County council delays effective date of revised elderly property tax credit

The Prince George's County Council voted to adopt Resolution CR 008-2025 on Feb. 11, delaying the effective date of CB 007-2024, the ordinance that revised the county's elderly property tax credit. The motion to adopt passed on a 6-0 roll call.

The council considered a Committee of the Whole report from Nathaniel Tutt, who said the council held a Committee of the Whole on the revised elderly property tax credit and that members discussed amending the ordinance enacted in 2024. After discussion, the council voted to amend the ordinance's effective date.

Councilmember Watson moved to substitute draft 2 with draft 1; Councilmember Fisher seconded the substitution. The council then moved to adopt the resolution. The clerk called the roll; Vice Chair Burrows, Mister DeNoga, Councilmember Fisher, Councilmember Hawkins, Mister Olson and Councilmember Watson recorded aye votes. The motion carried 6-0.

The resolution delays the effective date of CB 007-2024 to provide "necessary time to revise CB 007-2024 and enact legislation that clarifies the senior citizen's eligibility for a senior tax credit," language the council discussed during the Committee of the Whole. The council did not adopt additional changes to the ordinance text at final reading; the action recorded was a delay of the effective date to allow further legislative work.

Council staff did not provide a new effective date on the floor during final reading; that detail was not specified in the hearing record. The council noted the delay was intended to give staff and members time to clarify eligibility criteria for the senior tax credit.

The council concluded the meeting with scheduling reminders; no executive session was held that day.