2000 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 443

File Code: Counties - Generally
Sponsored By:
Senators Haines, Middleton, Munson, Stoltzfus, Baker, Colburn, Stone, Della, Harris, Mooney, Jacobs, McCabe, Madden, Ferguson, and Hooper
Entitled:
Political Subdivisions - Property Tax - State Grants

Synopsis:

Providing for an annual State grant of $500,000 to Baltimore City and an annual grant to the counties based on the proportion of agricultural land in the State that is in each county; providing that the grants may be used only for agricultural land preservation and for the acquisition and development of land for recreation and open space purposes; requiring the Department of Assessments and Taxation to certify specified information to the State Comptroller; defining specified terms; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/4
First Reading Budget and Taxation
2/23
Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
4/6
Referred to interim study by Budget and Taxation
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
Senator Walter M. Baker, District 36
Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
Senator Timothy R. Ferguson, District 4
Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 9
Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Senator Martin G. Madden, District 13
Senator Christopher J. McCabe, District 14
Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION, DEPARTMENT OF
BALTIMORE CITY
COMPTROLLER
CONSERVATION -see also- SOIL CONSERVATION
COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
FARMLAND
GRANTS
PROGRAM OPEN SPACE
RECREATION
Bill affects the following Statute:
Article - 24 Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions
( 9-801 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered