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Roundup: PFAS limits, rural grants and emergency voting‑rights law among Annapolis outcomes for municipalities
Summary
Council heard that a PFAS sewage‑sludge bill was improved in stakeholder workgroups and has been signed into law; a rural readiness grant program (up to $50,000) and a task force on municipal revenue passed; a late emergency Voting Rights Act was also enacted and may prompt legal challenges.
In a post‑session briefing, the presenter reviewed several bills that affect municipal operations and local priorities. He said a reintroduced sewage sludge bill addressing PFAS concentrations in land application was reworked with stakeholder input (including municipal representation) and that the final bill passed and was signed into law this week.
The presenter highlighted a rural readiness program created under a new House Rural Caucus that will provide competitive grants of up to about $50,000 per eligible applicant and said Frostburg…
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