City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0269R

• File #: 07-0269R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 901/House Bill 1220 - Chesapeake Bay Green Fund
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/12/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/12/2007
• Title: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 901/House Bill 1220 - Chesapeake Bay Green Fund FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would establish a Chesapeake Bay Green Fund, prohibit a local government from granting specified permits until a person pays an Impervious Surface Fee, establish a fee for development inside or outside specified areas exempting specified projects, prohibit money in the Fund from reverting or being transferred to the General Fund, require the Comptroller to distribute the Fund to specified units of State government and the Chesapeake Bay Trust, and establish a Chesapeake Bay Green Fund Oversight and Accountability Committee; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Rules Committee, the Honorable Chair and Members of the House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, and the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Delegation to the 2007 Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the legislation; and petitioning t...
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, President Young, Robert Curran, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda Conaway, Edward Reisinger, Sharon Green Middleton, Agnes Welch, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Helen L. Holton, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/12/2007	0	City Council	Introduced
3/12/2007	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 901/House Bill 1220 - Chesapeake Bay Green Fund

FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would establish a Chesapeake Bay Green Fund, prohibit a local government from granting specified permits until a person pays an Impervious Surface Fee, establish a fee for development inside or outside specified areas exempting specified projects, prohibit money in the Fund from reverting or being transferred to the General Fund, require the Comptroller to distribute the Fund to specified units of State government and the Chesapeake Bay Trust, and establish a Chesapeake Bay Green Fund Oversight and Accountability Committee; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Rules Committee, the Honorable Chair and Members of the House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, and the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Delegation to the 2007 Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the legislation; and petitioning the Governor to sign the measure into law.
Body Recitals

This legislation established a Chesapeake Bay Green Fund, consisting of charges on new development in order to pay for efforts to reduce nitrogen and other pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. This effort could raise as much as $130 million a year in order to improve cleanup efforts and improve ...