New Planning Legislation: House Bill 1141 and House Bill 2

The 2006 session of the Maryland General Assembly was the most active session relating to planning and zoning legislation in many years. Key legislation was passed (House Bill 1141 and House Bill 2) that will affect comprehensive plans, annexations and land preservation programs. This includes new and expanded elements required in all comprehensive plans. The law makes changes to basic land use planning and zoning requirements and annexation procedures, agricultural land preservation, and Maryland's Smart Growth programs.

The following page contains information and publications that will prove useful as jurisdictions analyze what the new requirements of the law mean to them

Resources

Maryland State Government Resources

Smart Growth Subcabinet

Maryland Resources

1000 Friends of Maryland
Center for Chesapeake Communities
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Dorchester Citizens for Planned Growth
Eastern Shore Land Conservancy
Friends of Harford
The Homebuilders Association of Maryland
Local Land Trusts
Neighborspace of Baltimore County
Maryland Association of Counties
Maryland Association of Realtors
Maryland Chamber of Commerce
Maryland Municipal League
Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association
ULI Baltimore District
Urban Salisbury
Wicomico Environmental Trust

National Resources

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
American Farmland Trust
American Legislative Exchange Council
American Planning Association
The Bradley Foundation
Brookings Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
Cato Institute
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Center for Watershed Protection
The Citistates Group
Claremont Institute
Congress for the New Urbanism
Cyburbia
Heritage Foundation
International City/County Management Association
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Local Government Commission
National Association of Counties
National Association of Homebuilders
National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals
National Center for Policy Analysis
National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
National League of Cities
National Main Street Center
National Neighborhood Coalition
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Pacific Research Institute
Partners for Livable Communities
Progressive Policy Institute
Reason Public Policy Institute
Smart Communities Network (U.S. Department of Energy)
Smart Growth America
Smart Growth Network
Sprawl Guide (Planning Commissioners Journal):
Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse
Surface Transportation Policy Project
The Thoreau Institute
Urban Futures
Urban Land Institute
Urban Parks Institute
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Victoria Transport Policy Institute