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HB725 - Oysters, Striped Bass, and Crabs - Commercial Authorizations - Suspensions and Revocations
Jay A. Jacobs, Christopher Troy Adams, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from revoking a person's authorization to catch oysters, striped bass, or crabs unless the person has been convicted of or entered an accepted plea of nolo contendere to a certain crime; altering and establishing certain procedures for the suspension or revocation of an authorization to catch oysters, striped bass, or crabs; and authorizing the Department to reinstate a certain authorization under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
HB977 - Somerset County – Sale of Property – Revells Neck Road
Charles James Otto
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to sell the property at Map 32, Parcel 149 on Revells Neck Road under terms considered appropriate by the county commissioners.
STATUS
Passed
HB975 - Somerset County – Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services
Charles James Otto
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to enact local laws and adopt other measures to manage, direct, and regulate fire, rescue, and emergency medical services in the County; authorizing the County Commissioners to authorize or create an entity or a body to administer the County's affairs in the County relating to fire, rescue, and emergency medical services; and requiring the County Commissioners to establish an Emergency Services Advisory Council to make certain recommendations under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Passed
HB976 - Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations
Charles James Otto
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the County Commissioners of Somerset County to appropriate to certain organized volunteer fire companies in the county certain amounts for fiscal years 2025 through 2030; and requiring that the appropriations required for fiscal year 2030 remain in effect for subsequent fiscal years unless altered by a future enactment.
STATUS
Passed
HB443 - Somerset County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class C Veterans' Organization or Club License
Charles James Otto
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the holder of a Class C (veterans' organization or club) license in Somerset County to purchase alcoholic beverages from a retail dealer.
STATUS
Introduced
HB320 - Criminal Procedure - Stops and Searches - Cannabis Odor and Admission of Evidence (Drug-Free Roadways Act of 2024)
Jesse Tyler Pippy, Christopher Troy Adams, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 9 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Repealing a certain prohibition against a law enforcement officer initiating a stop or a search of a motor vehicle based solely on the odor of burnt or unburnt cannabis; and repealing a certain provision of law rendering inadmissible certain evidence discovered or obtained in violation of a certain provision of law.
STATUS
Introduced
HB557 - Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Aircraft Parts and Equipment - Repeal of Reporting Requirement and Extension of Sunset
Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 5 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Repealing a certain reporting requirement relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain materials, parts, and equipment used to repair, maintain, or upgrade aircraft or certain aircraft systems; and extending the termination date of the exemption to June 30, 2030.
STATUS
Passed
HB487 - Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits
Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; and authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only to assist members of the cooperative or donate to nonprofit, charitable organizations.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1025 - Transportation - Motor Fuel Tax Rates, Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Tax, and Farebox Recovery Requirement (Transportation Equity, Fairness, and Privacy Act of 2024)
Matt Morgan, Nino Mangione, Christopher Troy Adams
Last updated 8 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; requiring that the Maryland Transit Administration achieve a certain farebox recovery requirement for certain transit services; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1027 - Education - Primary and Secondary Schools - Alternative School Options (Right to Learn Act)
Mark N Fisher, Christopher Troy Adams, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, on or before January 1 each year, each county board of education to provide certain information to the parents or legal guardians of students who attend a failing school; requiring a failing school to retain the failing school designation until the school receives a certain rating; requiring students who are attending a failing school to be provided the opportunity to attend an alternative school; establishing the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-038
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Charles James Otto is a Republican member of the Colorado State House, representing District 38. Otto was elected to the chamber in 2016. He works as a real estate broker. Otto served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. He earned his B.S. from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1988. Otto and his wife, Barbara, have two children.read less
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