HOUSE BILL 511

Sponsored By:

Delegates Taylor, Rawlings, Owings, Harrison, E. Burns, Genn, Fry, Proctor, Howard, Dembrow, Valderrama, Minnick, Boston, Rudolph, Guns, Barve, Love, Dewberry, Curran, Vallario, Bozman, Dypski, Gordon, Weir, V. Mitchell, Mossburg, Hixson, Arnick, Hurson, Conway, Busch, Linton, Preis, Poole, Hecht, Heller, Morhaim, Donoghue, Frank, W. Baker, Franchot, DeCarlo, C. Davis, Wood, Krysiak, and Crumlin

Entitled:

1997 Tax Reduction Act

Synopsis:

Reducing the top marginal tax rate under the Maryland income tax on individuals to 4.95% for tax year 1998 and by .05% each year for tax years 1999 through 2001 to the rate of 4.75% for tax years after 2001; altering the amount allowed for personal exemptions under specified circumstances; altering the calculation of the county income tax; altering an exemption under the sales and use tax for specified property used in a production activity; etc.

Legislative History

House Action

1/27

First Reading Ways and Means

1/29

Hearing 2/6 at 11:00 a.m.

3/13

Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means

3/14

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate Ports) Rejected (40-99)

Floor Amendment (Delegate Kittleman) Rejected (44-96)

Floor Amendment (Delegate Klima)

Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate Klima) Rejected (43-95)

Floor Amendment (Delegate La Vay) Rejected (41-97)

Floor Amendment (Delegate Hubbard)

Motion vote previous question (Delegate Gordon) Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate Hubbard) Rejected (52-81)

Floor Amendment (Delegate Morgan)

Motion vote previous question (Delegate Barve) Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate Morgan) Rejected (41-95)

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/17

Motion vote previous question (Delegate Rawlings) Adopted

Third Reading Passed (131-7)

3/30

Motion vote previous question (Delegate Frank) Adopted

House Concur - Senate Amendments

Third Reading Passed (111-24)

Passed Enrolled

4/8

Signed by the Governor Chapter 4

Senate Action

3/17

First Reading Budget and Taxation

3/18

Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.

3/28

Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

4/1

Floor Amendment (Senator Boozer) Rejected (23-23)

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (41-5)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C

Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7

Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36

Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17

Delegate Frank D. Boston, Jr., District 41

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38

Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25

Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43

Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20

Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11

Delegate Donald C. Fry, District 35A

Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16

Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17

Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Samuel C. Linton, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7

Delegate Van T. Mitchell, District 28

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Mathew Mossburg, District 39

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate D. Bruce Poole, District 2B

Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34

Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

COMPTROLLER

COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES

EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT

EXEMPTIONS

FORMS

INCOME TAX

INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

SALES AND USE TAX

SPECIAL TAX DISTRICTS

TAX CREDITS

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Tax - General

( 2-104 , 2-607 , 10-102.1 , 10-103 , 10-105 , 10-106 , 10-106 , 10-207 , 10-211 , 10-604 , 10-706 , 10-908 , 11-101 , 11-107 , 11-210 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 142199/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 14, 1997 at: 12:20 Status: Rejected

Number: 312893/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 14, 1997 at: 12:38 Status: Rejected

Number: 345635/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 14, 1997 at: 11:46 Status: Adopted

Number: 782993/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 14, 1997 at: 11:53 Status: Rejected

Number: 942395/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 14, 1997 at: 12:26 Status: Rejected

Number: 962591/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 14, 1997 at: 12:36 Status: Rejected

Number: 982697/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 14, 1997 at: 12:58 Status: Rejected

Senate

Number: 349002/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 28, 1997 at: 12:37 Status: Adopted

Number: 902297/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 1, 1997 at: 10:36 Status: Rejected