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Laws · Maryland · S.B. 397

S.B. 397: Sales and Use Tax and Personal Property Tax - Exemptions - Data Centers

Maryland, 2020 Regular Session. Signed, May 8, 2020.

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S.B. 397 at a glance

Status Signed Signed, .

Official summary

No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.

Description

Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain sales of certain qualified data center personal property for use at certain qualified data centers under certain circumstances; requiring an individual or a corporation to apply to the Department of Commerce for an exemption certificate for the exemption; authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to reduce or eliminate the assessment of certain personal property used in certain qualified data centers; etc.

As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan, source 1. It is the legislature's own line about the measure, not a summary of it.

Measure Bill.

Sponsors Stephen Hershey (R); Douglas Peters (D)

Subjects Taxes - Sales and Use, Taxes - Property, Appeals, Assessments, Assessments and Taxation, Department of, Commerce, Department of, Comptroller, Counties, Data, Enterprise Zones, Exemptions, Inspections, Municipal Corporations, Personal Property, Records, Sales and Use Tax, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Work, Labor and Employment The legislature's own list.

Official page mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0397?ys=2020RS. Found through LegiScan (bill 1321149), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. May 8, 2020 Signed

    S.B. 397 was signed. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 640.

  2. March 18, 2020 Passed second chamber

    S.B. 397 passed the Senate. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Passed Enrolled.

  3. March 17, 2020 In committee

    S.B. 397 went to committee in the House of Delegates. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means.

  4. March 15, 2020 In committee

    S.B. 397 went to committee in the Senate. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Third Reading Passed (45-0).

  5. March 15, 2020 Passed first chamber

    S.B. 397 passed the Senate. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Third Reading Passed (45-0).

  6. March 12, 2020 In committee

    S.B. 397 went to committee in the Senate. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation.

  7. January 27, 2020 In committee

    S.B. 397 went to committee in the Senate. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: First Reading Budget and Taxation.

  8. January 27, 2020 Introduced

    S.B. 397 was introduced in the Senate. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: First Reading Budget and Taxation.

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Sources

  1. S.B. 397 on the legislature's site mgaleg.maryland.gov

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