2001 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Aggressive driving; air quality control permits; bulletproof body armor; Chesapeake Regional Olympic Games Authority Act; Community Legacy Program (neighborhood conservation); crabbing (recreational license); credit services- "payday" loans; credit union laws-modernization; death penalty moratorium; Developmental Disability Administration (reimbursement rates for community providers); drunk driving; Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO) scope of authority; elections-statewide voting system; emergency medical systems operations funding; environment (dredge material deposit); "Green" buildings tax credit; GreenPrint Program; gun safety progams; Health Care Trust, Maryland; health maintenance organizations (nurse practitioners as patients' choice of provider); higher education (collective bargaining; funding); income tax; lobbyist ethics; mass transit initiative; Minority Business Enterprise Program; pensions (re-employment of retirees); prescription drugs for senior citizens; public education funding; racial profiling in traffic stops; sex offenders; sexual orientation discrimination; tax amnesty; tobacco crop conversion plan; tourism.