CHAPTER NUMBER: 6
File Code: Miscellaneous
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 344
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate Hixson (Chairman, Ways and Means Committee)
- Entitled:
-
Electric and Gas Utility Tax Reform
Imposing a public service company franchise tax on electric and gas
utilities based on kilowatt hours of electricity or therms of natural
gas delivered for final consumption in the State at a rate of 0.062
cents per kilowatt and 0.402 cents per therm; imposing the income tax
on the income of electric and gas utilities; providing a property tax
exemption for machinery and equipment used to generate electricity in
the State; providing grants to counties; etc.
House Action
- 2/8
- First Reading Ways and Means
- 2/17
- Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- 3/30
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Special Order 4/2 (Delegate Hubbard) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/31
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (98-35)
- Return Passed
- 4/8
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 6
Senate Action
- 4/1
- First Reading Senate Rules
- Motion Rules Suspended Referred Budget and Taxation (Senator Hoffman) Adopted
- 4/2
- Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Motion 2rdgs same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Hoffman) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (41-5)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
- Chairman, Ways & Means Comm.
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
- ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION, DEPARTMENT OF
- BALTIMORE CITY
- BALTIMORE COUNTY
- CALVERT COUNTY
- CHARLES COUNTY
- COMPTROLLER
- DORCHESTER COUNTY
- ENERGY MATTERS -see also- FUEL; POWER PLANTS; SOLAR ENERGY
- EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
- EXEMPTIONS
- FRANCHISES
- FUEL -see also- COAL
- GRANTS
- GROSS RECEIPTS TAX
- HARFORD COUNTY
- INCOME TAX
- INTEREST
- LEGISLATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
- MONTGOMERY COUNTY
- PENALTIES
- PERSONAL PROPERTY
- PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
- PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
- PROPERTY TAX -see also- ASSESSMENTS
- PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- REVENUE AND TAXES -see also specific taxes-
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SALARIES -see also- OVERTIME
- SALES AND USE TAX
- TAX CREDITS -see also- CIRCUIT BREAKER
- UTILITIES -see also- HIGH VOLTAGE LINES; TELEPHONES; WATER
- WASHINGTON COUNTY
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - 24 Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions
- (
9-1102 ,
9-1103
)
- Tax - General
- (
1-101 ,
8-401 ,
8-402 ,
8-402.1 ,
8-403 ,
8-404 ,
8-409 ,
8-417 ,
10-306 ,
10-306 ,
10-307 ,
10-309 ,
10-712 ,
10-713 ,
11-101 ,
11-101 ,
11-1A-01 ,
11-1A-02 ,
11-1A-03 ,
11-1A-04 ,
11-1A-05 ,
11-1A-06 ,
11-207
)
- Tax - Property
- (
1-101 ,
1-101 ,
7-237 ,
8-101 ,
8-109
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 075154/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 1, 1999 at:
2:58 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 31, 1999: Third Reading Passed (98-35)
- Senate
- April 2, 1999: Third Reading Passed (41-5)
