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HOUSE BILL 757
J1, M3 5lr2922
CF SB 849
By: Delegates Kaiser, Holmes, McComas, Patterson, and Ruth Ruth,
Pena–Melnyk, Cullison, Bagnall, Bhandari, Chisholm, Guzzone, Hill,
Hutchinson, S. Johnson, Kerr, Kipke, Lopez, Martinez, M. Morgan, Reilly,
Rosenberg, Ross, Szeliga, Taveras, White Holland, Woods, and Woorman
Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2025
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation and Ways and Means
Reassigned: Environment and Transportation and Health and Government Operations,
February 5, 2025
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 14, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening 2
Technologies Program – Funding 3
FOR the purpose of altering the fee for a license to transfer oil in the State; requiring the 4
Department of the Environment to transfer a certain amount of the license fee to the 5
Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies 6
Program; altering the amount the Governor is authorized to include in the annual 7
budget for the Program; requiring the Secretary of Health to use certain funds 8
exclusively for the Program; authorizing the Secretary to use up to a certain 9
percentage of Program funds to support academic medical research centers for 10
certain purposes; and generally relating to the Professional and Volunteer 11
Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program. 12
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 13
Article – Environment 14
Section 4–411(a) and (b) 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2013 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 17
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 18 2 HOUSE BILL 757
Article – Environment 1
Section 4–411(c) 2
Annotated Code of Maryland 3
(2013 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 4
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 5
Article – Health – General 6
Section 13–4001 7
Annotated Code of Maryland 8
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 9
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
Article – Health – General 11
Section 13–4006 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY T HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
Article – Environment 17
4–411. 18
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 19
(2) “Barrel” means any measure of petroleum products or its by–products 20
which consists of 42.0 U.S. gallons of liquid measure. 21
(3) “Fund” means the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean–Up and 22
Contingency Fund. 23
(4) “Transfer” means the offloading or onloading of oil in the State from or 24
to any commercial vessel, barge, tank truck, tank car, pipeline, or any other means used 25
for transporting oil. 26
(b) A person other than a vessel or barge may not transfer oil in the State without 27
a license. 28
(c) (1) A license required under this section shall be secured from the 29
Department of the Environment subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this section. 30
(2) The fee on any barrel shall be imposed only once, at the point of first 31
transfer in the State. 32
(3) The license fee shall be: 33
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(i) Credited to the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean–Up 1
and Contingency Fund and based on: 2
1. Before July 1, 2024, a 7.75 cents per barrel fee for oil 3
transferred in the State; [and] 4
2. On or after July 1, 2024, AND BEFORE JULY 1, 2025, a 5 5
cents per barrel fee for oil transferred in the State; and 6
3. ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2025, A 9 CENTS PER BARREL 7
FEE FOR OIL TRANSFER RED IN THE STATE; AND 8
(ii) Until July 1, 2024, based on an additional 0.25 cent per barrel 9
fee for oil transferred in the State and credited to the Oil Contaminated Site Environmental 10
Cleanup Fund as described in Subtitle 7 of this title. 11
(4) (I) BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2026, THE DEPARTMENT 12
SHALL TRANSFER 4 CENTS OF THE AMOUNT COLLECTED FROM THE PER BAR REL FEE 13
IN PARAGRAPH (3)(I)3 OF THIS SUBSECTION T O THE PROFESSIONAL AND 14
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER INNOVATIVE CANCER SCREENING TECHNOLOGIES 15
PROGRAM ESTABLISHED U NDER § 13–4002 OF THE HEALTH – GENERAL ARTICLE. 16
(II) FUNDS TRANSFERRED TO THE PROFESSIONAL AND 17
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER INNOVATIVE CANCER SCREENING TECHNOLOGIES 18
PROGRAM UNDER SUBPARA GRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SH ALL BE DISTRIBUTED 19
IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 13–4006 OF THE HEALTH – GENERAL ARTICLE. 20
[(4)] (5) (i) The license fee shall be paid quarterly to the Department 21
and on receipt by the Comptroller, credited to the proper fund. 22
(ii) The licensee shall certify to the Department, on forms as may be 23
prescribed by the Department, the number of barrels of oil transferred by the licensee 24
during the fee quarter no later than the last day of the month following the fee quarter. 25
(iii) These records shall be kept confidential by the Department. 26
[(5)] (6) (I) [When] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) 27
OF THIS PARAGRAPH , the balance in the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean–Up 28
and Contingency Fund from the monthly license fees paid under paragraph (3)(i) of this 29
subsection into the Fund equals or exceeds a maximum limit of $5,000,000, collection of 30
subsequent monthly license fees under paragraph (3)(i) of this subsection shall be abated 31
until: 32
[(i)] 1. The balance in the Fund from the license fees becomes less 33
than or equal to $4,000,000; or 34
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[(ii)] 2. There is evidence that the balance in the Fund could be 1
significantly reduced by the recent occurrence of a major discharge or series of discharges. 2
(II) BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2026, THE FEE ABATEMENT 3
AUTHORIZED UNDER SUB PARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH MA Y NOT EXCEED 5 4
CENTS PER BARREL FOR OIL TRANSFERRED IN THE STATE. 5
[(6)] (7) (i) If a licensee fails to remit the fee and accompanying 6
certification required by this section, the amount of the license fee due shall be determined 7
by the Department from information as may be available. 8
(ii) Notice of this determination shall be given to the licensee liable 9
for payment of the license fee. 10
(iii) The determination shall finally and irrevocably fix the fee unless 11
the licensee against whom it is assessed, within 30 days after receiving notice of the 12
determination, shall apply to the Department for a hearing or unless the Department, on 13
its own, shall redetermine the fee. 14
[(7)] (8) The Department shall promulgate rules and regulations, 15
establish audit procedures for the audit of licensees, and prescribe and publish forms as 16
may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section. 17
Article – Health – General 18
13–4001. 19
In this subtitle, “Program” means the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter 20
Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program. 21
13–4006. 22
(a) (1) For fiscal years 2021 through 2024, the Governor shall include at least 23
$100,000 in the annual budget for the Program. 24
(2) For fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor may 25
include at least [$500,000] $3,000,000 $1,000,000 in the annual budget for the Program. 26
(b) Appropriations and expenditures made for the purpose of implementing the 27
Program, including the use of any funds received by a person under any component of the 28
Program, are subject to audit by the Office of Legislative Audits as provided in § 2–1220 of 29
the State Government Article. 30
(C) THE SECRETARY SHALL USE T HE FEES TRANSFERRED TO THE 31
PROGRAM UNDER § 4–411(C)(4) OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE EXCLUSIVELY F OR 32
THE PROGRAM. 33 HOUSE BILL 757 5
(D) THE SECRETARY MAY USE UP TO 20% OF PROGRAM FUNDS TO SUPP ORT 1
ACADEMIC MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTERS, INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY OF 2
MARYLAND INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH COMPUTING, IN THE COLLECTION , ANALYSIS, 3
AND PROCESSING OF PROGRAM OUTCOME DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF ASSESSING, 4
MAXIMIZING, AND IMPROVING THE EFFECT IVENESS AND CLINICAL UTILITY OF THE 5
CANCER SCREENING FUN DED BY THE PROGRAM. 6
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 7
1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 5 years and, at the end of June 30, 2030, 8
this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 9
of no further force and effect. 10
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.