County had faced fine of $10,000 per day; state now says plan is in compliance
A Carroll County plan to pay for state-mandated stormwater remediation projects through property tax proceeds — instead of through a direct fee to land owners decried by critics as Maryland’s “rain tax” — has been given a green light by state environmental officials.
The decision ends months of sparring between the state and county, a dispute that escalated when the state attorney general’s office threatened fines of up to $10,000 per day if Carroll didn’t comply.
In 2012, the Maryland General Assembly passed a law requiring the state's nine largest counties and Baltimore City to collect fees to pay for stormwater management, as well as stream and wetland restoration projects. The projects are aimed at improving water quality and reducing phosphorous and nitrogen entering the Chesapeake Bay.
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2 comments:
What a difference -- in Salisbury they want to avoid the tax cap by calling it a "fee" when it's really another tax.
What about the waste water we are forced to drink from libtarded idiots in annapolis??
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