ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - State Sen. Richard Colburn says funding for the embattled University of Maryland environmental law clinic should be used to create a similar program at the University of Baltimore School of Law that would represent farmers.
The proposal from Colburn, a Dorchester County Republican, is a rebuke to the school's attempt to sue owners of a Worcester County chicken farm for polluting a nearby waterway. It was approved by a Senate subcommittee Monday afternoon.
The move would transfer $500,000 from the law clinic's lobby shop to establish an agricultural law clinic at UB.
Lawmakers and Gov. Martin O'Malley have criticized the clinic for pursuing the suit.
The subcommittee's recommendation will be considered by the entire Budget and Taxation committee before moving along in the legislative process.
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