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St. Mary’s County commissioner opposes House Bill 1370, cites new regional taxes and state funding concerns
Summary
A St. Mary's County commissioner told the board a request to support House Bill 1370 raised concerns that the bill would create three transportation regions with new local tax authority, shift state responsibilities, and complicate local priorities such as bridge funding and a Route 5/242 signal project.
A St. Mary's County commissioner told the county meeting that they would not support signing a letter of support for House Bill 1370, saying the bill would create three transportation regions in Maryland and give them new taxing powers.
The commissioner said the bill would create “three different transportation regions in the state,” and warned it would allow regions to raise new taxes to fund highway projects. “For the taxes, it would be a 1% increase on hotels, 0.5% increase in local sales, [and] .15% under transfer tax,” the commissioner said, reading the bill’s provisions as presented to the county.
The commissioner framed the bill as a form of…
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