2018 Legislative Session
The following are bills passed during the Maryland's 2018 Legislative Session that relate to Land and Materials Administration's programs.
2017 Legislative Session
The following are bills passed during the Maryland's 2017 Legislative Session that relate to Land and Materials Administration's programs.
- HB 66 Ch. 385 - Environment - Lead and Mercury Wheel Weights. Prohibiting certain persons from using, allowing to be used, or selling
certain lead or mercury wheel weights. Section 6-501 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.
- HB 171 Ch. 384 - Environment - Yard Waste, Food Residuals, and Other Organic Materials Diversion and Infrastructure - Study. Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with specified persons, to study, review, explore, identify, and make recommendations regarding specified matters that relate to the diversion of yard waste, food residuals, and other organic materials from refuse disposal facilities, including the status of infrastructure in the State; requiring the Department to provide a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by July 1, 2019.
- HB 504 - Products That Contain Mercury - Prohibition on Sale of Electric Switches, Electric Relays, and Gas Valve Switches. Prohibiting a specified marketer from knowingly selling or providing electric switches, electric relays, and gas valve switches that contain mercury to a consumer on or after October 1, 2018. Sections 6-905, 6-905.3 through 6-905.6 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.
- HB 1309 -- Environment - Recycling - Special Events. Requiring the State, a county, a municipality, or any other local government to provide a written statement before issuing a permit for a special event that describes the requirements and penalties under the special events recycling law, and altering the maximum penalty a local government may collect under the special events recycling law. Section 9-1712 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.
- HB 1349 Ch. 374 - Environment - Compostable, Degradable, and Biodegradable Plastic Products - Labeling. Prohibiting a person from selling a specified plastic product that is labeled as biodegradable, degradable, or decomposable on or after October 1, 2018 unless the plastic product meets certain
standards. Requiring a person
that distributes or sells certain compostable plastic products for certain purposes to label the product in a certain manner. Sections 9-2101 through 9-2105 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.
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