CHAPTER NUMBER: 559
File Code: Income
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 636
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Ruben, Lawlah, Currie, Dorman, Van Hollen, Forehand,
Teitelbaum, and
Middleton
- Entitled:
-
Tax Credit for Cost of
Providing Commuter Benefits to Employees
Allowing a credit against the State income tax, financial institution
franchise tax, and insurance premiums tax for certain costs incurred
by employers that provide commuter benefits to employees, such as
transit passes, transportation, or reimbursement for car pooling
expenses; and providing that an employer may claim a maximum credit
amount of $30 per month per employee.
Senate Action
- 2/5
- First Reading Budget and Taxation
- 2/10
- Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/8
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- 4/9
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Ruben, Van Hollen, and Munson
- 4/10
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 559
House Action
- 3/26
- First Reading Ways and Means
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (134-2)
- 4/6
- House Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Cryor, Carlson, and Phillips
- 4/9
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (130-4)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Thomas McLain Middleton, District 28
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMMERCE AND BUSINESS -see also- ENTERPRISE ZONES;SMALL BUS.
- COMMUTERS -see also- CAR POOLS
- FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -see also- BANKS & TRUST CO; CREDIT U
- FRANCHISES
- INCOME TAX
- INSURANCE -see also- HEALTH INSURANCE; MOTOR VEHICLE INS
- REVENUE AND TAXES -see also specific taxes-
- TAX CREDITS -see also- CIRCUIT BREAKER
- WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- LEAVE; O.T.; SALARIES.
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Environment
- (
2-901
)
- Insurance
- (
6-119
)
- Tax - General
- (
8-220 ,
10-712
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 333112/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 12, 1999 at:
3:00 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 529820/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 1999 at:
12:19 p.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 305254/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 2, 1999 at:
12:02 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Conference Committee Documents:
- Report Number: 333112/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 12, 1999 at:
2:22 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 26, 1999: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- April 10, 1999: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- House
- April 1, 1999: Third Reading Passed (134-2)
- April 9, 1999: Third Reading Passed (130-4)
