HOUSE BILL 935

Sponsored By:

Delegates Billings, Grosfeld, Hubbard, Bobo, Pendergrass, Mandel, Oaks, Hurson, Pitkin, Franchot, Turner, Conroy, and Kopp

Entitled:

Chicken Excise Tax - Nutrient Waste Management Fund

Synopsis:

Imposing an excise tax of 1 cent per pound on all chickens or chicken parts sold to retail food vendors in the State, to be paid by distributors; providing for administration of the tax by the Comptroller; establishing a Nutrient Waste Management Fund to be administered by the Department of the Environment and to be used solely for the costs of managing and disposing of wastes from chicken farming operations in the State; providing for distribution of the net revenue from the chicken excise tax to the Fund; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/12

First Reading Environmental Matters

2/18

Re-assigned Ways and Means

2/25

Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.

3/19

Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means

Senate Action

No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Leon G. Billings, District 18

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23

Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20

Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

AGRICULTURE -see also- FARMLAND

COMPTROLLER

ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS -see also- NAT. RESOURCES; POLLUTION

EXCISE TAX

FOOD -see also- KOSHER PROD.; MILK PROD.; MEAT, POUL, SEAFD.

MEAT, POULTRY, SEAFOOD -see also- CLAMS; CRABS; OYSTERS

REFUSE DISPOSAL -see also- RECYCLING

REVENUE AND TAXES -see also specific taxes -

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Bill affects the following Statute:

Environment

( 9-352 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered