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Montgomery County owes stormwater tax credits, judge rules
Montgomery County unlawfully denied stormwater management tax credits to property owners in a Gaithersburg business park because the development’s ponds for handling runoff were not located on their individual properties, […]
Baltimore synagogue must pay ‘rain tax,’ appeals court rules
Requiring a Baltimore synagogue to pay a stormwater management fee imposed on city property owners does not violate the facility’s right to free exercise of religion, Maryland’s second-highest court has ruled in upholding a circuit court decision.
Judge remands Montgomery County stormwater tax credit case
The denial of tax credits to most members of a homeowners’ association in Montgomery County that manages its own stormwater runoff was remanded to an administrative appeal board Thursday where […]
A closer look at Hogan’s parallel between ‘rain tax’ and transportation law
Potential changes to a controversial transportation scoring system could come down to the definition of one word: repeal. Gov. Larry Hogan, speaking to a gathering of local government officials at […]
Baltimore County Council looks to eliminate ‘rain tax’
Baltimore County could be the first jurisdiction to attempt to eliminate its stormwater management fee since passage of state legislation that altered the program that became a statewide campaign issue […]
City Council bill would slash Baltimore’s ‘rain tax’
Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes introduced legislation Monday aimed at cutting the so called “rain tax” charged city residents, and he slammed development incentives in the news release announcing the […]
Judge strikes down Montgomery County’s ‘rain tax’
A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge Wednesday struck down the county’s stormwater fee, saying it is unmoored by the county’s cost of providing runoff protection, as required by state law.
Synagogue challenges ‘rain tax’ on religious grounds
A Baltimore synagogue is appealing the city appeals board decision that it must pay a stormwater management fee. And while Shaarei Tfiloh Congregation echoes arguments by critics that the fee is in fact a property tax by another name, it is also making a constitutional argument -- that the fee violates the synagogue's religious rights.
Md. Senate votes to end ‘rain tax’
The Maryland Senate has passed a measure to end state-mandated stormwater management fees.
Md. Senate gives preliminary approval to ‘rain tax’ bill
The Maryland Senate on Thursday gave preliminary approval to Senate President Thomas V. "Mike" Miller Jr.'s stormwater management fee repeal bill.
Miller’s bill is last ‘rain tax’ repeal measure standing
Hogan says that's fine with him -- as long as stormwater fee is junked.
Committee kills bills repealing ‘rain tax’
The House Environment and Transportation Committee voted 14-7 along party lines to reject Gov.Larry Hogan's proposal and another essentially identical bill.
