State Property taxes hold steady

...The three-member [Board of Public Works] panel voted to maintain the state property tax rate of 11.2 cents per $100 of assessed value on real property and 28 cents per $100 on public utilities.
The action comes a week after the State Commission on Debt recommended last week to hold the line on the tax rates for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
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The state started issuing more bonds in 2009 under then-Gov. Martin O’Malley as a way to free up cash from programs such as Program Open Space and the Chesapeake Bay Trust Fund to offset structural budget deficits amid a deep national recession.
Since then, the gap between what is owed and what is covered by property tax collections has been growing.
This year the state needed nearly $252 million in general fund dollars to make the required payments. Projections for fiscal 2018 show that gap is projected to increase to $356 million — an amount that surpasses state spending on school construction. By fiscal 2021, that amount grows to $521 million — nearly twice the projection for the current budget year...

 http://thedailyrecord.com/2016/04/27/md-board-of-public-works-holds-line-on-state-property-taxes/