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HB 149

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Real Property - Ground Leases - Required Notifications - Private Transaction Redemptions

Sponsor: Chair, Environment and Transportation CommitteeCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Real PropertyStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 82 (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the requirement that a ground lease holder notify the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of certain changes concerning a ground lease; authorizing a leasehold tenant or an interested party to submit to the Department certain documentation of the redemption of a ground lease if the ground lease is redeemed in a certain private transaction and the ground lease holder has failed to notify the Department of the redemption; and requiring the Department to update the online registry under certain circumstances.

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Testimony (4)

MGA witness list
FAV 4Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVCastelli, BillMd RealtorsWritten (PDF)
FAVClampett, StepenState Department of Assessments and TaxationPosition only
FAVHiggs, Director, MichaelState Department of Assessments and TaxationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVChair, Environment and Transportation Committee, Chair, Environment and Transportation CommitteeIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record