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SB 814

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Public Safety - Resilient Maryland Revolving Loan Fund - Alterations

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Budget and TaxationSubject: Public SafetyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 245 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the Resilient Maryland Revolving Loan Fund to provide loans to private property owners for hazard mitigation projects, including wind retrofits, flood mitigation elevation, floodproofing, wildland fire retrofit mitigation, and earthquake retrofit mitigation; authorizing the Fund to include money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency; requiring a portion of the Fund to be used for hazard mitigation projects for buildings under certain circumstances; and authorizing loan forgiveness under certain circumstances.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVKurtz, JoshuaChesapeake Bay FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVYounts, DianaMLC Climate Justice WingWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVFry Hester, KatieMaryland SenateOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMatthews, DakotaRural Maryland CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVDeutschmann, RichardIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
FWANibber, D'PaullobbyistMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWANibber, D'PaulMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Registered for: American Heart Association