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The "rain tax" raised revenue to improve the stormwater management system while creating a financial incentive to minimize the construction of and replace current impervious surfaces. [4] Collection of the stormwater fee on impervious surfaces varied from annually on the property tax bill to quarterly on the water bill. [3]
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.
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]
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.
Melony G. Griffith, Larry Hogan and Adrienne A. Jones enacting Maryland law in April 2022. The Annotated Code of Maryland, published by The Michie Company, is the official codification of the statutory laws of Maryland. It is organized into 36 named articles. The previous code, organized into numbered articles, has been repealed. [1]
The Audubon Society has expressed concerns about a repeal of the Rule: "the Trump administration's intent is clear: to reverse Obama-era environmental protections no matter what, even if they have been effective at protecting avian and human life." [225] On September 12, 2019, the Trump administration repealed the Clean Water Rule. [17] [226]
A new bill currently in committee is proposing a fee on greenhouse gas polluters in Maryland to pay for climate change goals established by the administration of Gov. Wes Moore.
Maryland House Bill 107, also known as HB107, is a Maryland state law passed in 2022 that mandates that condominiums, housing associations, cooperatives, ...