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SB 119

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Clean Water Commerce Act of 2021

Sponsor: Guy Guzzone (District 13)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 694 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Clean Water Commerce Account within the Bay Restoration Fund; requiring the Department of the Environment to transfer $20,000,000 from the Fund to the Account for certain purposes beginning in fiscal year 2022 and each year thereafter; altering the authorized uses of the Fund to include certain transfers to the Account; limiting the uses of the Account to the purchase environmental outcomes in support of the State's efforts to achieve the Chesapeake Bay total maximum daily load; etc.

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Testimony (22)

MGA witness list
FAV 15FavorableFWA 6Favorable with amendmentsINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVLafferty, SteveBaltimore County governmentOral
FAVKelly, GeorgeBespoke Mitigation PartnersWritten (PDF)
FAVHoffman, MarkChesapeake Bay CommissionWritten (PDF)
FAVMiddleton, Sen Thomas "Mac"Citizen Member, Chesapeake Bay CommissionOral
FAVMiddleton, ThomaslobbyistCornerstone Government AffairsOral
FAVHastings, JoshForever Maryland FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVTulkin, JoshlobbyistMD Sierra ClubWritten (PDF)
FAVCoble, Executive Director, KimMaryland League of Conservation VotersOral
FAVCoble, KimMaryland League of Conservation VotersOral + Written (PDF)
FAVLafferty, Director of Planning, Baltimore County, Del SteveRepresenting the Maryland Association of CountiesOral
FAVRichards, AnnieShoreRiversWritten (PDF)
FAVJohnson, Esq., MorganWaterkeepers ChesapeakeWritten (PDF)
FAVHoffman, MarkIndividualPosition only
FAVKerr, CaitIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Guzzone, Senator GuzzonelegislatorIndividualPosition only
FWAShockley , JordanBlue Oyster EnvironmentalWritten (PDF)
FWAPerry, ReedlobbyistChesapeake ConservancyWritten (PDF)
FWAabbott, tylerMDEWritten (PDF)
FWAButler, AlexMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)
FWAFerguson, ColbyMaryland Farm BureauWritten (PDF)
FWAPorter, HollylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMiddleton, ThomasCornerstone Government AffairsRegistered for: Wonderful Company, The; Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association; Susan G. Komen; Manufacturers' Alliance of Maryland (MAM); Maryland Farm Bureau; Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute
FAVTulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter
FWAPerry, ReedChesapeake ConservancyRegistered for: Chesapeake Conservancy
FWAPorter, HollyRegistered for: Delmarva Chicken Association
INFOGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association