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Maryland's "rain tax" was implemented in 2012 through the Watershed Protection and Restoration Act to fund stormwater management aiming to reduce the level of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. This bill, HB 987, utilized a stormwater fee in the ten most urban jurisdictions in Maryland.
Homeowners will bear the brunt of the rain tax: of the $14.8 billion to be raised -- $482 million each year until 2025 -- about three-quarters will come from residential property owners.
[5] [6] [7] This fee, of course, does not tax rain but has been implemented in Maryland in varying ways at the county level, such as a flat fee per property owner, or based on impervious surface square footage. [8] The law specifies that accrued funds must be used for specified stormwater pollution-related purposes. [9]
He voted in favor of bills to ban fracking [43] and foam containers in Maryland. [44] Simonaire was critical of Maryland's "Rain Tax" and introduced legislation in 2013 to offset the fee in Anne Arundel County. [45] In 2015, he voted in favor of a bill to make the rain tax optional for Maryland's largest jurisdictions. [46]
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A push in Maryland's legislature for hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes and fees has some Democrats concerned that the package may bolster Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan’s campaign for ...
Kipke criticized the O'Malley administration for repeatedly raising taxes during his tenure, calling it "the real crisis in Maryland", [58] and called for the repeal of Maryland's "Rain Tax". [59] During the Hogan administration, he endorsed administration proposals and introduced bills to cut taxes in the state, [ 21 ] [ 60 ] [ 61 ] and ...
The Maryland state budget for each fiscal year, covering a period ending on June 30, is approved by the Maryland General Assembly. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, Maryland had a budget of $43.6 billion. [1] Income for the Maryland budget is received from corporate tax, sales tax, individual income tax, and property tax.