2008 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 434

File Code: Agriculture Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 898
Sponsored By:
Senator Dyson (Chair, Task Force on Incentives for Agriculture)
Entitled:
Incentives for Agriculture Act of 2008

Synopsis:

Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal years 2010 through 2013 an appropriation of $1,250,000 for the Next Generation Farmland Program; altering the Maryland estate tax to exclude from the gross estate the value of specified agricultural property; altering an income tax credit for donations of specified interests in land; altering specified production credits for specific ethanol and biodiesel products; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occuring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
1/31
First Reading Budget and Taxation & Education Health and Environmental Affairs
2/20
Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
House Action
No Action

Sponsored by:

Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
Agriculture, Task Force on Incentives for

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Agriculture, Department of
Agriculture -see also- Farmland
Appropriations
Budget and Management, Department of
Comptroller
Conservation -see also- Soil Conservation
Easements
Estates and Trusts
Farmland
Forests and Parks -see also- Program Open Space; Trees
Fuel -see also- Coal
Gifts
Income Tax
Public Corporations and Instrumentalities
Reports
Revenue and Taxes -see also- Dev Fees &Taxes; specific tax
Rules and Regulations
Tax Credits -see also- Circuit Breaker

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Agriculture
( 10-1501 , 10-1504 , 10-1505 , 10-1506 )
Article - 41 Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments
( 13-513 )
Tax - General
( 7-309 , 7-309 , 10-723 )

Documents:

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