Imposes a sales (excise) tax of up to 6% on your fill-up in addition to the per gallon taxes.


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Mandates that all Maryland land fall into one of 4 tiers; restricts use of land once designated in those tiers; imposes severe restriction on the installation of new septic systems as a regulatory means to control growth; places final approval of land use in the hands of the State.


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Creates a watershed protection program with mandated fees from residential and nonresidential property owners based on the amount of impervious surface the property has.


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Increases the taxes on water usage for sewer users from flat tax to a per gallon tax; doubles the tax on septic users and other non-sewer users.


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The Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act (BRFA) is an adjustment to the Budget which was presented to the Legislature in January. (The total budget is approximately the size of 3-4 fat telephone books.) Included in the BRFA is the teacher pension transfer to the counties, additional taxes (doubling the fees on certain certificates, i.e, death, birth), reduction of exemptions and itemized deductions for those making above $100,000, and a list of monies to be taken from dedicated funds and put into the operating budget.


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This bill will authorize county governments to set a property tax rate that is higher than the rate authorized regardless of any cap limiting the property tax rate. It will require a county to fund the board of education Maintenance of Effort (MOE). Counties will be penalized for having funded MOE higher during prosperous economic times since the base rate will be set at the county’s highest appropriation level. An “automatic escalator” can be implemented if a county does not meet the state average funding by forcing it to fund at the average. This could force increased funding for the Board of Education at a higher rate than actual revenue increases. If the county cannot fund education at the required level the state will mandate a raise in county income taxes or seize county piggyback taxes and direct them to education. If counties suffer shrinking revenue sources and are mandated to fully fund MOE, either taxes will necessarily increase or other county departments will suffer reduced services from reduced funding.


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