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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDE D TO EXISTING LAW . |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0368* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 368 |
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| 8 | 8 | | P1 5lr1761 |
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| 9 | 9 | | |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates Guyton, Charkoudian, Foley, Forbes, Hornberger, Jackson, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Lehman, T. Morgan, Patterson, Ruth, Stein, Wolek, Woorman, and Ziegler |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 16, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Health and Government Operations |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | |
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| 19 | 19 | | General Provisions – Commemorative Month – Maryland Native Plant Month 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Governor to annually proclaim a certain month as 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Maryland Native Plant Month; requiring the proclamation to urge educational and 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | environmental organizations and businesses to observe Maryland Native Plant 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Month properly; and generally relating to Maryland Native Plant Month. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY renumbering 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – General Provisions 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 7–504 through 7–507 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | to be Section 7–505 through 7–508, respectively 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | BY adding to 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Article – General Provisions 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Section 7–504 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 17 |
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| 38 | 38 | | |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | That Section(s) 7–504 through 7–507 of Article – General Provisions of the Annotated Code 19 |
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| 41 | 41 | | of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 7–505 through 7–508, respectively. 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 21 |
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| 44 | 44 | | as follows: 22 |
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| 45 | 45 | | |
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| 46 | 46 | | Article – General Provisions 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 368 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 7–504. 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (A) THE GOVERNOR ANNUALLY SHA LL PROCLAIM THE MO NTH OF MAY AS 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | MARYLAND NATIVE PLANT MONTH IN RECOGNITION OF TH E BENEFITS THAT 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | NATIVE PLANTS HAVE ON MARYLAND’S NATURAL ENVIRONMEN T. 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | |
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| 56 | 56 | | (B) THE PROCLAMATION SHAL L URGE EDUCATIONAL A ND ENVIRONMENTAL 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES TO OBSERVE MARYLAND NATIVE PLANT MONTH 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | PROPERLY WITH APPROP RIATE PROGRAMS , EVENTS, AND ACTIVITIES. 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | October 1, 2025. 9 |
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