City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0016R

• File #: 08-0016R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 239 - Homestead Tax Credits
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/4/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 2/4/2008
• Title: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 239 - Homestead Tax Credits FOR the purpose requesting that the Honorable Chair and Members of the Budget and Taxation Committee take this show of support under consideration during their deliberations on Senate Bill 239, which repeals the requirement of re-application for the Homestead Property Tax Credit, and urging them to give the bill a favorable report; requesting the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2008 Maryland General Assembly to secure passage of the bill; and petitioning the Governor to sign the bill into law.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, James B. Kraft, President Young, Bill Henry, Robert Curran, Warren Branch, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Homestead Tax Credit, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/4/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
2/4/2008	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
2/4/2008	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 239 - Homestead Tax Credits

FOR the purpose requesting that the Honorable Chair and Members of the Budget and Taxation Committee take this show of support under consideration during their deliberations on Senate Bill 239, which repeals the requirement of re-application for the Homestead Property Tax Credit, and urging them to give the bill a favorable report; requesting the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2008 Maryland General Assembly to secure passage of the bill; and petitioning the Governor to sign the bill into law.
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On January 23, 2008, the Honorable Chair and Members of the Budget and Taxation Committee heard Senate Bill 239, which repeals the requirement of re-application for the Homestead Property Tax Credit. The Homestead Property Tax Credit has been in place in the State of Maryland for 30 years, and many longtime residents of the State and of Baltimore City rely on its protection from escalating property values.

In the 2007 session of the Maryland General Assembly, Senate Bill 522/House Bill 436 was passed, requiring recipients of the Homestead Tax Credit to reapply in order to prove their eligibility. The intent of this bill was to ensure that ineligible properties no longer receive the credit,...