2006 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 658

File Code: Taxes - Miscellaneous Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 236
Sponsored By:
Senators Hooper, Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Garagiola, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Jacobs, Kittleman, Middleton, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, and Stoltzfus
Entitled:
Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Family Farms Subject to Agricultural Preservation Easements

Synopsis:

Altering the determination of the Maryland estate tax to exclude from the value of the gross estate the value of real property that is subject to a perpetual agricultural preservation easement that has been granted to the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation and passes from the decedent to or for the use of specified relatives of the decedent; applying the Act to decedents dying after December 31, 2005; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/3
First Reading Budget and Taxation
2/8
Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
2/10
Hearing cancelled
Hearing 2/15 at 12:30 p.m.
House Action
No Action

Sponsored by:

Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
Senator David R. Brinkley, District 4
Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 7
Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Senator Allan H. Kittleman, District 9
Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
Senator E. J. Pipkin, District 36
Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

EASEMENTS
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
EXEMPTIONS
FARMLAND
REAL PROPERTY
REVENUE AND TAXES -see also- DEV FEES & TAXES; specific tax.

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Tax - General
( 7-309 , 7-309 )

Documents:

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