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Maryland Senate Bill SB906 Compare Versions

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3	3		EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4		[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5		-	Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6		-	Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
7		-	amendment.
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10	7		SENATE BILL 906
11	8		C9 4lr3351
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13		-	By: Senator Augustine Senators Augustine, Brooks, Feldman, Kagan, and
14		-	Lewis Young
	10	+	By: Senator Augustine
15	11		Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024
16	12		Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
17		-	Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
18		-	Senate action: Adopted with floor amendments
19		-	Read second time: February 28, 2024
20	13
21		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	14	+	A BILL ENTITLED
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23	16		AN ACT concerning 1
24	17
25	18		Housing and Community Development – Conversion of Commercial Buildings 2
26	19		for Residential Use – Report 3
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28		-	FOR the purpose of requiring each county and Baltimore City political subdivision to 4
29		-	inventory vacant commercial buildings, develop a plan to convert certain vacant 5
30		-	commercial buildings for residential use, and submit a report to the Department of 6
31		-	Housing and Community Development; requiring a political subdivision to make a 7
32		-	certain determination; requiring the Department to provide certain technical 8
33		-	assistance under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to establish and 9
34		-	maintain a certain database; and generally relating to converting vacant commercial 10
35		-	buildings for residential use. 11
	21	+	FOR the purpose of requiring each county and Baltimore City to inventory vacant 4
	22	+	commercial buildings, develop a plan to convert vacant commercial buildings for 5
	23	+	residential use, and submit a report to the Department of Housing and Community 6
	24	+	Development; requiring the Department to establish and maintain a certain 7
	25	+	database; and generally relating to converting vacant commercial buildings for 8
	26	+	residential use. 9
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37		-	BY ~~repealing and reenacting,~~ ~~without amendments, 12~~
38		-	Article – Housing and Community Development 13
39		-	Section 1–~~101(a), (c), and (i) 14~~
40		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 15
41		-	(2019 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 16
	28	+	BY adding to 10
	29	+	Article – Housing and Community Development 11
	30	+	Section 6–105 12
	31	+	Annotated Code of Maryland 13
	32	+	(2019 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 14
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43		-	BY adding to 17
44		-	Article – Housing and Community Development 18
45		-	Section 6–105 19
46		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 20
47		-	(2019 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 21
48		-	2 SENATE BILL 906
	34	+	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
	35	+	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
	36	+
	37	+	Article – Housing and Community Development 17
	38	+
	39	+	6–105. 18
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	41	+	(A) (1) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2025, EACH COUNTY AND BALTIMORE 19
	42	+	CITY SHALL: 20
	43	+
	44	+	(I) INVENTORY THE NUMBER OF VACANT COMMERCIAL 21
	45	+	BUILDINGS IN THE COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY; 22
	46	+
	47	+	(II) DEVELOP A PLAN FOR CONVERTING VACANT COMMERCIAL 23 2 SENATE BILL 906
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51		-	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1
52		-	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2
	50	+	BUILDINGS IN THE COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY FOR RESIDENTIAL USE ; AND 1
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54		-	Article – Housing and Community Development 3
	52	+	(III) SUBMIT A REPORT CONTAINING THE INVENTORY AND PL AN 2
	53	+	TO THE DEPARTMENT . 3
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56		-	1–101. 4
	55	+	(2) (I) EACH COUNTY AND BALTIMORE CITY SHALL UPDATE THE 4
	56	+	REPORT SUBMITTED UNDER PARA GRAPH (1)(III) OF THIS SUBSECTION EVERY 2 5
	57	+	YEARS. 6
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58		-	(a) In this ~~Division I of this article the following words have the meanings 5~~
59		-	~~indicated. 6~~
	59	+	(II) THE UPDATE REQUIRED U NDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL 7
	60	+	INCLUDE: 8
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61		-	(c) “County” means a county of the State or Baltimore City. 7
	62	+	1. A NEW INVENTORY OF V ACANT COMMERCIAL 9
	63	+	BUILDINGS; 10
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63		-	(i) “Political subdivision” means a county or municipal corporation of the State. 8
	65	+	2. ANY CHANGES MADE TO THE PLAN DEVELOPED 11
	66	+	UNDER PARAGRAPH (1)(II) OF THIS SUBSECTION; AND 12
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65		-	6–105. 9
	68	+	3. DETAILS OF ANY PROGR ESS MADE IN CONVERTI NG 13
	69	+	VACANT COMMERCIAL BU ILDINGS FOR RESIDENTIAL USE . 14
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67		-	(A) ~~IN THIS SECTION , “VACANT~~ ~~COMMERCIAL BU ILDING” MEANS~~ A 10
68		-	COMMERCIAL ~~BUILDING~~ THAT ~~HAS BEEN ABANDO NED,~~ ~~UNOCCUPIED , OR EMPTY FOR 11~~
69		-	~~A PERIOD OF TIME~~ . 12
	71	+	(B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTA BLISH AND MAINTAIN A DATABASE OF 15
	72	+	VACANT COMMERCIAL BUILDIN GS IN THE STATE THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL T O BE 16
	73	+	CONVERTED FOR RESIDE NTIAL USE. 17
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71		-	(B) (1) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2025, EACH COUNTY AND BALTIMORE 13
72		-	CITY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIO N SHALL: 14
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74		-	(I) INVENTORY THE NUMBER OF VACANT COMMERCIAL 15
75		-	BUILDINGS IN THE COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIO N; 16
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77		-	(II) DEVELOP A PLAN FOR C ONVERTING VACANT COM MERCIAL 17
78		-	BUILDINGS IN THE COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIO N FOR 18
79		-	RESIDENTIAL USE ; AND 19
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81		-	(III) SUBMIT A REPORT CONT AINING THE INVENTORY AND PLAN 20
82		-	TO THE DEPARTMENT . 21
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84		-	(2) EACH POLITICAL SUBDIV ISION SHALL DETERMIN E A MINIMUM 22
85		-	PERIOD OF TIME FOR A VACANT COMMERCIAL BU ILDING TO BE ELIGIBL E FOR 23
86		-	INCLUSION IN THE INV ENTORY REQUIRED UNDE R PARAGRAPH (1)(I) OF THIS 24
87		-	SUBSECTION. 25
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89		-	(3) (I) EACH COUNTY AND BALTIMORE CITY POLITICAL 26
90		-	SUBDIVISION SHALL UPDATE THE REP ORT SUBMITTED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1)(III) 27
91		-	OF THIS SUBSECTION E VERY 2 YEARS. 28
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93		-	(II) THE UPDATE REQUIRED U NDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL 29
94		-	INCLUDE: 30
95		-	SENATE BILL 906 3
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98		-	1. A NEW INVENTORY OF V ACANT COMMERCIAL 1
99		-	BUILDINGS; 2
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101		-	2. ANY CHANGES MADE TO THE PLAN DEVELOPED 3
102		-	UNDER PARAGRAPH (1)(II) OF THIS SUBSECTION ; AND 4
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104		-	3. DETAILS OF ANY PROGR ESS MADE IN CONVERTI NG 5
105		-	VACANT COMMERCIAL BU ILDINGS FOR RESIDENT IAL USE. 6
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107		-	(B) ON REQUEST BY A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL 7
108		-	PROVIDE TECHNICAL AS SISTANCE TO THE POLI TICAL SUBDIVISION IN CREATING 8
109		-	AND SUBMITTING THE R EPORT REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION. 9
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111		-	(C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTA BLISH AND MAINTAIN A DATABASE OF 10
112		-	VACANT COMMER CIAL BUILDINGS IN TH E STATE THAT HAVE THE P OTENTIAL TO BE 11
113		-	CONVERTED FOR RESIDE NTIAL USE. 12
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115		-	(D) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOP T REGULATIONS TO EST ABLISH 13
116		-	STANDARDS FOR POLITI CAL SUBDIVISIONS TO USE IN DETERMINING W HETHER A 14
117		-	VACANT COMMERCIAL BU ILDING IS ELIGIBLE T O BE CONVERTED TO RE SIDENTIAL 15
118		-	USE. 16
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120		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 17
121		-	1, 2024. 18
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126		-	Approved:
127		-	________________________________________________________________________________
128		-	Governor.
129		-	________________________________________________________________________________
130		-	President of the Senate.
131		-	________________________________________________________________________________
132		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.
	75	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 18
	76	+	1, 2024. 19