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2007 1st Special Session bill information current as of December 3, 2007 - 4:42 p.m.
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HOUSE BILL 5

CHAPTER NUMBER: 6
File Code: Taxes - Transportation
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 5

Sponsored By:
The Speaker (By Request - Administration)

Entitled:
Transportation and State Investment Act

Synopsis:

Increasing tobacco tax rates for cigarettes; imposing a State admissions and amusement tax on net proceeds from bingo games and tip jars; increasing the sales and use tax rate from 5% to 6%; designating tax-free periods; requiring distribution of tax revenues to the Transportation Trust Fund; increasing the maximum amount of specified bonds; altering the definition of "total purchase price" of a motor vehicle to allow a trade-in allowance in tax computation; establishing the Chesapeake Bay 2010 Trust Fund; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date Explain Legislative Date and Calendar Date

House Action
10/29
First Reading Ways and Means & Appropriations
10/30
Hearing 10/31 at 9:00 a.m.
11/9
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
11/2
Favorable with Amendments
Special Order 11/10 (Delegate Hixson) Adopted
11/3
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Floor Committee Amendment Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Shank) Rejected (48-86)
Floor Committee Amendment Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Haddaway)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Haddaway) Rejected (49-87)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Miller) Rejected (40-93)
Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell)
Special Order later today (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Smigiel) Rejected (51-84)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Smigiel) Rejected (40-90)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Eckardt) Rejected (35-95)
Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Withdrawn
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
11/4
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
Third Reading Passed (80-56)
11/14
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Third Reading Passed (81-52)
Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
11/4
First Reading Budget and Taxation
11/18
Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
11/7
Favorable with Amendments
Committee Amendment Adopted (27-18)
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
11/8
Motion limit debate (Senator Kasemeyer) Adopted (29-16)
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (25-20)
Action after passage in House and Senate
11/19
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 6

Sponsored by:

Speaker, The
Administration

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Admissions and Amusement Tax
Advertising
Aircraft
Appropriations
Art, Music and Cultural Affairs -see also- Museums; Theaters
Baltimore City
Bingo
Bonds -see also- County & Baltimore City Bonds; State Bonds.
Budgets -see also- Capital Budgets
Chesapeake Bay
Cigarettes -see also- Smoking
Commerce and Business -see also- Dealers; Traders; etc
Comptroller
Conservation -see also- Soil Conservation
Construction
Contractors -see also- Heating & Cooling; Home Improvement
Corporations -see also- Municipal Corps; Public Corps & Inst
Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties
Emergency Medical Services
Energy Matters -see also- Fuel; Power Plants; Solar Energy
Environmental Matters -see also- Conserv; Nat Resrce; Pollut
Equipment -see also- Motor Vehicle Equipment
Excise Tax
Exemptions
Fees -see also- Devt Fees and Taxes; Reimbursement Rates
Fish and Fishing -see also- Aquaculture; Gill Nets
Fuel -see also- Coal
Fuel Tax
Gaming -see also- Bingo; Lottery; Raffles
Heating and Cooling
Higher Education -see also- Comm Colleges; Med Schools; etc.
Hotels and Motels
Income Tax
Leases and Rent
License Plates
Motor Vehicles -see also- Aband Veh; Ambulances; Buses; etc.
Municipal Corporations -see also- Annap; Balt; Hager; OC
Natural Resources, Department of
Pollution -see also- Sediment Control
Reports
Revenue and Taxes -see also- Dev Fees &Taxes; specific tax
Rivers and Streams
Rules and Regulations
Salaries -see also- Overtime; Reimbursement Rates
Sales and Use Tax
Scholarships
Security Interests -see also- Liens; Mechanics` Liens
Solar Energy
State Bonds
State Police, Department of
Tax Credits -see also- Circuit Breaker
Titles
Tobacco
Tourism
Transportation, Department of
Transportation-see also- Aircraft; Airports; Boats; etc
Trucks
Vending Machines
Waterway Improvement Fund

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Natural Resources
( 4-209 , 8-205 , 8-707 )

Article - 24 Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions
( 9-1104 )

State Finance and Procurement
( 7-313 )

Tax - General
( 2-202 , 2-1104 , 2-1302.1 , 2-1302.2 , 2-1303 , 4-102 , 4-105 , 4-105 , 11-104 , 11-105 , 11-226 , 11-228 , 11-301 , 11-302 , 11-402 , 11-601 , 12-105 )

Transportation
( 3-202 , 3-215 , 8-402 , 13-208 , 13-613 , 13-613 , 13-802 , 13-809 , 13-809 , 13-809 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Attorney General Letter (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
Number: 103725/01     Offered on: November 10, 2007   at: 9:00 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 163527/01     Offered on: November 10, 2007   at: 10:02 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 185062/01     Offered on: November 10, 2007   at: 9:00 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 515361/02     Offered on: November 10, 2007   at: 9:21 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 583926/01     Offered on: November 10, 2007   at: 10:19 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 593623/01     Offered on: November 10, 2007   at: 10:26 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 623127/01     Offered on: November 10, 2007   at: 10:12 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 853323/01     Offered on: November 10, 2007   at: 9:22 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 905960/01     Offered on: November 10, 2007   at: 8:56 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 923921/01     Offered on: November 10, 2007   at: 10:32 p.m.     Status: Withdrawn
Senate
Number: 369333/01     Offered on: November 18, 2007   at: 11:27 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
November 3, 2007: Floor Amendment (Shank) {103725/1 Rejected (48-86)
November 3, 2007: Floor Amendment (Haddaway) Rejected (49-87)
November 3, 2007: Floor Amendment (Miller) {163527/1 Rejected (40-93)
November 3, 2007: Floor Amendment (Smigiel) {623127/1 Rejected (51-84)
November 3, 2007: Floor Amendment (Smigiel) {583926/1 Rejected (40-90)
November 3, 2007: Floor Amendment (Eckardt) {593623/1 Rejected (35-95)
November 4, 2007: Third Reading Passed (80-56)
November 14, 2007: Third Reading Passed (81-52)
Senate
November 7, 2007: Committee Amendment {369333/1 Adopted (27-18)
November 8, 2007: Motion limit debate (Kasemeyer) Adopted (29-16)
November 8, 2007: Third Reading Passed (25-20)



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