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SB 247

EnactedCrossfile HB 69
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State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Real Property Assessments and Appeals

Sponsor: Antonio Hayes (District 40)Committee: Budget and TaxationSubject: Taxes - PropertyStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 645 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to publish on its website certain information in plain language relating to the assessment process and methodology used in determining the value of real property; allowing certain authorities to consider certain criteria when hearing an appeal related to the valuation of real property; and requiring the appeal authority to notify, within 10 days after a decision regarding commercial property, the governing body of a county and municipal corporation in which the property is located.

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Testimony (7)

MGA witness list
FAV 6FavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWiggins, GrasonlobbyistMaryland Multi-Housing AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVZektick, BarbaralobbyistZ & C LLCWritten (PDF)
FAVHayes, AntonioIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVScott, LisaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Hayes, Senator HayeslegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Hayes, Senator HayeslegislatorIndividualOral
INFOHiggs, Director MichaelSDATWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVWiggins, GrasonMaryland Multi-Housing AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Chamber of Commerce; United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.; Madison Marquette Property Investments LLC; Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; Family Tree, The; OVG Facilities
FAVZektick, BarbaraZ & C LLCRegistered for: Citizens Coordinating Committee on Friendship Heights; Covista; Maryland Coalition of Families; Soteria LLC; Oracle America, Inc.; Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.