Pedestrian and bicycle access to State and private facilities and
roadways, State and local transportation planning, sidewalk and

highway construction, and bicycle parking requirements added .....

Pier and bulkhead construction, procedure to avoid duplication of
regulatory jurisdiction by State and local jurisdictions, provisions

added ..................................................................................................

Program Open Space, use of funds for capital renewal projects,
submission and approval of applications, sale of property with
easements and first right of refusal for municipalities and counties,

provisions altered ...............................................................................

Property Tax -
Billing grants to counties for modifying billing and collection

systems to accommodate semiannual payments, appropriation

for....................................................................................................

Credit, reimbursement by the State, appropriation for...................

Disabled veterans exemption, information on property tax bill,

requirements added........................................................................

Nonpoint source pollution reduction and nutrient management of

property, tax credit provisions added............................................

Research and development equipment and supplies, tax exemption

added and credit repealed .............................................................

Semiannual payment for owner-occupied residential property,
option required; recordation and transfer tax on property sold to
first-time Maryland home buyers, payment by seller and

exemption, provisions added; transfer tax rate reduced ..............

Racing revenue, appropriation for shares due to counties and

municipal corporations ......................................................................

Radiation control statute, definition of "person", added ...................

Residency as a condition of local government employment or as a
basis of discrimination in employment decisions, prohibited;
preferences under provisions of local merit system, permitted ......

Revenue bonds to finance working capital expenditures, issuance on
behalf of private entities, authorized................................................

Sewage treatment works, publicly owned, bond funds for grants for
nutrient removal .................................................................................

Small employer group health insurance, coverage expanded to
include employees already covered under another plan, part-time
employees, self-employed, tax-exempt nonprofits, municipal
corporations, and counties; minimum participation requirements
altered; dental care allowed as additional benefit ...........................

Smoking restrictions in the workplace, authority to enact more

restrictive laws or ordinances, provisions clarified ..........................

Solid waste facilities or systems, bond funds for grants for................

Special retirement or pension system, creation by a county,
requirements and restrictions added ................................................

Water supply facility improvements, bond funds for assistance to
State and local government entities ..................................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

495	2844
525	2986
584	3342
7	578
7	393
364	2425
373	2452
128	1728
123	1692
7	363
98	1453
619	3523
327	2261
131	1757
501	2901
5	350
131	1771
616	3509
131	1757