE – UNINSURED MOTORIST INSURERS
– WAIVER OF DEFENSES
Providing that the failure of an uninsured motorist insurer to respond to a
specified notice of a specified settlement offer or the consent of an uninsured
motorist insurer to acceptance of a specified settlement offer shall not operate
as a waiver of any defense of the uninsured motorist insurer available in an
action between the uninsured motorist insurer and a person injured in a motor
vehicle accident.
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008
IN, § 19-511 - amended
Assigned to: Senate Rules
SB 903 Senator Kelley
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ADVISORY BOARD – SUNSET –
REPEAL
Repealing the termination date of the Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008
Chapter 306 of Acts of 2005, § 2 - amended
Assigned to: Senate Rules
SB 904 Senator Della
MARYLAND CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL BOND LOAN OF 2006 –
BALTIMORE CITY – THE POWERHOUSE
Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2006 to extend
the deadline by which the Board of Directors of The East Harbor Community
Development Corporation may present evidence to the Board of Public
Works that a matching fund will be provided.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008
Chapter 46 of the Acts of 2006, § 1(3) Items ZA01(AD) and ZA02(AD) -
amended
Assigned to: Senate Rules