2007 house journal index of days - Maryland General Assembly

Jan. 31, 2007 Maryland House of Delegates 245
loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a
matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the
loan proceeds; and providing generally for the issuance and sale of bonds
evidencing the loan.
Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
House Bill 308 – Delegates Haddaway and Eckardt
AN ACT concerning
Creation of a State Debt – Talbot County – Talbot Agricultural Service Center
FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $1,000,000, the
proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Supervisors of the Talbot Soil
Conservation District for certain development or improvement purposes;
providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the
grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the
encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; and providing generally for the
issuance and sale of bonds evidencing the loan.
Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
House Bill 309 – Delegates Rosenberg, Bronrott, Haynes, Ivey, Rice, Ross, and
F. Turner
AN ACT concerning
Voter’s Rights Protection Act of 2007
FOR the purpose of requiring the State Board of Elections to include certain standards in
certain guidelines for the administration of provisional ballot voting by local
boards of elections; altering the circumstances under which an individual may be
offered the opportunity to cast a provisional ballot; requiring certain election
officials to provide certain written information to an individual who casts a
provisional ballot; requiring the State Board to ensure that the program of
instruction for election judges incorporates a thorough and detailed treatment of
certain information; requiring a local board to file a petition with the circuit court
of the county to extend the hours that a polling place shall be open under certain
circumstances; requiring the State Board to produce certain information for
posting at the polling place regarding the circumstances under which a voter may
be requested or required to present photo identification to an election judge before
being allowed to vote; prohibiting an election judge from requiring a voter to
present photo identification before voting, except as authorized by State or federal