| Bill Information | |
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| PG/MC 107-12 | The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Transparency and Rate Relief Act of 2012 |
| Sponsor | Senator Peters |
| Synopsis | For the purpose of altering the terms of the Washington Suburban Sanitary District bonds and refunding bonds that may be issued by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to decrease the number of years that a bond may mature from the date of issuance; requiring the Commission to reduce a certain sum owed for the extinguishment or redemption of a front foot benefit charge by a certain amount under certain circumstances; requiring certain information regarding the number of payments of a front foot benefit charge to be printed on property tax bills in Prince George's County; prohibiting the Commission from assessing a benefit charge against certain real property for longer than a certain number of years under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Commission from recalculating or increasing any benefit charge assessed against property because of a reduction of the revenues collected by the Commission as a result of this Act; prohibiting the Commission from assessing a benefit charge for longer than a certain number of years against any new residential real property constructed in Prince George's County or Montgomery County on or after a certain date; requiring the Commission to use money in a certain bond fund to offset any reduction of revenues collected by the Commission as a result of this Act; providing that a property owner against whose property a benefit charge has been assessed by the Commission for a certain number of immediately preceding years shall be deemed as having paid the benefit charges in full; prohibiting the Commission from assessing a front foot benefit charge against certain property during a certain fiscal year; prohibiting the Commission from raising a certain service rate for water or sewer usage by more than a certain amount in a certain fiscal year; and generally relating to water and sewer usage service rates of and bonds issued and benefit charges assessed and collected by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. |
| Bill Text | Read bill in pdf here |
| House Bill Number | HB 896 |
| Bill History | This bill will be acted on in the Prince George's County Delegation first. |
| Local Action House - Montgomery County Delegation: | 12/7/11 - Montgomery County House Delegation Bi-County Bill Hearing - 3rd Floor Hearing Room, Stella Werner Council Office Building, Rockville 7:00 p.m. |
| 1/5/12 - Assigned to the Bi-County Agencies Committee | |
| 2/6/12 - Bi-County Agencies Committee Meeting - AGENDA | |
2/20/12 - Bi-County Agencies Committee Meeting - AGENDA - Favorable as amended (5-0) Prince George's County Amendments - Favorable (5-0) - Voting list Bill - Voting list |
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2/24/12 - Montgomery County House Delegation Meeting - AGENDA - Favorable as amended (23-0) - Voting list Voting list - Amendments Bill moves to the Senate Delegations & the House Environmental Matters Committee |
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| Local Action House - Prince George's County Delegation | 12/3/11 - Prince George's County House Delegation Public Hearing - Queen Anne’s Theater, Prince George’s County Community College, Largo |
2/3/12 - Prince George's House Delegation Meeting - Favorable with amendments (19-0) Bill moves to the Montgomery County House Delegation |
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| Local Action Senate - Montgomery County Delegation: | 3/8/12 - Montgomery County Senate Delegation Meeting - AGENDA |
| 3/9/12 - Montgomery County Senate Delegation Voting Session - AGENDA - Favorable as amended (8-0) - Bill Report | |
| Local Action Senate - Prince George's County Delegation: | 3/22/12 - Prince George's County Senate Delegation Meeting - Favorable (7-0) |
| House Action: | 2/9/12 - First Reading Environmental Matters Committee |
| 3/15/12 - Environmental Matters Committee - Public Hearing - 1:00 p.m. | |
| 3/20/12 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters Committee | |
3/17/12 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
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| 3/18/12 - Third Reading Passed (139-0) | |
4/2/12 - House Concur - Senate Amendments Third Reading Passed (132-0) Passed Enrolled |
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| Senate Action: | 3/19/12 - First Reading Education, Health, & Environmental Affairs Committee |
| 3/29/12 - Public Hearing - Education, Health, & Environmental Affairs Committee - 1:00 p.m. | |
| 4/4/12 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, & Environmental Affairs Committee | |
3/29/12 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Second Reading Passed |
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| 3/30/12 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) | |
| Action After Passage: | 5/22/12 - Approved by the Governor Chapter 685 |
