Economic Development - Woman- and Minority-Owned Shellfish Aquaculture Enterprise Fund
What this bill does
Establishing the Woman- and Minority-Owned Shellfish Aquaculture Enterprise Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to assist woman- and minority-owned businesses entering into or expanding in the shellfish aquaculture industry; requiring the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation to develop partnerships with certain entities to facilitate the award of loans from the Fund and identify potential loan recipients; and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund.
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Testimony (22)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Colden, Allisonlobbyist | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Alliance, Chesapeake Oyster | Chesapeake Oyster Alliance | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Brown, Donzell | EJJI | Oral |
| FAV | Ferguson, Colby | Maryland Farm Bureau | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dietz, Michellelobbyist | The Nature Conservancy | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Black, Imani | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hummel, Lani | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sandolo, Cristina | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Senator Klausmeier, Senator Klausmeierlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Schulze, Dana | USAF Veteran | Position only |
| UNF | Arshavsky, Svetlana | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Diefenbach, Klaus | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Diefenbach, Linda | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Ditraglia, Frank | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Elbourn, James | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lang, Kevin | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lee, Mickey | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | MANOHAR, KRISHNA | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Pedersen, Stacy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | McHenry, Steve | MARBIDCO (Maryland Ag/RBI Development Corp.) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Westervelt, Patricia | Maryland Department of Transportation | Written (PDF) |