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Calvert commissioners approve sending 10 legislative requests to Annapolis, including proposal to authorize a tobacco-barn tax credit
Summary
The board authorized staff to submit a package of state legislation requests covering bond authority, economic incentives, emergency-services funding, LOSAP changes and other items; enabling legislation to allow a county-administered tobacco-barn tax credit was approved after discussion of eligibility safeguards.
The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners on Oct. 28 voted to submit a package of requests for the Maryland General Assembly that would give the county authority on several matters ranging from capital bonding to local tax credits.
County Attorney John Norris presented ten draft requests and asked the board to take positions on items 1–4 and 6–10 and then consider item 5 (a tobacco-barn tax credit). The packet included a request for capital project bond authority (typical Calvert County bond term is 15 years), a proposal to enable local pilot incentives to attract tech investment and job creation, statutory submission of the Compensation Review…
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