Appointed by Governor: Sabrina Warren Bush; Barbara M. Coit; William K. Hellmann.
Appointed by Senate President: Ulysses Currie; Thomas M. Middleton; Donald F. Munson; Robert R. Neall.
Appointed by House Speaker: Jean B. Cryor; Sheila E. Hixson; Mary-Dulany James; Howard P. Rawlings.
Ex officio: William Donald Schaefer, Comptroller of Maryland
Representative of Maryland Association of Counties: Robert L. Swann
Representative of Maryland Municipal League: Barrie P. Tilghman
Representative of Maryland Chamber of Commerce: Laurence Levitan
Representative of Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations: Peter V. Berns
Staff:
J. Ryan Bishop (410) 946-5510
e-mail: ryan@mlis.state.md.us
Laura J. McCarty (410) 946-5530
e-mail: laum@mlis.state.md.us
c/o Dept. of Legislative Services
90 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
Staff: Mary E. Clapsaddle (410) 767-1868
c/o Dept. of Business & Economic Development
217 East Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21202 - 3316
e-mail: mclapsaddle@mdbusiness.state.md.us
fax: (410) 333-6911
web: http://mlis.state.md.us/other/MD_Fiscal_Structure/index.htm
Final Report to Governor & General Assembly due Sept. 1, 2003.
The Commission on Maryland's Fiscal Structure was created in 2002 (Chapter 343, Acts of 2002). The Commission will review and evaluate Maryland's fiscal structure. It may recommend changes to the processes by which levels of spending and capital debt affordability are determined, and the annual State budget is developed and enacted. Current taxes, including those levied on income, sales, property, and business, will be examined to ensure the equity, efficiency, and progressiveness of the State's tax structure.
Future funding needs for education, transportation, and health care and the State's ability to meet those obligations also will be addressed by the Commission, as will inefficiencies in State government, its services and operations. Finally, the Commission is to consider changes in the tax structure to make Maryland more competitive in economic development.
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