Martin O'Malley, Governor

Ch. 2

county to increase the percent of the assessment of certain personal property
that is subject to the county property tax under certain circumstances;
authorizing the governing body of a county to enter an agreement with the
owner of a facility for the generation of electricity that is located or locates in
the county for a negotiated payment by the owner in lieu of taxes on the facility;
requiring Washington County to distribute a certain portion of the certain
property tax revenues or proceeds of a certain payment in lieu of taxes under
certain circumstances; providing that property tax revenues in an amount equal
to payments that a county would have been entitled to receive under a certain
provision of law shall be excluded from a certain calculation; providing that
certain transfer tax revenues in a certain special fund shall be used for certain
purposes; altering the distribution of certain transfer tax revenues in a certain
fund: requiring the synopses for certain bills to include a certain statement:
requiring certain fiscal notes and a certain report to contain certain
information: providing that the Comptroller's appointment of the Chief of the
Bureau of Revenue Estimates is subject to the approval of the Board of Revenue
Estimates: providing that the Chief may be removed only by a majority of the
Board for certain reasons; providing that the Chief is subject to the supervision of
a certain Deputy Comptroller, except under certain circumstances: providing for
the appointment of other employees of the Bureau by the Chief: requiring the
Bureau to submit certain reports including certain information regarding certain
revenues to the Board each year: altering a provision relating to certain studies
of State revenue sources conducted by the Bureau; requiring the Bureau to
submit certain reports to the Governor and to the General Assembly; establishing
a Consensus Revenue Monitoring and Forecasting Group to perform certain
functions and to advise and collaborate with the Bureau: requiring the
Comptroller and the Bureau to provide certain data and certain documents to
members of the Group: requiring the Board to submit certain reports to the
General Assembly each year: requiring the Governor to incorporate a certain
estimate of revenues in the State budget and any supplemental budget submitted
to the General Assembly: requiring the Governor to submit a certain statement to
the General Assembly under certain circumstances: requiring the Department of
Transportation to incorporate in a certain financial forecast a certain estimate of
revenues by the Board: altering a certain date for the Maryland Agricultural and
Resource Based Industry Development Corporation to become financially self-
sufficient: altering certain requirements that certain appropriations for certain
purposes be included in the annual State budget for certain fiscal years;
limiting the amount of State general funds that may be used for certain
purposes; altering the purpose for which the Circuit Court Real Property
Records Improvement Fund may be used for certain fiscal years: repealing a
certain termination provision; altering certain grants to county boards of
education under a certain aging schools program; repealing certain State
programs; altering a certain local cost share for a certain nonpublic education