Property Tax - Assessment Appeal Boards and Supervisors - Regional Organization
Sponsor: Chair, Ways and Means CommitteeCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: Taxes - PropertyStatus: Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Establishing certain regions for supervisors of real property assessments offices; altering the geographic jurisdiction of property tax assessment appeal boards from county to regional; establishing the membership of the regional boards; and prohibiting an employee of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation from concurrently being a member of a regional board, serving as the Administrator of the regional boards, or being employed as staff for a regional board.
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Testimony (29)
MGA witness listFAV 2FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 24UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Higgs, Director Michael | Dept. of Assessments & Taxation | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Chair, Ways and Means Committee, Chair, Ways and Means Committee | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Guy, Randy | Commissioners of St. Mary's County | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Price, Suzanne | Concerned Citizen | Position only |
| UNF | Gallagher, George | ICQ | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Ballentine, Tom | NAIOP Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Ebron, Lory | Somerset County Government | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Guy, James | St. Mary's Commissioners | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Monks, William | William J. Monks, Attorney at Law LLC | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Benjaminson, Heather | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Bereano, Brucelobbyist | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Cirone, Christine | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Diefenbach, Linda | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Ditraglia, Frank | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | D’Orazio , Daniela | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Elbourn, James | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Hopkins, Barbara | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Katz, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Kolakoski, Virginia | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Meyerovich, Mark | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Pedersen, Stacy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Pratta, Kim | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Sirkel, Robin | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Vernon, Michael | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | sirkel, jess | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Kinnally, Kevin | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Lierman, Brooke | Comptroller of Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Greene-Crist, Julie | Property Tax Assessment Appeal Boards (PTAAB) | Written (PDF) |
Organizations on record
Registered lobbyists who testified
UNFBereano, BruceRegistered for: 5400 Holiday Drive LLC; Anne Arundel County Fair; Aurora Technical Systems; BWI Airport Fire Rescue Local 1742; BWI Airport Professional Firefighters; BWI Taxi Management, Inc.…