SENATE BILL 142

Sponsored By:

Senator Haines

Entitled:

Hearing Impaired Individuals Over Age 72 - Tax Exemption

Synopsis:

Exempting from property taxation, up to $15,000 of its assessed value, a residence owned by a hearing impaired individual who is 72 years old or older; providing the exemption to a surviving spouse as long as the spouse does not remarry; authorizing the governing body of a county, Baltimore City, or of a municipal corporation to grant refunds for years an individual was authorized but did not receive an exemption; defining "hearing impaired individual"; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action

1/18

First Reading Budget and Taxation

Hearing 1/31 at 1:30 p.m.

2/27

Unfavorable Report by Budget and Taxation

House Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES

DEAF PERSONS

DISABILITIES -see also- BLIND; DEAF; DEVELOPMENTAL

ELDERLY PERSONS

EXEMPTIONS

LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS -see also- ANNAP; BALT; HAGER; OC

PROPERTY TAX

Bill affects the following Statute:

Tax - Property

( 7-207 )

Documents:

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

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered