1997 Regular Session subject information current as of December 1, 1997 - 16:36

PROPERTY TAX -see also- ASSESSMENTS

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HB 38	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 624
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Goldwater, and Kopp
Entitled	Tax Credits - Businesses That Create New Jobs
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 97	Status as of February 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Campbell
Entitled	Land Value Taxation
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 185	Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Allegany County Delegation
Entitled	Property Taxes - Constant Yield Tax Rate - County Advertisement Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 192	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 415
Sponsored By	Howard County Delegation
Entitled	Howard County - Property Tax Credit - Commercial or Industrial Businesses Ho. Co. 12-97
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 272	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 83
Sponsored By	Allegany County Delegation
Entitled	Allegany County and City of Cumberland - Property Tax Credit - Rehabilitated Property
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 275	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 423
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Klima, and Fry
Entitled	Property Tax Exemption - State Energy Facilities
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 346	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 429
Sponsored By	Delegate Walkup
Entitled	Kent County - Tax Sales - Notice and Fees
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 393	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 437
Sponsored By	Delegate Bissett
Entitled	Local Government - Acceptance of Credit and Debit Cards
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 394	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Bissett
Entitled	Property Tax - Tax Sales - De Minimis Tax
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 401	Status as of March 14, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank, Finifter, Morhaim, DeCarlo, Hurson, McIntosh, Rosenberg, Klausmeier, Ports, Redmer, Eckardt, Arnick, Hecht, Weir, Harrison, Mohorovic, Minnick, Stocksdale, Getty, Kirk, Krysiak, Dypski, Hammen, and Holt
Entitled	Property Tax - Homeowners' Circuit Breaker Property Tax Credit
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 409	Status as of February 25, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 2
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns and Taylor and the Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Weir, Billings, D. Hughes, Mohorovic, D. Davis, Ciliberti, Redmer, Hammen, McHale, Stup, Nathan-Pulliam, Hubbard, Frush, Morhaim, Klausmeier, and Watson and the Committee on Ways and Means
Entitled	Brownfields - Voluntary Cleanup and Revitalization Programs
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 413	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 439
Sponsored By	Delegates Holt, DeCarlo, and Weir
Entitled	Baltimore County - Property Tax Credits - Friends of the Oliver House, Inc. and the Bird River Beach Community Association, Inc.
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 451	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Harrison, Branch, and C. Davis
Entitled	Baltimore City - Property Tax Sales - Taxes Due after Sale - Payment and Reimbursement
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 467	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 447
Sponsored By	Delegate Edwards
Entitled	Garrett County - Property Taxes - Procedures
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 487	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 450
Sponsored By	Delegates Holt, Weir, DeCarlo, Ports, Klausmeier, and Hammen
Entitled	Baltimore County - Property Tax Credit - Gunpowder Valley Conservancy , Inc.
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 512	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 630
Sponsored By	Delegates Howard, C. Davis, Taylor, Harrison, D. Davis, Hurson, Menes, Exum, Owings, E. Burns, Vallario, V. Mitchell, Rawlings, Franchot, Conway, Wood, Love, Krysiak, Valderrama, Boston, Heller, Curran, Linton, W. Baker, Proctor, Donoghue, Bozman, Busch, Marriott, Arnick, Hixson, and McKee
Entitled	Telecommunications Tax Reform
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 535	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 87
Sponsored By	Delegate Schisler
Entitled	Dorchester County and Talbot County - Property Tax Credit - Chesapeake Audubon Society, Inc.
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 630	Status as of March 13, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County Board of Education - Limited Fiscal Autonomy - Capital Improvement Program PG 407-97
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 639	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates C. Davis, Fulton, Marriott, Krysiak, Branch, and Harrison
Entitled	Property Tax - Mandatory Semiannual Payment
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 675	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 684
Sponsored By	St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled	St. Mary's County - Property Tax Credit - Agricultural Land
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 703	Status as of March 13, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - Municipal Corporations - Property Tax Credits for Police Officers PG 424-97
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 765	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 479
Sponsored By	St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled	St. Mary's County - Property Tax Credit - Personal Property
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 881	Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled	Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Miscellaneous Taxes - Cap MC/PG 40-97
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 889	Status as of February 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By	Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled	Prince George's County - MNCPPC Land Acquisition Revolving Fund - Bonding and Taxing Authority MC/PG 38-97
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 895	Status as of March 27, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled	Prince George's County - Municipal Corporations - Property Tax Differential - Residential Property MC/PG 49-97
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 931	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 700
Sponsored By	Montgomery County Delegation
Entitled	Montgomery County - Property Tax Credits - Optional Impact Tax Credit MC 722-97
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 941	Status as of April 2, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - Property Tax - Property in Municipal Corporations PG 430-97
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1070	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 98
Sponsored By	Delegate McKee
Entitled	Appeals to Maryland Tax Court
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1090	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 715
Sponsored By	Frederick County Delegation
Entitled	Frederick County - Property Tax Credit - Leased Property Used for Educational Purposes
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1112	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 719
Sponsored By	Delegates Healey, Hixson, Rosapepe, Howard, Gordon, Shriver, Bonsack, Conroy, Snodgrass, Exum, Morgan, Workman, Hecht, Menes, Pitkin, Benson, Hubbard, Frush, and McKee
Entitled	Task Force to Study County Property Tax Setoffs and Related Fiscal Issues
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1217	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 528
Sponsored By	Delegates Holt, DeCarlo, and Weir
Entitled	Baltimore County - Property Tax Credits - Harewood Park Community League, Inc.
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1325	Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Healey, Taylor, Hixson, Bozman, Willis, Howard, Muse, Workman, McIntosh, Pitkin, Dembrow, Heller, Frank, Owings, Krysiak, Hecht, Hurson, Valderrama, McKee, Shriver, Marriott, and Finifter
Entitled	Clarification of Property Tax Assessment - Real Property
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1330	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 541
Sponsored By	Delegates Marriott ,Fulton, Kirk, Watson, Doory, Montague, Dypski, Oaks, Redmer, Parker, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Baltimore City - Release of Liens - Valuation of Real Property
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1338	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Finifter
Entitled	Personal Property Tax - Lien for Unpaid Taxes
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1357	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 742
Sponsored By	Delegate W. Baker
Entitled	Queen Anne's County - Property Tax Credit - Kent Island Volunteer Fire Department, Incorporated
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1392	Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kach and Klima
Entitled	Public Debt - Public Information on Debt Service
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1440	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 746
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank, Morhaim, and Finifter
Entitled	Baltimore County - Property Tax Credits - Nonprofit Organizations and Associations
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HJ 1	Status as of February 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Campbell
Entitled	Task Force on Regional Development Tax Base Sharing
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

SB 23	Status as of January 27, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Sfikas
Entitled	Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Computation - Medical Expenses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 47	Status as of January 27, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Trotter
Entitled	Homeowners' Circuit Breaker Property Tax Credit - Notice
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 59	Status as of January 27, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Craig
Entitled	Property Tax Exemption - Harford Land Trust
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 84	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 560
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation)
Entitled	Property Tax - Advertisement
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 85	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 324
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation)
Entitled	Property Tax - Assessment Appeals
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 86	Status as of January 27, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation)
Entitled	Property Tax Assessment Appeal Boards - Comparables
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 98	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 326
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation)
Entitled	Property Tax - Agricultural Use Assessment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 182	Status as of February 10, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Ferguson
Entitled	Taxation of Flags and Flag-Related Items
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 262	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 341
Sponsored By	Anne Arundel County Senators (Administration)
Entitled	Property Tax - Tax Sales - De Minimis Tax
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 263	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Anne Arundel County Senators
Entitled	Local Government - Acceptance of Credit and Debit Cards
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 272	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 342
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden
Entitled	Baltimore City - Property Tax Sales - Taxes Due after Sale - Payment and Reimbursement
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 330	Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Property Tax Exemption - Continuing Care Facilities for the Aged
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 340	Status as of February 25, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 1
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Blount, the President (Administration) , and Senators Collins, Conway, Craig, Dyson, Hollinger, McCabe, Pinsky, Sfikas, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Brownfields - Voluntary Cleanup and Revitalization Programs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 384	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 351
Sponsored By	Senator Neall
Entitled	Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Refund - Disabled Veterans
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 392	Status as of April 6, 1997: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation)
Entitled	Renters' Property Tax Credits
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 434	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 24
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Garrett County - Purchase of Real Property - Financing
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 439	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 587
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Garrett County - Personal Property Tax - Modification
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 575	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Derr and Ferguson (Frederick County Senators)
Entitled	Frederick County - Property Tax Credit - Leased Property Used for Educational Purposes
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 589	Status as of January 31, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Select Committee 07
Sponsored By	Senator Dorman
Entitled	Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Prince George's County - Tax Proceeds for Education and General Fund Programs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Select Committee 07

SB 627	Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Amoss, Hogan, Boozer, and Currie
Entitled	Personal Property Tax - Lien for Unpaid Taxes
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 712	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 623
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen , Hogan, Middleton, Ruben, McFadden, Lawlah, and Currie
Entitled	Tax Credits - Businesses That Create New Jobs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 733	Status as of February 12, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Lawlah
Entitled	Real Property - Assessment - Phased in Value
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 746	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 629
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Amoss, and Hogan
Entitled	Telecommunications Tax Reform
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 754	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 382
Sponsored By	Senator Baker
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax , Vessel Excise Tax, and Property Tax - Marine Spill Response Organizations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 789	Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Senators Amoss, Green, Munson, Currie, and Ferguson
Entitled	Task Force to Study County Property Tax Setoffs and Related Fiscal Issues
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means