HB 135

Admissions and Amusement Tax - Electronic Bingo and Tip Jars - Distribution to Maryland State Arts Council

Sponsor: Delegate LiermanCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: Taxes - MiscellaneousStatus: Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering, beginning fiscal year 2022, the distribution of revenue from the State admissions and amusement tax on electronic bingo and electronic tip jars to require that the Maryland State Arts Council receive $1,000,000 each fiscal year; etc.

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Testimony (35)

MGA witness list

FAV 35Favorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Simons, Ben	Academy Art Museum	Written (PDF)
FAV	Seemann, Leon	Adventure Theatre	Written (PDF)
FAV	Westendorff, Julie	Allegany Arts Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Zeno, Patricia	Annapolis Symphony	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jenkins, Suzan	Arts and Humanities Montgomery County	Written (PDF)
FAV	L'Ecuyer, Anne	Arts on the Block	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fanning, Rebecca	Bach in Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fishman, Jack	Baltimore Choral Arts	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Wish, Cyndi	Baltimore Clayworks	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cooke, Julia	Baltimore Concert Opera	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bedford, Chris	Baltimore Museum of Art	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Diane	Childrens Playhouse	Written (PDF)
FAV	Clancy, Adrienne	Clancy Works	Written (PDF)
FAV	Siedor, Kathleen	Frederick Children's Chorus	Written (PDF)
FAV	Harvey, Andrew	Garrett Lakes Art Festival	Written (PDF)
FAV	Myers, Sueann	Harbor City Music Company	Written (PDF)
FAV	Waxter, Olive	Hippodrome	Written (PDF)
FAV	West, Coleen	Howard County Arts Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Eisenberg, Stuart	Hyattsville CDC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Marcus, Todd	Intersection of Change	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bronstein, Fred	Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute	Written (PDF)
FAV	Morell, Amanda	MD Arts	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Vaughn, Joann	MD Federation of Art	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoi, Samuel	MICA	Written (PDF)
FAV	Morhaim, Shelley	MSAC Councilor	Position only
FAV	Morse, Duane	Marlow Guitar Society	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pugh, Amanda	Maryland Center For The Arts	Written (PDF)
FAV	McNeill, Maureen	Olney Theatre	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rilette, Ryan	Round House Theatre	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jeffries, Monica	Strathmore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Marciari-Alexander, Julia	The Walters Art Museum	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dawson, Patrick	UMBC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Key, Eric	UMUC Arts Program	Written (PDF)
FAV	Malone, Susan	Wide Angle Youth Media	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Lierman, Delegate Liermanlegislator	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Academy Art MuseumFAV 1

Adventure TheatreFAV 1

Allegany Arts CouncilFAV 1

Annapolis SymphonyFAV 1

Arts and Humanities Montgomery CountyFAV 1

Arts on the BlockFAV 1

Bach in BaltimoreFAV 1

Baltimore Choral ArtsFAV 1

Baltimore ClayworksFAV 1

Baltimore Concert OperaFAV 1

Baltimore Museum of ArtFAV 1

Childrens PlayhouseFAV 1

Clancy WorksFAV 1

Frederick Children's ChorusFAV 1

Garrett Lakes Art FestivalFAV 1

Harbor City Music CompanyFAV 1

HippodromeFAV 1

Howard County Arts CouncilFAV 1

Hyattsville CDCFAV 1

Intersection of ChangeFAV 1

Johns Hopkins Peabody InstituteFAV 1

Marlow Guitar SocietyFAV 1

Maryland Center For The ArtsFAV 1

MD ArtsFAV 1

MD Federation of ArtFAV 1

MICAFAV 1

MSAC CouncilorFAV 1

Olney TheatreFAV 1

Round House TheatreFAV 1

StrathmoreFAV 1

The Walters Art MuseumFAV 1

UMBCFAV 1

UMUC Arts ProgramFAV 1

Wide Angle Youth MediaFAV 1