2001 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 142

File Code: Taxes - Property Prior Year Introduction As: SB 287/95 - B&T
Sponsored By:
Senator Haines
Entitled:
Hearing Impaired Individuals Over Age 72 - Tax Exemption

Synopsis:

Exempting from property taxation, up to $15,000 of its assessed value, a residence owned by a hearing impaired individual who is 72 years old or older; providing the exemption to a surviving spouse as long as the spouse does not remarry; authorizing the governing body of a county, Baltimore City, or of a municipal corporation to grant refunds for years an individual was authorized but did not receive an exemption; defining "hearing impaired individual"; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
1/18
First Reading Budget and Taxation
Hearing 1/31 at 1:30 p.m.
2/27
Unfavorable Report by Budget and Taxation
House Action
No Action
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
DEAF PERSONS
DISABILITIES -see also- BLIND; DEAF; DEVELOPMENTAL
ELDERLY PERSONS
EXEMPTIONS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS -see also- ANNAP; BALT; HAGER; OC
PROPERTY TAX
Bill affects the following Statute:
Tax - Property
( 7-207 )

Documents:

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