January 30, 2008

SYNOPSIS House Bills and Joint Resolutions 2008 Maryland General Assembly Session January 30, 2008 Schedule 13 PLEASE NOTE: February 8 – Bill introduction deadline. All bills must be given to the Chief Clerk by 5:00 P.M. on Thursday, February 7. As required by House Rule 32(b), bills introduced after this date will be referred to the House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee. HOUSE BILLS INTRODUCED JANUARY 30, 2008 HB 442 Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS – APPLICATION OF LINE OF DUTY DISABILITY BENEFITS Limiting the circumstances under which retirees of the State Police Retirement System or the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System who are participating in the Deferred Retirement Option Program may apply for line of duty disability retirements. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 SP, §§ 24-401.1(k), 26-401.1(k), and 29-111 - amended Assigned to: Appropriations Department of Legislative Services 90 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland 21401–1991 Baltimore Area: 410–946–5400 –– Washington Area: 301–970–5400 Other Maryland Areas: 1–800–492–7122 –– Maryland Relay Service: 1–800–735–2258 Schedule 13, Page 2 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 443 Delegates Hecht and G. Clagett CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – FREDERICK COUNTY – NANOPARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION 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 FEI Company for the capital equipping of the FEI facility located in Frederick City; 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: Appropriations HB 444 Delegate Niemann, et al CRIMINAL LAW – MAIL THEFT – PENALTY Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully removing, taking, possessing, obtaining, or receiving mail under specified circumstances without the permission of the United States Postal Service or the intended recipient; providing penalties for a violation of the Act; repealing a provision that prohibits opening a letter without permission, that is rendered inconsistent with the Act; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 CR, § 3-905 - repealed and § 7-106.1 - added Assigned to: Judiciary HB 445 St. Mary’s County Delegation PROPERTY TAX CREDITS – ST. MARY’S COUNTY – LAND PRESERVATION EASEMENTS Altering authority for the governing body of St. Mary’s County to grant a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on specified property that is subject to specified preservation programs; and applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2008. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 TP, § 9-320(a) - amended Assigned to: Ways and Means January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 3 HB 446 St. Mary’s County Delegation ADMISSIONS AND AMUSEMENT TAX – EXEMPTION ACTIVITIES RELATED TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISM FOR Providing that a county may exempt from the admissions and amusement tax gross receipts from any admissions and amusement charge for activities related to agricultural tourism. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 TG, § 4-104 - amended Assigned to: Ways and Means HB 447 Delegate Niemann, et al AGRICULTURE REDUCTION – FERTILIZER – PHOSPHORUS CONTENT Requiring specified fertilizer to be labeled in a specified manner; prohibiting a person from using, selling, manufacturing, or distributing specified fertilizer after a specified date unless it is low phosphate fertilizer; requiring specified manufacturers to reduce phosphorus levels from lawn care products by a specified amount, by a specified date; requiring specified manufacturers to report annually to the Department of the Environment; and authorizing the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 AG, §§ 6-201 and 6-210 - amended and § 6-222 - added Assigned to: Environmental Matters HB 448 Delegate Niemann, et al RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY – MARYLAND BUILDING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS – MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR VISITABILITY Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt as a modification of the Maryland Building Performance Standards minimum standards for visitability in the design and construction of newly constructed single–family dwellings for which a building permit is issued on or after April 1, 2009; requiring the minimum standards for visitability to include specified requirements; defining “visitability”; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 PS, § 12-503 - amended and § 12-503.1 - added Assigned to: Environmental Matters Schedule 13, Page 4 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 449 Delegate Love, et al CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY – LIGHT HOUSE SHELTER 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 Annapolis Area Ministries, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of the Light House Shelter, located in Annapolis; 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: Appropriations HB 450 Delegates Hammen and Nathan–Pulliam DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE – Altering the number of deputy secretaries to be appointed by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene with the approval of the Governor; requiring the Secretary to transfer responsibility for specified administrations within the Department to the Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health; requiring the Secretary to develop a specified integrated services and planning process and to make a specified report on or before January 1, 2009; etc. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 HG, § 2-103(a) - amended Assigned to: Health and Government Operations HB 451 Delegate Cane, et al MINORITY ENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND TRUST Establishing the Minority Environmental and Land Trust for specified purposes; establishing a Board of Trustees; establishing the powers and duties of the Trust; requiring the Governor to appropriate specified funds to the Trust; requiring specified State agencies to provide funds or in–kind services to the Trust; and requiring all money received by the Trust to be deposited and invested in a specified manner. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 NR, §§ 3-2B-01 through 3-2B-06 - added Assigned to: Environmental Matters January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 5 HB 452 Delegate Niemann, et al LANDLORD AND TENANT – SUMMARY EJECTMENT – DECEASED TENANT Authorizing a landlord to bring an action for summary ejectment against a deceased, intestate tenant without next of kin; requiring a landlord bringing a summary ejectment action to state in a written complaint filed in the District Court of the county where the property is situated that the tenant is deceased, intestate, and without next of kin; providing that property or income from property that a landlord holds for a deceased, intestate tenant without next of kin shall be presumed abandoned; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 RP, § 8-401 - amended and § 8-405 - added Assigned to: Environmental Matters HB 453 Delegate Hammen, et al ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO COORDINATE THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM AND DRUG TREATMENT FUNDED BY THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Establishing the Advisory Committee to Coordinate the Public Health System and Drug Treatment Funded by the Medical Assistance Program; providing for the membership of the Advisory Committee; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to appoint the chair of the Advisory Committee; requiring the Advisory Committee to meet four times a year; providing for the staffing of the Advisory Committee; requiring the Advisory Committee to make specified recommendations; etc. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 HG, §§ 13-2701 through 13-2706 - added Assigned to: Health and Government Operations HB 454 Delegate Niemann, et al STATE REAL ESTATE COMMISSION – INVESTIGATIVE STAFF – EMPLOYMENT AND PAYMENT Repealing the requirement that investigative staff of the State Real Estate Commission be employed in accordance with the State budget; requiring the Commission to pay investigative staff from the State Real Estate Commission Fund, subject to the availability of funds; providing that investigative staff may not be subject to hiring moratoriums or PIN eliminations; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 BOP, § 17-206(b) - amended Assigned to: Economic Matters Schedule 13, Page 6 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 455 Delegate Olszewski, et al INCOME TAX – BRACKETS – INFLATION ADJUSTMENT Increasing the State income tax rate bracket thresholds for specified taxable years by a specified cost–of–living adjustment. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 TG, § 10-105(e) - added Assigned to: Ways and Means HB 456 Delegate Hubbard, et al CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY – BELAIR BATH AND TENNIS CLUB CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $20,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Belair Bath and Tennis Club, Inc. for repair, renovation, and reconstruction of the Belair Bath and Tennis Club, located in Bowie; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 Assigned to: Appropriations HB 457 Delegate Hubbard, et al CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY – BELAIR SWIM CLUB REPAIR Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $20,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Belair Swim and Racquet Club, Inc. for the repair and renovation of the Belair Swim and Racquet Club, located in Bowie; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; and establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 Assigned to: Appropriations January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 7 HB 458 Delegate G. Clagett STATE PERSONNEL – EXECUTIVE PAY PLAN – REPORTING REQUIREMENTS – REPEAL Repealing specified requirements that the Secretary of Budget and Management provide reports to the Department of Legislative Services on Executive Pay Plan employees. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 SP, § 8-103 - amended and § 8-108(c)(3) - repealed Assigned to: Appropriations HB 459 Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee STATE BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS THERAPISTS – SUNSET EXTENSION AND REVISIONS AND Increasing the number of members on the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists; requiring a specified number of members to be professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, and alcohol and drug counselors; repealing a requirement that the licensed professional counselor Board members be employed in specified areas; repealing the position of drug and alcohol counselor advisor to the Board; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 HO and SG, Various Sections - repealed, amended, and added Assigned to: Health and Government Operations HB 460 Delegate Nathan–Pulliam, et al MARYLAND CANCER TREATMENT PROGRAM Establishing the Maryland Cancer Treatment Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing for the purpose of the Program; providing for eligibility for the Program; requiring the Program to use specified resources from the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; requiring the Maryland Cancer Treatment Program to reimburse providers at the Maryland Medical Assistance Program rate; requiring the Department to adopt specified regulations; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 HG, §§ 15-801 through 15-805 - added Assigned to: Health and Government Operations Schedule 13, Page 8 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 461 Delegate Kach STATE REAL ESTATE COMMISSION – SALES AGENTS FOR HOME BUILDERS – WAIVER OF LICENSING REQUIREMENTS Requiring the State Real Estate Commission to grant a waiver of specified licensing requirements to sales agents for home builders under specified circumstances. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 BOP, § 17-308 - amended Assigned to: Economic Matters HB 462 Delegate Pendergrass HEALTH INSURANCE – SMALL GROUP MARKET – SELF– EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS – SUNSET EXTENSION Extending the termination date of a provision relating to health insurance policies for self–employed individuals in the small group market. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 Chapter 347 of the Acts of 2005, § 4 - amended Assigned to: Health and Government Operations HB 463 Delegate Kach CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT COLLECTION OF FEES ADMINISTRATION – Requiring the Child Support Enforcement Administration to assess against and attempt to collect from an obligor application and collection fees charged to an obligee; providing for certification and interception of specified amounts; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 FL, §§ 10-110 and 10-113(c) and (f) - amended Assigned to: Judiciary January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 9 HB 464 Delegate Cardin, et al MARYLAND CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL BOND LOAN OF 2007 – BALTIMORE CITY – THE ASSOCIATED: JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2007 to expand the authorized uses of a grant to THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 Chapter 488 of the Acts of 2007, § 1(3) Item ZA00(B)- amended Assigned to: Appropriations HB 465 Delegate Kullen EDUCATION – PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS – REVISIONS Requiring public charter schools to submit applications on or before August 1 of each year; requiring county boards of education to review these applications and render a decision on or before December 1 of each year; prohibiting public charter schools from seeking waivers from specified laws; subjecting implementation of specified agreements to specified negotiations; requiring county boards to disburse specified funds in accordance with a specified formula; etc. Preliminary analysis: local government mandate EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 ED, §§ 9-102 through 9-106, 9-108, and 9-109 - amended and §§ 9-110 through 9-112 - added Assigned to: Ways and Means HB 466 Delegate Kullen ENVIRONMENT – WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FUND FERTILIZER APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FEE – Establishing a fertilizer application environmental impact fee for specified fertilizer applications; establishing the amount of the fee to be 10 percent of the total cost of fertilizer application; requiring a fertilizer applicator to charge the fee to specified customers, subject to specified exceptions; requiring the Comptroller to deposit the fees into the Water Pollution Control Fund; specifying uses related to stormwater management for revenues derived from the fees; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 AG, § 6-210.2 - added and EN, §§ 9-345 and 9-350(a) - amended Assigned to: Environmental Matters Schedule 13, Page 10 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 467 Calvert County Delegation CALVERT COUNTY – PUBLIC FACILITIES BONDS Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Calvert County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $8,895,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of public facilities in Calvert County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale of its general obligation bonds; etc. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 Assigned to: Appropriations HB 468 Delegate Hixson, et al VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINALS – CENTER ON THE PREVENTION OF COMPULSIVE GAMBLING Establishing the Center on the Prevention of Compulsive Gambling in the University of Maryland School of Medicine; specifying the purpose of the Center; requiring the Center to perform specified tasks relating to the study, prevention, and treatment of compulsive gambling; requiring the Center to establish a hotline to provide counseling and other support services; and requiring that the Center be supported by money from the Compulsive Gambling Fund. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 HG, § 19-805 - added Assigned to: Ways and Means HB 469 Delegate Love COUNTY PROPERTY TAX – INTEREST IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY – PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES Providing that specified interests in property of the federal government under specified circumstances are subject to county property tax and development impact fees; authorizing a county to enter into a negotiated agreement for payment in lieu of taxes; requiring an agreement for a negotiated payment in lieu of taxes to include specified information; providing an exemption from county property tax under specified circumstances; etc. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 TP, §§ 7-211(a) and 7-211.2 - amended and § 7-516 - added Assigned to: Ways and Means January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 11 HB 470 Carroll County Delegation CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – CARROLL COUNTY – THE FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of The Friendship School, Inc., for the acquisition, construction, and capital equipping of a new facility, located in Eldersburg; etc. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 Assigned to: Appropriations HB 471 St. Mary’s County Delegation ST. MARY’S COUNTY – PUBLIC FACILITY BONDS Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioner’s of St. Mary’s County to borrow not more than $35,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of specified public facilities in St. Mary’s County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 Assigned to: Appropriations HB 472 Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) STATE RETIREMENT AND PENSION SYSTEM – IMPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE FEES ON EMPLOYERS Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System to adopt regulations to impose administrative fees on participating employers that fail to provide information to the State Retirement Agency with regard to the enrollment of eligible employees in the State Retirement and Pension System. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 SP, § 21-110(a) - amended Assigned to: Appropriations Schedule 13, Page 12 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 473 Delegate Bobo, et al CAMPAIGN FINANCE – AFFILIATED BUSINESS ENTITIES – ATTRIBUTIONS OF CONTRIBUTIONS Requiring that campaign finance contributions by two or more business entities be attributed to one business entity if one is a wholly–owned subsidiary of another or if the business entities are owned or controlled by at least 80% of the same individuals; and defining the term “business entity” to include a corporation, a general or limited partnership, a limited liability company, or a real estate investment trust. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 EL, § 13-226(e) - amended Assigned to: Ways and Means HB 474 Delegate Hammen, et al CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – BALTIMORE CITY – JONESTOWN ENTREPRENEUR CENTER Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $750,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of Jonestown Entrepreneur Center, Inc. for the design, construction, and capital equipping of a commercial facility to serve as a small business incubator for small minority– and women–owned businesses, located in Baltimore City; 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: Appropriations HB 475 Delegate Olszewski, et al INCOME TAX ADJUSTMENT – PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS – INFLATION Increasing the amount of specified exemptions allowed under the State income tax for specified taxable years by a specified cost–of–living adjustment. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 TG, § 10-211(c) - added Assigned to: Ways and Means January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 13 HB 476 Delegate Elmore SOMERSET COUNTY – ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES – PROHIBITION ON SALE OF BEER – LIMITATION Restricting in Somerset County the restriction on the sale of beer to dispensaries in specified election districts. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 Art. 2B, § 15-203(a) - amended Assigned to: Economic Matters HB 477 Delegate Bromwell MARYLAND CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL BOND LOAN OF 2007 – BALTIMORE COUNTY – NORTHEAST SKATE PARK Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2007 to alter the location of the Northeast Skate Park from Overlea to northeast Baltimore County. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 Chapter 488 of the Acts of 2007, § 1(3) Item ZA01(Z) - amended Assigned to: Appropriations HB 478 Chair, Environmental Matters Committee and Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request – Departmental – Transportation) MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION – COMMERCIAL DRIVERS’ LICENSES Prohibiting the Motor Vehicle Administration from expunging specified driving records under specified circumstances; expanding the circumstances under which an individual is subject to disqualification from holding a commercial driver’s license; altering the definition of “commercial motor vehicle”; altering the circumstances under which specified offenses may be considered by the Administration for purposes of commercial driver’s license disqualification; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 TR, §§ 16-117.1, 16-205.1(b), 16-208.1, 16-803(c), 16-808, 16-812, 16-813, and 16-819 - amended and § 26-207 - added Assigned to: Ways and Means and Judiciary Schedule 13, Page 14 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 479 Delegates Rosenberg and Vallario CIRCUIT COURTS – VENUE – REMOVAL Providing that a defendant may remove a specified declaratory judgment action or injunction action to the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County under specified circumstances; etc. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 CJ, § 6-204 - added Assigned to: Judiciary HB 480 Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) STATE RETIREMENT AND PENSION SYSTEM – UNUSED SICK LEAVE – CREDITABLE SERVICE Prohibiting members of the State Retirement and Pension System from receiving creditable service for unused sick leave if the member’s employer has provided the member with compensation for that unused sick leave. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 SP, § 20-206 - amended Assigned to: Appropriations HB 481 Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) STATE RETIREMENT AND PENSION SYSTEMS – INVESTMENTS Removing restrictions placed on the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System with regard to investing the assets of the several systems of the State Retirement and Pension System in nondividend paying common stocks; removing the requirement that the Board of Public Works approve the sales and purchases of directly held real estate by the Board of Trustees; etc. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 SP, §§ 21-123(c) and (f) and 21-315(d) - amended and § 21-123(h) - added Assigned to: Appropriations January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 15 HB 482 Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM – SURVIVOR BENEFITS Increasing the survivor benefit for surviving spouses and minor children of retirees of the State Police Retirement System from 50% to 80% of the retiree’s allowance at the time of the retiree’s death; and repealing a supplemental survivor benefit for surviving spouses of retirees of the State Police Retirement System. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 SP, § 24-403 - amended and § 24-404 - repealed Assigned to: Appropriations HB 483 Harford County Delegation HARFORD COUNTY – SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS – CREATION Authorizing Harford County to exercise specified powers concerning the creation of special taxing districts, the levying of specified taxes, and the issuing of specified bonds for developing and financing specified infrastructure improvements under specified circumstances; authorizing Harford County to create a special taxing district only in specified areas; requiring that a local law creating a special taxing district be enacted in a specified manner; etc. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 Art. 24, § 9-1301(b) and (c) - amended Assigned to: Ways and Means HB 484 Delegates Morhaim and Wood PROCUREMENT – UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS – REPEAL OF TERMINATION DATE Repealing the termination date for the use of unsolicited proposals as a method of State procurement. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 Chapter 482 of the Acts of 2002, § 4 - amended Assigned to: Health and Government Operations Schedule 13, Page 16 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 485 Delegate Miller, et al INJURED WORKERS’ INSURANCE FUND – ADVERTISING Repealing a requirement that the Board for the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund have a specified plan; establishing a requirement that the Board develop a specified plan to promote workplace safety; and prohibiting the Board from using specified funds for specified advertisement. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 LE, § 10-114(b) - repealed and added Assigned to: Economic Matters HB 486 Delegate Bobo REAL PROPERTY – HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS – MEETINGS Changing specified types of meetings of a homeowners association that shall be open to all members of the homeowners association to include a meeting called by another person or entity that is not a regularly scheduled meeting but is called to discuss matters relevant to the homeowners association. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 RP, § 11B-111 - amended Assigned to: Environmental Matters HB 487 Delegate Hammen (Chair, Health and Committee) Government Operations STATE BOARD OF MORTICIANS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS – SUNSET EXTENSION AND PROGRAM EVALUATION Continuing the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors by extending specified termination provisions; requiring an evaluation of the Board be performed on or before a specified date; requiring that pre–need contracts contain a disclosure statement; requiring the Board to make specified reports on or before specified dates; etc. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 HO, §§ 7-316(a)(29), 7-405(c) and (h), and 7-602 and SG, § 8-403(b)(40) amended Assigned to: Health and Government Operations January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 17 HB 488 Delegate Davis MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORTS – ACCESS Altering the period of time during which specified persons may access a motor vehicle accident report; authorizing owners of specified motor vehicles and property to access an accident report during a specified time following the date the motor vehicle accident occurred; requiring a person that accesses an accident report during a specified time after the motor vehicle accident occurred to present specified information to specified authorized employees; etc. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 TR, § 20-110 - amended Assigned to: Judiciary HB 489 Delegate Kullen, et al CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – CALVERT COUNTY – NORTH BEACH TOWN HALL CONSTRUCTION Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Town of North Beach for the design and construction of the North Beach Town Hall; 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: Appropriations HB 490 Delegate V. Clagett, et al CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY – HAMMOND–HARWOOD HOUSE Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Hammond– Harwood House Association, Inc. for the design, repair, and renovation of the roof at the Hammond–Harwood House, located in Annapolis; 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: Appropriations Schedule 13, Page 18 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 491 Delegates Hubbard and Levi CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY – IMPROVEMENTS TO POINTER RIDGE SWIM AND RACQUET CLUB Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $20,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Pointer Ridge Swim and Racquet Club for the construction, repair, renovation, and capital equipping of the Pointer Ridge Swim and Racquet Club, located in Bowie; 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: Appropriations HB 492 Delegates Hubbard and Levi CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY – WHITEHALL POOL AND TENNIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $20,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Whitehall Pool and Tennis, Inc. for the repair and renovation of the Whitehall Pool and Tennis Facilities, located in Bowie; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 Assigned to: Appropriations HB 493 Delegate Hubbard HEALTH INSURANCE – DISABLED INDIVIDUALS – ELIGIBILITY FOR THE MARYLAND HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN Requiring that specified disabled individuals who meet specified requirements be eligible for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan; requiring that specified disabled individuals eligible for the Plan be charged a monthly premium equal to or less than the Medicare Part B premium; authorizing specified disabled individuals eligible for the Plan to be charged deductibles and coinsurance equal to or less than the deductible and coinsurance charged under the Medicare program; etc. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 IN, § 14-508.1 - added Assigned to: Health and Government Operations January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 19 HB 494 Delegate Hubbard LICENSED COUNSELORS AND THERAPISTS ACTIVITIES – TRAINING REQUIREMENTS – APPRAISAL Altering the definition of “appraisal” relating to the use of specified instruments by licensed counselors and therapists; and authorizing licensed counselors and therapists to engage in specified appraisal activities that include the use of specified instruments if specified training has been completed. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 HO, § 17-101(c) - amended and § 17-3A-03.1 - added Assigned to: Health and Government Operations HB 495 Delegate Healey, et al CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY – MULTICULTURAL USE CENTER Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $350,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Latin American Youth Center, Inc. for the renovation of the Center for Educational Partnerships, located in Riverdale; 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: Appropriations HB 496 Delegate Kach, et al CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – SEXUAL OFFENDERS – SUPERVISION, NOTIFICATIONS, AND PENALTIES Requiring the inclusion of additional information in a registration statement for the offender registry; requiring a supervising authority to verify addresses of specified registrants; expanding the types of child care entities that may be notified by a local law enforcement unit of the filing of a registration statement under specified circumstances; prohibiting a person from knowingly assisting a person who is subject to the registration requirement and fails to comply, in eluding a law enforcement agency in specified ways; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 CP, §§ 11-706, 11-708(a), and 11-709(f) - amended and 11-721.1 - added Assigned to: Judiciary Schedule 13, Page 20 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 497 Delegate Kach, et al OIL DISCHARGE – GROUNDWATER REIMBURSEMENT FOR COSTS CONTAMINATION – Requiring a person responsible for a release that resulted in groundwater contamination to reimburse specified property owners for the costs, up to $250, incurred for conducting tests for groundwater contamination; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 EN, § 4-411.2 - amended Assigned to: Environmental Matters HB 498 Delegate Kach, et al GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION – LEVEL OF TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER – NOTICE AND CLEANUP METHYL Altering the level of methyl tertiary butyl ether groundwater contamination requiring notification of a local health department and specified property owners by the Department of the Environment from 20 to 5 parts per billion; requiring the Department to adopt regulations to ensure the cleanup of methyl tertiary butyl ether in a specified area; requiring a person responsible for a specified release to reimburse the Department for specified costs; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 EN, § 4-411.2 - amended Assigned to: Environmental Matters HB 499 Delegate Nathan–Pulliam, et al HEALTH INSURANCE – PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS – REIMBURSEMENT FOR TREATMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS Providing primary care physicians an entitlement to health insurance reimbursement for treatment of psychiatric disorders. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 IN, § 15-701(a) - amended Assigned to: Health and Government Operations January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 21 HB 500 Delegate Dumais, et al FAMILY LAW – DENIAL OF PATERNITY, CUSTODY, AND VISITATION Excluding as a father of a child a man who has committed a specified sexual crime against the child’s mother for purposes of specified provisions relating to the paternity of a child in a guardianship or adoption proceeding under specified circumstances; requiring a court to consider a specified statement when making a specified finding; prohibiting a court from requiring publication of specified information under specified circumstances; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 FL, §§ 5-306, 5-3A-06, 5-3B-05, and 9-101.2 - amended Assigned to: Judiciary HB 501 Delegate Love ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY – ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING – REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS HEALTH Requiring the Department of the Environment and the Department of Natural Resources to reimburse Anne Arundel County for the cost of specified environmental health monitoring and testing; requiring a reimbursement only if a specified fine is collected; limiting the amount of a reimbursement to a specified amount; and providing that the Act shall apply retroactively only to specified costs incurred by Anne Arundel County. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 EN, § 1-303 and NR, § 1-802 - added Assigned to: Environmental Matters HB 502 Delegates V. Clagett and George ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY – HISTORIC LONDON TOWN VISITORS CENTER AND MUSEUM LOAN OF 2001 Amending the Anne Arundel County – Historic London Town Visitors Center and Museum Loan of 2001 to require that the loan proceeds be encumbered by the Board of Public Works or expended for specified purposes by June 1, 2010; etc. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 Chapter 432 of the Acts of 2001, § 1 - amended Assigned to: Appropriations Schedule 13, Page 22 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 503 Delegate Walker, et al BRIAN MOORE STUDENT HEALTH AND FITNESS ACT OF MARYLAND Requiring that public school students in kindergarten through a specified grade be provided specified levels of a program of physical activity each week; requiring that the program of physical activity for a specified category of student be consistent with a specified plan for the student; requiring students in public high schools to complete a specified amount of physical education in order to graduate; etc. Preliminary analysis: local government mandate EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 ED, § 7-409 - amended Assigned to: Ways and Means HB 504 Delegate Holmes DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING – REPEAT OFFENDERS – SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue special license plates to identify a vehicle that is owned by an individual who has been convicted of specified drunk or drugged driving offenses three or more times; requiring the special registration plates to be distinctive and to include the letters “DUI”; requiring the Administration to recall the registration plates of all vehicles owned by an individual who has been convicted of specified drunk and drugged driving offenses three or more times; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 TR, § 13-630 - added Assigned to: Judiciary January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 23 HB 505 Delegates Heller and Robinson PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION – DRIVERS AND OPERATORS – CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECK AND TRAINING Requiring the Public Service Commission to include specified requirements in the terms and conditions for a motor carrier permit; requiring a person employed or offered employment as a driver or operator for a motor carrier to make application for a specified criminal history record and to submit proof of having successfully completed a specified course of instruction; and requiring the Maryland State Department of Education and the Department of Disabilities jointly to develop the course. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 PUC, § 9-203 - amended Assigned to: Economic Matters HB 506 Delegate Cane, et al MARYLAND HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION – REVIEW OF DUPLICATIVE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to determine whether an unnecessary duplication of programs exists, after receipt of a request for such determination from Morgan State University, Coppin State University, Bowie State University, or the University of Maryland Eastern Shore; providing that decisions of the Commission concerning unnecessary duplication are subject to judicial review; etc. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 ED, §§ 11-206 and 11-206.1 - amended Assigned to: Appropriations HB 507 Southern Maryland Delegation COMMISSION TO STUDY TRANSPORTATION NEEDS SOUTHERN MARYLAND Authorizing the Commission to Study Southern Maryland Transportation Needs to reconvene for specified purposes; altering the date for the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly; and altering the date for the termination of the Commission. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 Chapter 14 of the Acts of 2006, §§ 1 and 2 - amended Assigned to: Environmental Matters Schedule 13, Page 24 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 508 Delegate Cane, et al NATURAL RESOURCES – VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CENTER Establishing a Virtual Environmental Science Center; establishing the purpose of the Center; establishing the composition and management of the Center; requiring the Center to use specified existing facilities and personnel to carry out specified recommendations; and establishing the intent that the Center be funded by a Minority Environmental and Land Trust. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 NR, § 3-2B-01 - added Assigned to: Environmental Matters HB 509 Delegate Hammen, et al TASK FORCE TO STUDY REQUIRED DEPOSITS ON RETURNABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS Establishing the Task Force to Study Required Deposits on Returnable Beverage Containers in the State; providing for the membership of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study specified issues relevant to requiring deposits on returnable beverage containers in the State; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2008; providing for the staff of the Task Force; providing for the termination of the Act; etc. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 Assigned to: Environmental Matters HB 510 Delegate Pendergrass, et al HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT – ADVANCE DIRECTIVES – ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES Establishing, for purposes of the Health Care Decisions Act, that an electronic signature shall have the same effect as a manual signature, if the electronic signature meets specified requirements; authorizing a competent individual to make an electronic advance directive; authorizing an advance directive to be revoked electronically; defining the terms “electronic signature” and “signed”; altering the definition of “advance directive” to include electronic documents; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 HG, §§ 5-601(b), 5-602(a), (b)(2), (c), (d), and (f)(2), and 5-604 - amended, and §§ 5-601(h) and (r) and 5-601.1 - added Assigned to: Health and Government Operations January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 25 HB 511 Delegate Levy, et al VEHICLE LAWS – MOVING VIOLATIONS NOTIFICATION OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN BY MINORS – Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to notify the parent, guardian, or other cosigner of a minor’s driver’s license application if a citation is issued to the minor charging the minor with a moving violation; requiring the notice provided by the Administration to contain specified information; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 CJ, § 1-605 and TR, § 21-808 - amended Assigned to: Environmental Matters HB 512 Delegate McIntosh, et al MARYLAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENT FUND Establishing the Maryland Affordable Housing Investment Fund and the Maryland Affordable Housing Investment Fund Board; requiring the Fund to be used in specified ways to support, foster, and promote affordable housing; specifying the source of moneys of the Fund; requiring that the Board annually allocate money from the Fund to specified local governments and to the Department of Housing and Community Development in a specified manner; imposing an annual State tax on specified property at a specified rate; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 HS, § 2-201 - amended and §§ 4-209 and 4-507 - added, SF, § 8-134(a) and TP, § 6-301 - amended Assigned to: Environmental Matters and Ways and Means HB 513 Delegate Ali, et al CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – MONTGOMERY COUNTY – THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTER MEDICAL CLINIC Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees of The Muslim Community Center, Inc. for the design, renovation, and capital equipping of the Muslim Community Center Medical Clinic, located in Silver Spring; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; prohibiting the use of funds for sectarian religious purposes; etc. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2008 Assigned to: Appropriations Schedule 13, Page 26 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 514 Delegates Donoghue and Nathan–Pulliam MARYLAND MEDBANK PROGRAM – FUNDING Authorizing specified funds of the Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program of the Maryland Health Insurance Plan to be transferred and appropriated to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide funding, not to exceed $425,000, for the Maryland Medbank Program. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 Assigned to: Health and Government Operations HB 515 Delegate Love ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY – DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES – NOT– FOR–PROFIT ENTITIES Authorizing the County Council of Anne Arundel County to enact an ordinance to grant exemptions from or credits against development impact fees for development by not–for–profit entities; and requiring the ordinance to set the amount of, establish the conditions of eligibility for, and adopt procedures for the exemptions or credits. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 PLL of Anne Arundel County, Art. 2, § 17-11-215 - amended Assigned to: Environmental Matters HB 516 Delegates Kach and Olszewski INCOME TAX – CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT TAX Repealing the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to collect a fee from specified child support payments; repealing a termination provision; imposing a tax on individuals certified by the Administration as being in arrears of specified support payments; applying the Act to tax years beginning after December 31, 2008; etc. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 FL, § 10-110(a) - amended and TG, § 10-106.2 - added and Chapter 483 of the Acts of 2007, § 2 - amended Assigned to: Judiciary January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 27 HB 517 Delegate Burns, et al REGULATED FIREARMS – ENCODED AMMUNITION – TAX Authorizing a person to sell ammunition for a regulated firearm on or after January 1, 2009, only in accordance with the Act; requiring an ammunition manufacturer to encode ammunition for a regulated firearm in a specified way; requiring the Secretary of State Police beginning on January 1, 2009, to establish and maintain an encoded ammunition database; imposing a tax of 5 cents per round on the sale of encoded ammunition beginning on January 1, 2009; etc. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 PS, §§ 5-601 through 5-608 and TG, §§ 1-101(s)(4), 11-1B-01 through 11-1B-05, 11-501(c), and 11-502(d) - added and TG, § 2-1303 - amended Assigned to: Judiciary and Ways and Means HB 518 Delegate Love ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY – STATE MATCHING STIPENDS – NATIONAL CERTIFICATION Requiring the Governor to include in each year’s operating budget funding for a specified stipend for specified teachers and nonadministrative school–based employees who hold specified certificates and who are employed by the Anne Arundel County Board of Education; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 ED, § 6-306 - amended Assigned to: Ways and Means HB 519 Delegate Walker, et al PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS – GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS – WEIGHTED NUMERICAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM Requiring the State Board of Education to establish a weighted numerical assessment system to calculate a total score that students are required to achieve to graduate from a public high school in the State; requiring the weighted numerical assessment system to include specified categories; requiring that the weighted values of specified categories may not be outside specified ranges of specified percentage values of a specified total score; etc. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 ED, § 7-205 - amended Assigned to: Ways and Means Schedule 13, Page 28 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 520 Delegate Walker, et al EDUCATION – HIGH SCHOOL ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENT Prohibiting the State Board of Education from including the passing of statewide, mandatory, curriculum–based examinations or assessments in public high school graduation requirements; etc. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 ED, § 7-205 - amended Assigned to: Ways and Means HB 521 Delegate G. Clagett, et al AGRICULTURE – SPECIALTY FERTILIZERS – “NO PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZER” Requiring specified specialty fertilizer to be marked with specified words in a specified manner; prohibiting a person from using, selling, manufacturing, or distributing for use or sale in the State a specified specialty fertilizer on or after April 1, 2009; and defining terms. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 AG, §§ 6-201 and 6-210 - amended and § 6-222 - added Assigned to: Environmental Matters HB 522 Delegate G. Clagett, et al MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT – ELIGIBILITY Repealing limitations and exceptions for members of the State Retirement and Pension System receiving credit for military service credit. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 SP, § 38-104 - amended Assigned to: Appropriations January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 29 HB 523 Delegates Glenn and Valderrama CRIMINAL LAW – THIRD DEGREE SEXUAL OFFENSE – PERSON IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY Expanding the felony of sexual offense in the third degree to prohibit a person in a position of authority from engaging in sexual contact, a sexual act, or vaginal intercourse with a minor while the minor is enrolled or participating in a specified institution, program, or activity at which the person in authority works, or while the minor was enrolled or participating in a specified institution, program, or activity at the time the person in a position of authority was working at the institution, program, or activity; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 CJ, § 5-106(aa) - repealed and CR, §§ 3-307 and 3-308 - amended Assigned to: Judiciary HB 524 Delegate Glenn, et al BALTIMORE CITY – BOARD OF EDUCATION – ELECTION OF MEMBERS Altering the membership of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; providing for the appointment of specified members of the Board by the Governor and by the Mayor of Baltimore City; providing for the election of specified members of the Board; providing for the reimbursement of a member’s expenses under specified circumstances; specifying qualifications and requirements for members of the Board; providing for the termination of the term of specified members of the Board; etc. Preliminary analysis: local government mandate EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 ED, §§ 3-108.1, 3-114(a), and 4-303 - amended and § 3-114(d) - added Assigned to: Ways and Means Schedule 13, Page 30 HOUSE OF DELEGATES January 30, 2008 HB 525 Delegate Kullen, et al PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish and maintain a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program within the Department; establishing the powers and duties of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene under the Program; creating an Advisory Board on Prescription Drug Monitoring to assist in the design, implementation, and evaluation of the Program; etc. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 HG, §§ 21-2A-01 through 21-2A-09 - added Assigned to: Health and Government Operations HB 526 Delegate Holmes INSURANCE – PREMIUM FINANCE COMPANIES – AUTHORITY TO CANCEL POLICIES ISSUED BY MARYLAND AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE FUND Prohibiting a premium finance company from using a power of attorney or other authority to cancel, on behalf of an insured, a private passenger automobile insurance policy issued to the insured by the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 IN, § 23-401 - amended Assigned to: Economic Matters HB 527 Delegate Reznik, et al TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE PROCUREMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES BY STATE AGENCIES Establishing a Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health and Social Services by State Agencies; providing for the membership and duties of the Task Force; providing for the designation of a chair of the Task Force; authorizing the Task Force to establish specified subcommittees; requiring the Department of Budget and Management and the Department of General Services to provide staff for the Task Force; prohibiting members of the Task Force from receiving compensation; etc. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 Assigned to: Health and Government Operations January 30, 2008 HOUSE OF DELEGATES Schedule 13, Page 31 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED JANUARY 30, 2008 HJ 3 Delegates Kach and Olszewski MARYLAND FIRST RESPONDER APPRECIATION WEEK Encouraging the Governor to proclaim an annual Maryland First Responder Appreciation Week. Preliminary analysis: local government mandate Assigned to: House Rules and Executive Nominations HOUSE BILL REASSIGNED JANUARY 29, 2008 HB 134 Delegate Kelly, et al VEHICLE LAWS – TRANSPORTING PETS IN TRUCKS OR TRAILERS Prohibiting a person from transporting domesticated mammals in or on a truck or trailer on a highway unless the truck or trailer is enclosed on the sides and the top in a manner that safely prevents the pet from falling, jumping, or otherwise exiting the truck or trailer or unless the pet is confined by a device designed to safely prevent the pet from falling, jumping, or otherwise exiting the truck or trailer; defining the term “pet” to mean a domesticated mammal excluding livestock as defined in the Agriculture Article; etc. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008 TR, § 21-1121.1 - added Reassigned to: Judiciary