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College Park council hears legislative update, flags UMD "game-day" surcharge and annexation bills
Summary
City staff briefed the council on a package of state bills including a proposed 3% game‑day surcharge near the University of Maryland that could shift some local revenue, several annexation bills that could affect municipal authority, and transportation and tenant-related proposals; councilmembers asked staff and lobbyists to monitor and consider letters or testimony.
College Park councilmembers on March 3 heard an informational briefing from Assistant City Manager Reams on roughly 40 state bills the city is tracking during the current legislative session.
Reams told the council staff is monitoring measures ranging from municipal voter-registration rules to annexation and local revenue proposals. She called particular attention to SB945, which would authorize a 3% game‑day surcharge on food, beverage, alcohol and hotel sales within a three‑mile radius of the University of Maryland, College Park. Reams said the bill would route revenue into a state fund tied to…
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