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SB 22

EnactedCrossfile HB 407
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On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Inspection - Licensing

Sponsor: Karen Lewis Young (District 3)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 445 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting an individual from engaging in the business of inspecting an on-site sewage disposal system unless the person holds a valid on-site wastewater property transfer inspection license issued by the Department of the Environment on or after July 1, 2022; requiring the Department to adopt regulations by January 1, 2022; providing an administrative penalty of up to $10,000 for a violation of the Act; providing that each inspection knowingly conducted without a valid license constitutes a separate violation of the Act; etc.

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Testimony (15)

MGA witness list
FAV 10FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGeckle, MathewBack River PrecastWritten (PDF)
FAVGeckle, MatthewBack River PrecastOral
FAVRanson, EmilylobbyistClean Water ActionOral
FAVHarrison, EdwardMOWPAOral
FAVvon Gunten, GeneTeam SepticWritten (PDF)
FAVBassett, ElleIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCastelli, WilliamlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHarrison, EdwardIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVRanson, EmilylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Young, Senator YounglegislatorIndividualPosition only
FWAButler, AlexMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)
FWAGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationWritten (PDF)
FWAWelch, KennethMaryland Conference of Local Environmental Health DirectorsWritten (PDF)
FWATrescott, SaraIndividualOral
INFOabbott, tylerMDEWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVRanson, EmilyClean Water ActionRegistered for: Clean Water Action
FAVCastelli, WilliamRegistered for: ASC Engineered Solutions; Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S, LLC; Board of County Commissioners of Allegany County, MD; Brown Advisory; Cable Telecommunications Association of Maryland, Delaware and D.C., Inc.; Colonial Pipeline Company
FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action
FWAGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association