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Bill would let counties set different commercial tax rates; sponsor says revenue must go to education or transportation
Summary
Delegate Chris Fair told the Ways and Means Committee HB 90 would allow counties and Baltimore City to adopt differential commercial property tax subclasses while safeguarding residential rates and directing countywide revenues to education and overlay revenues to transportation; questions focused on business competitiveness and local process safeguards.
Delegate Chris Fair presented House Bill 90 to the Ways and Means Committee as an enabling tool to let counties and Baltimore City create differential property tax rates for SDAT‑defined commercial subclasses.
Fair said the bill is responsive to counties' requests for local flexibility and is intended to be constrained: it would not increase residential property rates, would require a residential credit for any mixed‑use property subject to a commercial rate increase, allow…
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