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SB 885

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Economic and Community Development - Income Tax Credit for Catalytic Revitalization Projects and Historic Revitalization Tax Credit

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Budget and TaxationSubject: Taxes - IncomeStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 332 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Allowing a credit against the State income tax to individuals, nonprofit organizations, or business entities for certain new construction costs and rehabilitation costs for certain catalytic revitalization projects; requiring the Secretary of Housing and Community Development to issue tax credit certificates in a certain amount; requiring the Governor, in each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024, to include in the budget bill an appropriation to the Historic Revitalization Tax Credit Reserve Fund of at least $12,000,000; etc.

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Testimony (13)

MGA witness list
FAV 13Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMcCleaf, StevenLangley Realty Partners, LLCOral
FAVGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVFry Hester, KatieMaryland SenateWritten (PDF)
FAVFry Hester, KatieMaryland SenateWritten (PDF)
FAVMenefee, AliciaParkside at Warfield Board of Directors C/O HPS ManagementWritten (PDF)
FAVShaw, IanTown of SykesvilleWritten (PDF)
FAVShaw, IanTown of SykesvilleOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWidell, CherilynWidell Preservation ServicesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCowan, EleanorlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCowan, EleanorlobbyistIndividualOral
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVVan Kirk, JasonIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association
FAVCowan, EleanorRegistered for: Acusensus; Alley Cat Allies; American Society of Travel Advisors, Inc; Chesapeake Solar & Storage Association (CHESSA); Critical Response Group; Giffords
FAVCowan, EleanorRegistered for: Acusensus; Alley Cat Allies; American Society of Travel Advisors, Inc; Chesapeake Solar & Storage Association (CHESSA); Critical Response Group; Giffords