Note: Make sure to read the Fiscal Note at the Bottom of the Proposed Legislative House Bill. And they want our citizenry to do away with the Revenue Cap?
2005 Regular Session bill information current as of December 15, 2005 - 10:48 p.m.
Sponsors
HOUSE BILL 965
File Code: Taxes - Property
Sponsored By:
Delegates Healey, Cryor, C. Davis, Gilleland, Goodwin, Gordon, Hixson, Howard, King, Marriott, McIntosh, and Patterson
Entitled:
Property Tax - Public School Teachers
Synopsis:
Exempting from the State property tax a dwelling owned by a public school classroom teacher, if the teacher lives in the county where the teacher is employed; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City and the governing body of a county to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on a dwelling owned by a public school classroom teacher if the teacher lives in the county where the teacher is employed; applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2006; etc.
History by Legislative Date
House Action
2/10
First Reading Ways and Means
2/16
Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m.
3/21
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
Delegate Terry R. Gilleland, Jr., District 32
Delegate Marshall T. Goodwin, District 40
Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
EXEMPTIONS
PROPERTY TAX
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TAX CREDITS -see also- CIRCUIT BREAKER
TEACHERS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Tax - Property
( 7-306 , 9-243 )
Documents:
Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available
Amendments: None offered
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13 comments:
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!!!!!!!
WAKE UP PEOPLE!
A good example of tax payers having to pay more taxes to compensate for the lost revenue from this BOE benefit. This makes an excellent counter point for not reversing and keeping Wicomico County's tax cap. I would like to see the Teachers and their Unions support (rationale) this publicly since they always cry poverty and want more and more.
Beezer:
So, why the big stink about this bill -- it died in committee:
History by Legislative Date
House Action
2/10
First Reading Ways and Means
2/16
Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m.
3/21
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means
Senate Action
No Action
And even if it has passed, it did not impose anyting -- heres the synopsis:
This bill provides a State property tax exemption for a dwelling owned by a public school
classroom teacher if the dwelling is located in the county where the teacher is employed. The bill also authorizes Baltimore City and county governments to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on a dwelling owned by a public school teacher who teaches at a public school in the county. Each local government may determine the amount and duration of the tax credit granted.
Source :
http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/billfile/hb0965.htm
and
http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/fnotes/bil_0005/hb0965.pdf
This bill, which did not pass, has nothing to do with Wicomico County's tax cap or its devastating effect on the schools.
Anonymous 11:34
I don't know if you even realize it but you've been blogged.
You can't undo what your teachers association has already tried to do.
Point being that you can't eliminate your group from the same standards that you wish to impose on everyone else. It's no wonder you are meeting with so much resistance. Even your breathren will attest to this in light of the BOE initiative.
The public really needs to see this legislative bill.
They will definately be outraged.
This bill was not sponsored by anyone from the lower shore. It also only exempts teachers from "State" property tax and not county. It is up to the local jurisdiction to grant any local waiver. This bill was designed to draw teachers to come to Baltimore City and teach. If they buy a home in the city they will be more likely to stay. Teachers don't support this bill, have not been asked to support it, and it would be foolish to pass such a bill. As you can see it died in committee.
Teachers don't want our cake and eat it too. We want to be compensated for the work we do and our professionalism. We should be paid equally to other counties. State Troopers aren't paid differently if they live on the Eastern Shore vs. the Western Shore and neither should teachers. Wicomico County Sheriff deputies are paid on the same scale as State Troopers, local teachers need to be on an even playing field with teachers across the state.
7:19 Post
That is not what HB 965 says. It says that the locality can exempt the teachers property tax also. Further, it says that ANY Chartered County in the State of Maryland can exempt teachers Property Tax. This is in addition to Baltimore City and County.
Where did you go to school?
Someone needs to get this information out the the public ASAP.
I did not know about this bill. I am absolutely outraged that they even attempted to exempt themselves.
I am a teacher and do not support this bill nor have I ever been asked by the association to support this bill. As the poster above said this is meant to allow local governments to use tax breaks as an incentive to attract teachers. It reads:
"Each local government may determine the amount and duration of the tax credit granted."
Emphasis on MAY.
Even if this bill passed the local government would have to determine the relief.
We don't seem to have any problem giving tax breaks to big businesses like the mall or Wal-mart. I guess we need cheap chinese mass produced crap and minimum wage jobs more than we need a quality education.
Ref: 10:07 Posting
It was said that we -(US)- would not miss the textile industry. So abroad goes the textile industry. Then it was said that we would not miss manufacturing - thus exodus virtually all manufacturing - (Goodyear, Tennis shoe industry, TV, Radio, tools, etc). Then it was said that we would not miss the automotive industry. Chrylser & GM file for bankruptcy just this week.
If we are so educated, then why is it that we can't seem to teach our own people about how to make a living in this Country.
Is our educational system now suffocating everything in its wake?
Ancient people built Pyrimids and many other structures that have lasted for thousands of years. The Egyptians, Maya, Aztec, Romans, the Greek and many more.
The Mayan calender is more accurate than our modern day calender.
Yet we, with much more education find it hard to construct a building that will last more than 200 years.
Have we really come that far since the stone age?
With all that is going on in the world today, we are still just a zit on time and space.
9:21
How was the elctric, plumbing, cable TV, climate control, cooking, etc. in the Pyramids?
Not only that, what were their labor costs?
Moron
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