Horse racing licensees, financial report filing deadline and form of
publication, requirements altered .....................................................

Insurers, adoption of risk based capital standards, provisions added .

Interagency State plan for transitioning students with disabilities,
established ..........................................................................................

Interstate bank acquisition, branching, examination, and reporting
provisions altered in response to the 1994 federal interstate
banking law.........................................................................................

Limited liability companies or partnerships, or limited partnerships,
forfeiture of right to do business if taxes or unemployment
payments or contributions have not been paid or annual report
filed; reinstatement of right; annual personal property report
requirements, provisions added.........................................................

Lobbyist Gifts -
Admission to sporting, charitable, cultural, or political events for
General Assembly members, reporting requirements added;
lobbyist payment of expenses of State officials for speaking

engagements, notification requirements added ............................

Meals or beverages for State executive or legislative branch
officials, lobbyist disclosure requirements added; $75 cumulative
gift reporting threshold for lobbyists, provisions altered .............

Local government investment guidelines and policies, adoption
required; investment of State funds in the Local Government
Investment Pool, authorized..............................................................

Managed care plans, authorization to require medical assistance
recipients to enroll in, and quality assurance programs for,
provisions added.................................................................................

Mandates on local government units imposed by State regulation,
evaluation of fiscal impact, requirements added .............................

Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund, charging by agents or brokers
of actual expenses incurred in obtaining accident history reports or
driving records, provisions added......................................................

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, minority
business enterprise utilization program, termination date repealed
and report requirements altered .......................................................

Medical laboratory licensing standards, provisions generally
amended; study and report of arrangements between providers and
medical laboratories exchanging service for referrals, required .....

Morgan State University, creation of positions by Board of Regents,
authorized...........................................................................................

Motor vehicle short term rental, sales and use tax rate increase and
excise tax credit, termination date extended; report on rental
vehicle industry, required ..................................................................

Neighborhood Business Development Program and Fund, established

Nutrition Assistance Program, Statewide, established; annual report
required ..............................................................................................

Ocean City Convention Center renovation and expansion, including
bond issuance and establishment of the Ocean City Convention
Center Financing Fund, provisions added........................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

75 339	1375 2289
435	2606
213	1989
295	2182
550	3202
617	3513
143	1830
500	2891
388	2486
275	2141
256	2087
465	2661
346	2349
125 115	1704 1498
607	3478
603	3412