SB 766

Baltimore City – Collection of Unpaid Property Taxes

Sponsor: Senator CarterCommittee: Budget and TaxationSubject: Taxes - Property - LocalStatus: Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to establish an installment payment program for taxes in arrears on owner-occupied residential property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to establish a program to divert owner-occupied residential property from the private tax lien sale process into an alternative program for the payment of taxes in arrears; authorizing the collector of taxes in Baltimore City to withhold any owner-occupied residential property from tax sale; etc.

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Testimony (35)

MGA witness list

FAV 22FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 10Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Ramos, Odette	Baltimore City Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ramos, Odette	Baltimore City Council	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hart, Nicole	Baltimore City DHCD	Oral
FAV	Glaser, Jonathan	Dept. of Assessments & Taxation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Higgs, Director Michael	Dept. of Assessments & Taxation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Higgs, Director Michael	Dept. of Assessments & Taxation	Oral
FAV	Nnamdi, Nneka	Fight Blight Bmore / The Livine Well	Written (PDF)
FAV	Henry, Lorna	Maryland Legal Aid	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Chance, Timothy	Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service	Written (PDF)
FAV	Henn, Margaret	Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jacobs, Robin	N/A	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ellis, Dan	Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Harris, Allison	Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Harris, Allison	Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Scepaniak, Michael	Strong Towns Baltimore	Position only
FAV	Kern, John	The SOS Fund	Written (PDF)
FAV	Carter, Jill	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Carter, Senator Carterlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Carter, Senator Carterlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Wilson Randall, Claudia	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Eskinazi, Michael	Baltimore Tax Sale Participant	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Plaut, Arilobbyist	Boston Plaut Attorneys at Law	Oral
UNF	Onwuanibe, Anthony	Law Office of Anthony C. Onwuanibe	Oral
UNF	Shpritz, Adam	MARYLAND TAX SALE PARTICIPANTS ASSOCIATION	Oral
UNF	morse, Scott	MD Tax Sale Participants Assn	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Naiman, Aaron	Naiman and Naiman PA	Oral
UNF	Boston, Frank	Individual	Oral
UNF	Carey, William	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Kenny, Heidi	Individual	Oral
UNF	Schelberg, Matthew	Individual	Oral
FWA	Eskinazi, Michael	Baltimore Tax Sale Participant	Written (PDF)
FWA	morse, Scott	MD Tax Sale Participants Assn	Written (PDF)
FWA	Ellis, Dan	Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Baltimore City CouncilFAV 2

Baltimore City DHCDFAV 1

Baltimore Tax Sale ParticipantFWA 1UNF 1

Boston Plaut Attorneys at LawUNF 1

Dept. of Assessments & TaxationFAV 3

Fight Blight Bmore / The Livine WellFAV 1

Law Office of Anthony C. OnwuanibeUNF 1

Maryland Legal AidFAV 1

MARYLAND TAX SALE PARTICIPANTS ASSOCIATIONUNF 1

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers ServiceFAV 2

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 2

MD Tax Sale Participants AssnFWA 1UNF 1

N/AFAV 1

Naiman and Naiman PAUNF 1

Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.FAV 1FWA 1

Pro Bono Resource Center of MarylandFAV 2

Strong Towns BaltimoreFAV 1

The SOS FundFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFPlaut, AriBoston Plaut Attorneys at LawRegistered for: ADT, LLC dba ADT Security Services; Amazon.com Services, Inc c/o Frank D. Boston III, Attorney at Law; Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3; CoinFlip; Crown MD Online Gaming LLC; DIRECTV…