2007 house journal index of days - Maryland General Assembly

Feb. 9, 2007 Maryland House of Delegates 735
Article – Public Safety
Section 5–133(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2003 Volume and 2006 Supplement)
Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
House Bill 993 – Delegates Walker, V. Turner, and Valderrama
AN ACT concerning
Creation of a State Debt – Fort Washington Medical Center
FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $560,000, the
proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Fort Washington
Medical Center, Inc. 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 994 – Delegates Walker, Benson, Boteler, Cane, DeBoy, Frush, Gilchrist,
Howard, Hucker, Krysiak, Manno, Niemann, O’Donnell, Olszewski, Ramirez, Rice,
Ross, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, and F. Turner
AN ACT concerning
Task Force on the Policy and Funding Implications of Requiring Passage of the
High School Assessment for Graduation
FOR the purpose of establishing the Task Force on the Policy and Funding Implications
of Requiring Passage of the High School Assessment for Graduation; providing
for the membership of the Task Force; requiring the Governor to designate the
chair of the Task Force; requiring the Department of Legislative Services to
provide staff for the Task Force; providing that a member of the Task Force may
not receive compensation but is entitled to certain reimbursement; authorizing the
Task Force to invite certain experts and other witnesses to submit testimony, hold
certain hearings, and in consultation with the Department of Budget and
Management, contract with certain experts and consultants; requiring the Task
Force to review and evaluate the use of the high school assessment as a Maryland
diploma requirement, develop certain strategies and interventions, develop certain
cost projections, and make certain findings and recommendations; requiring the