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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 331
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11, 2000, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign
House Bill 331,
Sincerely,
Parris N. Glendening
Governor
House Bill No. 331
AN ACT concerning
Business and Economic Development Environment - Brownfields
Revitalization Incentive Program and Voluntary Cleanup Programs
FOR the purpose of altering certain definitions relating to the Brownfields
Revitalization Incentive Program in the Department of Business and Economic
Development expanding the purpose of the Program; providing for the
eligibility for financial incentives under the Program; authorizing grants for
environmental assessments under certain conditions; providing that a certain
determination or finding made under this Act that a responsible person did not
cause or contribute to certain contamination does not affect and may not be
construed to affect any tort action against any person, or any third-party action
for recovery of removal costs; the requirement that for a brownfields site to be
eligible for certain financial incentives the site must be located in a jurisdiction
that has elected to participate in the Brownfields Revitalization Incentive
Program; authorizing the Department of Business and Economic Development to
provide certain loans and grants to certain persons for the environmental site
assessment of certain brownfields sites; requiring the repayment of certain grants
under certain circumstances; providing that certain low-interest loans convert to
market rate loans under certain circumstances; providing for the ownership of
the information contained in certain environmental site assessments; providing
for the application of certain provisions; authorizing the Department of Business
and Economic Development to establish certain procedures and eligibility
requirements for these loans and grants; requiring that certain moneys deposited
by certain jurisdictions into the Brownfields Revitalization Incentive Fund be
used to provide incentives for Qualified brownfields sites in certain jurisdictions
that enacted certain tax credit ordinances; altering the definition of "brownfields
site" to include properties for which there exists certain innocent purchasers;
altering the requirements for jurisdictions electing to provide certain property tax
credits for certain property; providing for a certain contingency; and generally
relating to the Brownfields Revitalization Incentive Program and Voluntary
Cleanup programs.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 83A - Department of Business and Economic Development
Section 3-901, 3-902(b), and 3-903(c) 3-902, and 3-905
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
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