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HB 399

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

Sponsor: Delegate KrimmCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Real PropertyStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 592 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

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; defining 'zones of dewatering influence' as the area around a surface mine in karst terrain; requiring a contract for the sale of real property in Baltimore County, Carroll County, Frederick County, or Washington County include a notice about property located in a certain zone; establishing that a purchaser of real property that does not receive the required notice has a right to rescind a contract; etc.

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Testimony (13)

MGA witness list
FAV 8FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVColeman, TracyCity of Frederick Department of Public WorksOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMay, LisalobbyistMaryland REALTORSOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Krimm, Delegate KrimmlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Krimm, Delegate KrimmlegislatorIndividualPosition only
FAVKrimm, Delegate CarolIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVNelson, JenniferIndividualOral
FAVRussell, KellyIndividualOral
FAVRussell, KellyIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAMay, LisalobbyistMaryland REALTORSOral + Written (PDF)
FWABallentine, TomIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAKrimm, Delegate CarolIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOabbott, tylerMDEWritten (PDF)
INFOabbott, tylerMDEWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMay, LisaMaryland REALTORSRegistered for: Maryland REALTORS; Maryland Association of Realtors
FWAMay, LisaMaryland REALTORSRegistered for: Maryland REALTORS; Maryland Association of Realtors