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Real Property – Required Notices for Contracts of Sale – Zones of Dewatering Influence

Sponsor: Delegate KrimmCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Real PropertyStatus: First Reading Judicial Proceedings (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop and publish on its website a searchable map of zones of dewatering influence; requiring a contract for the sale of real property located in Baltimore County, Carroll County, Frederick County or Washington County to include a certain notice about property located in a zone of dewatering influence; establishing that a purchaser of real property that does not receive the required notice has a right to rescind a contract and is entitled to the return of any deposits; etc.

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Testimony (9)

MGA witness list
FAV 6FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVColeman, TracyIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Krimm, Delegate KrimmlegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMinnick, JenniferIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVNelson, JenniferIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVO'Connor, Mayor MichaelIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVRussell, KellyIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWACastelli, BillMd RealtorsOral + Written (PDF)
INFOabbott, tylermdeWritten (PDF)
INFOKrimm, CarolIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

mdeINFO 1