Legislation – 2021

For Bi-County Bills, the Prince George’s County and Montgomery County Delegations must concur before local legislation can be moved to a House Standing Committee. If there is no agreement then the bill fails. Below you will find a detailed summary of the selected bill, including a complete legislative history. For your convenience, please refer to…

FOR the purpose of providing that the requirement to obtain a certain entertainment permit does not apply to the holder of a certain license under certain circumstances; authorizing a certain license holder to offer entertainment when persons under the age of 21 years are on the licensed premises under certain circumstances; requiring a certain agreement and a certain lease to contain certain provisions; requiring the license holder to meet with certain persons at certain times for certain purposes;  requiring the license holder to indemnify a certain entity for any recommendations the license holder makes to the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George’s County; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages licenses in Prince George’s  County.

FOR the purpose of altering the types of properties for which the tax collector in Prince George’s County shall conduct a certain limited auction prior to conducting a public auction for property subject to tax liens; providing that any payments received for a certain tax sale certificate that is void under certain circumstances shall be applied to any taxes on the property that are in arrears; and generally relating to tax sales of property in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of altering a certain definition of “application” to exclude participation in adopting and approving a certain amendment to a countywide zoning map in Prince  George’s County for a certain purpose; and generally relating to public ethics and  Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on  Maryland Route 382 (Croom Road) between Mount Calvert Road and Molly Berry  Road in Prince George’s County, subject to certain placement and signage requirements; and generally relating to the placement and use of speed monitoring systems in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the governing body of Prince George’s County to enter into  an agreement with an owner of real property who is engaged in constructing or  operating housing structures or projects for the payment of a negotiated amount in  lieu of county property taxes on the property; requiring property that is subject to a  payment in lieu of taxes agreement to be used for a housing structure or project that  is constructed or rehabilitated under certain programs or acquired under a certain county program; requiring the owner of real property subject to a payment in lieu of  taxes agreement to agree to certain requirements for the use of the property for  low–income housing; authorizing real property subject to a payment in lieu of taxes  agreement to include certain service facilities; providing that real property subject  to a payment in lieu of taxes agreement is exempt from county property tax when  certain requirements are met; defining a certain term; and generally relating to  payment in lieu of taxes agreements for low–income housing in Prince George’s  County.

FOR the purpose of renaming the Public Safety and Behavioral Health Surcharge in Prince George’s County imposed for certain residential construction; providing for an exemption to the public safety and behavioral health surcharge; making conforming changes, and generally relating to the public safety surcharge in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the student member of the Prince George’s County Board of Education to vote on all matters before the county board, with the exception of one matter; repealing a prohibition on members of the county board from being candidates for a public office other than a position on the county board while serving on the county board; and generally relating to the Prince George’s County Board of  Education.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the use of certain vehicle height monitoring systems in Prince George’s County to enforce certain state and local laws restricting the presence of certain vehicles during certain times; applying to Prince George’s County certain provisions of law relating to vehicle height monitoring systems; defining a certain term; making a stylistic and a technical change; making conforming changes; providing for the effective date of certain provisions of this Act; providing for the termination of certain provisions of this Act, and generally relating to imposing liability on owners of motor vehicles recorded while being operated in violation of a State or local law restricting the presence of vehicles during certain times.

FOR the purpose of repealing provisions of law that established the position of the Chief  Executive Officer of the Prince George’s County public school system; repealing  certain provisions of law that established the powers and duties of the Chief  Executive Officer; revising the membership of the Prince George’s County Board of  Education to require all members to be elected; repealing provisions of law relating  to the appointed members of the county board, including the appointment, terms,  and compensation of the members; repealing provisions that specified certain  staggered terms for certain elected members of the county board; repealing certain  provisions that specified a certain method of filling certain vacancies on the county  board; requiring a vacancy of an elected member of the county board to be filled at  special election under certain circumstances; repealing a provision of law requiring  the Prince George’s County Executive to appoint certain officers of the county board;  requiring the county board to meet at a certain time each year to elect a chair and  vice chair from among its members; altering the number of affirmative votes  required for the county board to pass a motion; providing for the expiration of the  terms of the appointed members of the county board; defining a certain term;  repealing certain definitions; making stylistic and conforming changes; and generally relating to the membership of the Prince George’s County Board of  Education and the Chief Executive Officer.

FOR the purpose of requiring the Secretary of Health to notify the county health officer for  Prince George’s County if the Secretary receives a licensure application under a  certain provision of law for an assisted living program that will be located in Prince  George’s County; requiring the county health officer to determine whether an assisted living program is to be operated within a common ownership community in the county; requiring, under certain circumstances, the county health officer to provide notice of a certain application to the county council and a certain common ownership community; defining a certain term, and generally relating to applications for licensure of assisted living programs in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of altering the membership of the Prince George’s County Board ofEducation to require all members to be elected; repealing provisions of law relating  to the appointed members of the county board, including the appointment, terms, and compensation of the members; requiring elected members of the county board to  be elected by the voters of the entire county rather than by the voters of the school  district the member represents; repealing a provision of law requiring the Prince  George’s County Executive to appoint certain officers of the county board; requiring the county board to select a chair and vice chair from among the elected members of  the board; altering the number of affirmative votes required for the county board to  pass a motion; repealing provisions of law that established the title of the county  superintendent as the Chief Executive Officer of the Prince George’s County public  school system; providing for the expiration of the terms of the appointed members of the county board; defining a certain term; repealing certain definitions; making  stylistic and conforming changes; and generally relating to the membership of the  Prince George’s County Board of Education and the Chief Executive Officer.

FOR the purpose of establishing that certain provisions of law authorizing the use of speed monitoring systems in certain residential districts apply in Prince George’s County; establishing that a school zone speed monitoring system in Prince George’s County may be used in a school zone with any speed limit; and generally relating to speed monitoring systems in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of establishing certain fines for certain violations of the prohibition  against exceeding the maximum posted speed limit on Maryland Route 210 (Indian  Head Highway) in Prince George’s County; making stylistic changes; and generally  relating to fines for speeding violations on Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head  Highway) in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the issuance of a Class A beer and wine license for a grocery store in an alcohol density zone in Prince George’s County under certain circumstances; prohibiting the issuance of a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license for a grocery store in the county; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George’s County to approve the transfer of a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license into a part of certain alcoholic beverages districts in the county if the original licensed premises is in an alcohol density zone; defining “alcohol density zone”;  making a conforming change, and generally relating to alcoholic beverages in Prince  George’s County.

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from constructing a magnetic levitation transportation system within a certain distance of certain property in Prince  George’s County; prohibiting units of State and local government from taking certain actions related to the construction of a magnetic levitation transportation system within a certain distance of certain property in the county; establishing that the prohibitions under this Act do not apply under certain circumstances; authorizing the Prince George’s County Council to adopt local laws for the use of certain land consistent with certain law; defining certain terms; making this Act an emergency measure, and generally relating to land use related to magnetic levitation transportation systems in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of repealing the requirement that the State Ethics Commission delete certain disclosure statements filed by certain applicants for bi-county commissions under certain circumstances; and generally relating to financial disclosure statements and public ethics.

FOR the purpose of altering the amount of compensation of the elected and appointed members of the Prince George’s County Board of Education; requiring that a certain student member be granted a certain scholarship; providing for the application of this Act, and generally relating to the members of the Prince George’s County Board of Education.

FOR the purpose of imposing a certain fee on certain persons for filing certain financial disclosure statements late; setting the amount of a certain late fee; and generally relating to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Board of Ethics and financial disclosure statements.

FOR the purpose of establishing that a certain referral to the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission is deemed approved under certain circumstances  only if there is a complete submission that can be adequately reviewed by the  Commission; requiring the Commission to notify a certain submitting entity within  a certain period of time regarding whether a certain submission or amendment to a  submission is complete and accepted or rejected as incomplete; requiring the  Commission to provide certain information to a submitting entity under certain  circumstances; requiring the Commission to act on a certain amended submission  within a certain period of time; authorizing a submitting entity to give certain notice  to the Commission that the entity is unable to provide certain additional information  on a certain submission through reasonable means under certain circumstances;  requiring the Commission to consider a certain submission as complete and take  certain action within a certain period of time; defining a certain term; and generally  relating to the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission and  mandatory referral review.

FOR the purpose of requiring the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to stream live video of the open meetings of the Commission; requiring the Commission to maintain on its website a complete and unedited archived video recording of certain life–streamed videos of the open meetings; altering the amount of a certain late payment charge imposed by the Commission for unpaid water and sewer usage charges under certain circumstances; and generally relating to the Washington  Suburban Sanitary Commission.

FOR the purpose of establishing an Innovative Recreation Youth Program in the  Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission; requiring the Commission to develop and implement the Program; providing for the purpose of the  Program; authorizing certain recreational opportunities to include certain offerings;  requiring the Governor, beginning and ending in certain fiscal years, to include in the annual budget bill a certain appropriation to the Program; defining a certain term; and generally relating to the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning  Commission and the Innovative Recreation Youth Program.

FOR the purpose of requiring that a public school student in a Prince George’s County elementary school be provided a certain daily program of physical activity each week totaling a minimum number of minutes; requiring the program of physical activity for a certain category of student to be consistent with a certain program for the student, if applicable; requiring a Prince George’s County public elementary school to designate a certain group to plan and coordinate certain activities; requiring the Prince George’s County Board of Education to adopt certain regulations; requiring a certain elementary school to provide a certain notice to the county board on or before a certain date; authorizing a public elementary school to apply to the county board for a certain extension; establishing the termination date of a certain extension; and generally relating to elementary school student health and fitness in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George’s County to issue a Class A beer and light wine license for use in a supermarket under certain circumstances; limiting the number of certain licenses that the Board can issue for use in any single legislative district; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the placement and use of a speed monitoring system on Briggs Chaney Road between Sawgrass Drive and Calvert Hills Drive in Prince George’s County, subject to certain placement and signage requirements; and generally relating to the placement and use of speed monitoring systems in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the issuance of a Class A beer and wine license for a grocery store in an alcohol density zone in Prince George’s County under certain circumstances; prohibiting the issuance of a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license for a grocery store in the county; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George’s County to approve the transfer of a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license into a part of certain alcoholic beverages districts in the county if the original licensed premises is in an alcohol density zone; defining “alcohol density zone”; making a conforming change, and generally relating to alcoholic beverages in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of prohibiting, for Prince George’s County, the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission from making a certain recommendation with regards to a certain permit unless the permit application contains a statement with certain elements; requiring the statement to have space for the applicant to provide certain information; requiring the statement to be signed by the applicant; defining a certain term; providing for the application of this Act, and generally relating to zoning review in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow a person to hunt deer on certain Sundays of the deer hunting seasons in Prince George’s County; authorizing the Department to allow a person to hunt on public land designated for hunting on Sunday in Prince George’s County; making conforming changes; and generally relating to Sunday deer hunting in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of the Environment to study flooding in Prince George’s County; requiring that the study analyze, evaluate, and examine certain information, measures, and issues; requiring that the study develop certain recommendations; requiring the Agency, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of the Environment to report the findings and recommendations, on or before a certain date, to the Governor, the members of the Prince George’s County Senate delegation, the members of the Prince George’s County House delegation, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the General Assembly; and generally relating to flooding in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Public Service Commission from issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a coal– or gas-fired generating station if any part of the generating station will be located in Prince George’s County; prohibiting a person from operating certain coal– or gas-fired generating station under certain circumstances; making conforming changes;  making this Act an emergency measure, and generally relating to the operation of coal– and gas-fired generating stations in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of requiring that certain concrete batching plants in Prince George’s County comply with a certain setback requirement; defining certain terms; generally relating to concrete batching plants in Prince George’s County.

FOR the purpose of adding a Class C alcoholic beverages license to the types of alcoholic beverages licenses that may be used for an establishment located within certain distances of a place of worship or a school in Prince George’s County; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages licenses in Prince George’s County.