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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.
In March 2013, Impallaria voted against a bill to raise the state gas tax and index future increases to inflation to replenish the state's transportation fund, which passed by a 76-63 vote. [57] On April 13, 2015, the Maryland House of Delegates voted to repeal the unpopular mandate colloquially known as the "rain tax", by a vote of 138-1. He ...
A stormwater fee is a charge imposed on real estate owners for pollution in stormwater drainage from impervious surface runoff.. This system imposes a tax that is proportional to the total impervious area on a particular property, including concrete or asphalt driveways and roofs, that do not allow rain to infiltrate.
Otto opposes proposals to build a wind farm off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland, supporting legislation in 2018 that would've required turbines to be built 26 miles offshore. [14] The bill received an unfavorable report in the Environment and Transportation Committee. [15] In 2014, Otto introduced bills to repeal Maryland's "Rain Tax". [16]
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Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maryland, improperly took advantage of tax breaks she did not qualify for, including one meant for low-income senior citizens, saving ...
Hershey opposes Maryland's "Rain Tax", calling it an "unnecessary burden" for Maryland businesses. [43] During the 2014 legislative session, he introduced a bill that would exempt counties who use "best available technology septic systems" to be exempt from the rain tax.