Shaneka Henson Archives - Laws for Landlords

Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund – Establishment and Income Tax Checkoff

Establishing the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund; establishing the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Advisory Committee to review and evaluate requests for funding from the Fund; requiring the Secretary to adopt regulations to implement a pediatric cancer grant program; requiring the Comptroller to include a checkoff on individual income tax return forms for voluntary contributions to the Fund and to include certain information in each individual income tax return package; etc.

July 16, 2022

Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Military and Public Safety Retirement Income

Increasing from $15,000 to $20,000 the amount of certain subtraction modifications under the Maryland income tax for individuals who are at least 55 years of age for certain retirement income received as a result of the individual’s military service or attributable to the individual’s employment as a correctional officer, a law enforcement officer, or a fire, rescue, or emergency services personnel.

July 13, 2022

Anne Arundel County – Local Development Council – Delegate Appointments

Increasing, from 15 to 16, the number of members of the local development council for a video lottery facility located in Anne Arundel County; and requiring the County Executive of Anne Arundel County to appoint three Delegates who represent the district where the communities surrounding the facility are located or the Delegates’ designees.

July 13, 2022

State Highway Administration – Highway Cleanup – Records and Reporting

Requiring the State Highway Administration to keep and maintain records that detail all processes, procedures, and expenditures made to maintain clean highways in the State; requiring the Administration to report certain records on highway cleanup under certain State-county agreements to the General Assembly by February 1, 2023 and each February 1 thereafter; and requiring the Administration to publish on its website certain highway cleanup schedules and certain related information by a certain date annually.

July 12, 2022

Public Schools – Purple Star Schools Program – Establishment

Establishing the Purple Star Schools Program to recognize public schools that provide strong services and support for military-connected students and their families when, as a result of military service, a military-connected student transfers schools; establishing certain minimum criteria to qualify as a Purple Star School; and authorizing a public school to partner with the county board to fulfill the Department requirements to qualify as a Purple Star School under the Act.

July 9, 2022

Vehicle Laws – Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles – Reserved Parking Spaces

Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in electric drive vehicle plugged into charging equipment in a parking space that is designated for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles; establishing certain standards for signage designating reserved parking for certain plug-in electric drive vehicles; requiring that a parking space that is for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles be counted as part of the overall number of parking spaces for purposes of complying with certain laws; etc.

June 22, 2022

Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity

Establishing the Task Force to Study Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity to study the misvaluation and undervaluation of property owned by minorities; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 31, 2023.

June 20, 2022

Landlord and Tenant – Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent – Shielding of Court Records

Authorizing certain individuals to petition a court to remove from public inspection certain records relating to an action for repossession of residential property for failure to pay rent; establishing certain procedures and requirements for the consideration of a petition to shield records under the Act; etc.

June 17, 2022

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