Loading chat...

MD SB236

Bill

Status

Passed

4/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Education, Energy, and the Environment

Click for details

Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the State Administrator of Elections to immediately send precinct boundary information electronically to the Secretary of Planning when new precincts are created or boundaries change

  • Updates population projection requirements to begin with 2025 (previously 1990), adds municipal corporation projections upon request, and authorizes use of data from the Baltimore Metropolitan Council and Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

  • Narrows Department of Environment's consultation with Department of Planning to water and sewerage proposals only, rather than all county plan matters

  • Repeals outdated provisions including the Secretary's authority to enter State-owned land for capital facilities surveys, budget authority for Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (capped at $100,000), and the requirement to establish statewide geographic classification standards

  • Limits the Department of Planning's real property repository function to State-owned property only (removing political subdivision tracking) and removes references to the defunct State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Commission

Legislative Description

Maryland Department of Planning - Modernization

Counties

Last Action

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 62

4/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Environment and Transportation2/14/2025
Education, Energy, and the Environment1/8/2025

Full Bill Text

No bill text available