Senate panel renews ground-rent fight

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: carolyn cook, Court of Appeals, del. maggie mcintosh, General Assembly, greater baltimore board of realtors, ground-rent, judge glenn t. harrell, katherine kelly howard, landlords, legislation, maryland multi-housing association, maryland senate, Sen. Brian E. Frosh, sen. lisa gladden, Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, State Department of Assessments and Taxation

ANNAPOLIS — With key parts of its prior effort at ground-rent reform declared unconstitutional last fall, a Maryland Senate committee on Tuesday considered legislation that would penalize those who fail to register their property in ways that might pass muster with the state’s highest court. Under Senate Bill 135, holders of ground rents could not [...]