Legislative Work
Bills and Resolutions
- Bill 10-23 - Health – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Commission – Established
Establishes an Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Commission, prescribes the membership and duties of the Commission. Provides for the staffing of the Commission, and generally amends the law regarding the provision and coordination of services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the County.
- Bill 5-23 - Personnel and Human Resources – Prospective Employees – Health Care Privacy
Limits the inquiries allowed by the County regarding certain health information of prospective employees; prohibits consider an applicants’ abortion care, miscarriage, contraception, sterilization, pregnancy, and family planning for employment decisions. Allows for the County to request or seek business-related healthcare information solely to determine whether an applicant meets a minimum qualification.
- Bill 11-22 - Buildings – Lactation Rooms in County Buildings – Required
Require County buildings to include a lactation room for County employees or provide alternative accommodations; require employees to receive break time for lactation needs; require the County Executive to establish personnel regulations for certain accommodations; require certain educational materials posted on the County’s website; and generally, amend the law regarding buildings and personnel regulations. - Bill 10-22 - Personnel and Human Resources – Paid Parental Leave
Require the County to provide paid parental leave to County employees prior to the effective date of the State Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program; require the County to pay an employee’s salary, minus benefits under the State Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, for certain leave taken under the State Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program; and generally, amend personnel and human resources laws affecting County employees - Bill 42-21 - Child Care – Early Care and Education Coordinating Entity
Require the Council to designate a non-profit corporation to serve as the County’s Early Care and Education Coordinating Entity. Designating an independent nonprofit entity with parents, employers and providers as key stakeholders will ensure community priorities are reflected in building a robust system that supports all residents having access to high quality, affordable early care and education. - Bill 29-19 Health and Sanitation – Electronic Cigarettes – Distribution
Prohibit an electronic smoking devices manufacturer from distributing electronic cigarettes to retail stores within a certain distance of certain schools; and (2) generally amend County law regarding smoking, electronic cigarettes, and health and sanitation. - Bill 2-19 Health – Lead in Drinking Water – Schools
Establish a County lead limit for a drinking water outlet in a public school in the County; require remediation of a drinking water outlet in an occupied public school building with a lead concentration greater than the County lead limit; and generally amending the law governing the action level for lead in drinking water outlets - Resolution 19-1211 - Special Appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2022 Operating Budget; Montgomery County Government; Department of Health and Human Services; Pediatric Mobile Medical Vehicle; $450,000 (Source of Funds: General Fund Reserves) Amendment to Fiscal Year 2022 Operating Budget Resolution 19-872, Section G, Fiscal Year 2022 Designation of Entities for Non-Competitive Contract Award Status: Casa Ruben, Inc.
- Resolution 19-1196 - To affirm Montgomery County’s support of public health officials.
- Resolution 19-1097 - Special Appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2022 Operating Budget Montgomery County Government Department of Health and Human Services Behavioral Health and Crisis Prevention Crisis Prevention & Intervention Services-Montgomery County Hotline $350,000 (Source of Funds: General Fund Reserves) and Amendment to Fiscal Year 2022 Operating Budget Resolution 19-872 Section G, FY22 Designation of Entities for Non-Competitive Contract Award Status: EveryMind
- Resolution 19-403 - Resolution to adopt Bill 29-19, Health and Sanitation – Electronic Cigarettes – Distribution as a Board of Health Regulation.
- Resolution 19-91 - Resolution to adopt Bill 2-19, Health - Lead in Drinking Water - Schools
- Bill 14-24 - Vehicle Noise Abatement Monitoring - Pilot Program
Establishes a pilot program to use noise abatement monitoring systems in the County to enforce motor vehicle noise requirements, and generally amends the law regarding the regulation, monitoring, and abatement of vehicle noise.
- Bill 28-23 - Taxation – Fuel Energy Tax – Green Bank
Restricts the use of fuel energy tax funds by the Montgomery County’s Green Bank to only support activities that promote the investment in clean energy technologies and to provide financing for clean energy technologies, including renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and not resiliency activities
- Bill 3-22 - Legislative Branch - Climate Assessments – Required
Require the Director of the Office of Legislative Oversight to prepare a climate assessment for each bill; require the Planning Board to prepare a climate assessment for each zoning text amendment, master plan, and master plan amendment; specify the required contents of a climate assessment; require the publication of climate assessment templates; and generally amend the law governing the enactment of legislation.
- Bill 44-21 -- Montgomery County Green Bank - Funding - Fuel-energy tax revenue
Require the Council to annually appropriate 10% of the fuel-energy tax revenue to the County Green Bank; establish a dedicated County funding source for the Green Bank; and restrict the use of the funds by the Green Bank; and generally amend the law governing the Green Bank and the use of the fuel-energy tax revenue. - Bill 5-21 - Agricultural Land Preservation – Solar Collection System – Dedication of Business Personal Property Tax Revenue
Dedicate business personal property tax revenue received for certain solar collection systems for the Agricultural Land Preservation Fund; increase the land in the County preserved for agricultural uses; and generally amend the law governing the preservation of land for agricultural uses. - Bill 10-20 - Property Tax Credit - Energy and Environmental Design - Eligibility Criteria and Amounts of Credit
Alter the eligibility criteria for the property tax credit for energy and environmental design; alter the amounts and durations of the property tax credit for energy and environmental design by type of building; and alter annual limits on the total amounts of property tax credits granted by the County for energy and environmental design - Bill 7-19 Environmental Sustainability – Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Program – New Construction
Expand the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Program to new construction; and generally amend County laws related to the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Program and environmental sustainability.
Recreation
- Bill 6-22 - Recreation – Montgomery County Sports Advisory Committee – Established
Establish a Montgomery County Sports Commission Advisory Committee; specify the membership and responsibilities of the Commission Committee; provide for the staffing of the Commission Committee; and generally, amend the law regarding recreation and advisory boards. - Bill 2-20 Bicycles - Registration – Amendments
Permit voluntary registration of a bicycle owned by a County resident for personal use; require the registration of a bicycle provided for rent in the County; repeal the authority to impound an unregistered bicycle owned by a County resident for personal use; repeal the authority to deposit the proceeds from the sale of an impounded or abandoned bicycle in the Police Relief and Retirement Fund; and generally amend the laws governing the use of a bicycle in the County. - Resolution 19-1202 -- Special Appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2022 Operating Budget Montgomery County Government Department of Recreation Expansion of Sports Leagues for Girls $100,000 (Source of Funds: General Fund Reserves)
- Resolution 19-946 - Completing the Capital Trails Network and Capital Trails Coalition Top 40 Priority Projects
- Bill 4-22 - Human Rights and Civil Liberties - Public Accommodations - Gender Inclusive Restrooms
Require gender-inclusive restrooms in certain places of public accommodation and County owned buildings; and generally, amend the law regarding prohibited discrimination in public accommodations. - Bill 44-20- Racial Equity and Social Justice - Impact Statements - Advisory Committee Amendments
Require a racial equity and social justice impact statement for each zoning text amendment; add 2 public members to the Racial Equity and Social Justice Advisory Committee; authorize the Executive to establish one or more task forces to study and make recommendations on a specific issue; and (generally amend the law governing Racial Equity and Social Justice. - Bill 28-20 - - Human Rights and Civil Liberties - Discrimination in Public Accommodations - LGBTQ Bill of Rights
Prohibit discriminatory practices against certain individuals in places of public accommodation, including nursing homes and other facilities; require certain notices to individuals; and generally amend the laws regarding prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation - Bill 27-19 Administration – Human Rights - Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice – Racial Equity and Social Justice Advisory Committee – Established
stablish a racial equity and social justice program; establish an Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice in the Executive Branch; remove the Chief Equity Officer position in the Office of the Executive as a non-merit position; require the Executive to adopt, by Method 2 regulation, a racial equity and social justice action plan for the County; require each Department and Office to develop a racial equity and social justice action plan; require the Executive Director of the Office of Legislative Oversight to submit a racial equity and social justice impact statement to the Council for each Bill; require the Executive to explain how and for each management initiative or program in the recommended budget would promote racial equity and social justice; establish a Racial Equity and Social Justice Advisory Committee and set forth the composition, compensation, and duties of the Committee; require the Planning Board to consider racial equity and social justice impact when preparing a Master Plan; and generally amend the law governing racial equity and social justice. - Resolution 19-1058 - Resolution to Support Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Endorsing Equity Emphasis Area as a Key Planning Concept and Tool to Inform Decision Making and Action
- Resolution 19-815 - Resolution in support of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) Resolution supporting Statehood for the District of Columbia
- R esolution 19-364 - Support for District of Columbia Statehood
- Resolution 19-744 - To reaffirm Montgomery County’s commitment to combat hate and extremism.
- Resolution 19-301 - Supporting Refugee Resettlement In Montgomery County
- Resolution 19-366 - Montgomery County Council Urges the United States Congress to promptly adopt comprehensive immigration reform that will protect immigrants and their families and oppose any federal regulatory change that would negatively affect them.
- Resolution 19-1226 - Resolution in Support of the Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal Act
- Resolution 19-24 - Remembrance and Reconciliation Commission
- Resolution 19-1186 - Biohealth Opportunity Zone Incentive Program: grants to attract Biohealth Priority Campuses in County Opportunity Zones
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Bill 23-24E - Contracts and Procurement - Minority Owned Business Purchasing Program - Extension of Sunset Date
Extends the sunset date for the County’s minority owned business purchasing program, requires an evaluation and report regarding the need to extend the program, and generally amends the law regarding procurement. -
Bill 11-24 - Finance - Economic Development Fund - Make Office Vacancy Extinct (MOVE) Grant Program
Establishes a business incentive grant program under the Economic Development Fund to support eligible businesses with the rental costs of locating, relocating or expanding office space in the County. Codifies incentives for new businesses relocating to the County currently provided under the make office vacancy extinct (MOVE) pilot grant program. Provides incentives to new and existing businesses expanding operations in the County, sets eligibility criteria for businesses qualifying for the program incentives, and generally amends the laws regarding finance and economic development.
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Bill 4-24 - Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund Commission - Established
Establishes a Montgomery County Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund Commission. Prescribes the membership and duties of the Commission, provides for the staffing of the Commission, specifies the purposes for which funds received from the State Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund may be used and generally amends the law regarding the distribution and use of funds disbursed to the County from the State Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund. - Bill 37-23E - Contracts and Procurement– Minority Owned Businesses– Sunset Date– Amendments
Extends the sunset date for the County’s minority owned business purchasing program, and generally amends the law regarding procurement. - Bill 25-23E - Taxation - Development Impact Taxes for Transportation and Public School Improvements - Amendments
Modifies the calculations for tax rate adjustments for transportation improvements by requiring cumulative increase or decrease in the construction cost index rather than an annual average every two years. Sets a cap on the development impact tax rate for school and transportation improvements. Allows certain carryover increases of the biennial tax rate adjustments, and generally amends the law governing transportation and school development impact taxes.
- Bill 13-23E - Montgomery County Urban Districts – Friendship Heights Urban District
Creates an urban district located in the Friendship Heights area of the County, expands the purposes of urban districts in the County, creates a commercial district charge as an additional mechanism to fund an urban district, establishes a Friendship Heights Urban District Advisory Committee, and generally amends the law concerning urban districts in the County.
- Bill 7-23 - Bill 7-23, Consumer Protection – Gasoline Station Signage
Defines and prohibits certain deceptive trade practices by gasoline stations. Requires the inclusion of certain supplemental information on state-required signage at gasoline stations, and generally amends the law regarding deceptive, unfair, or unconscionable trade practices.
- Bill 31-22 - Finance – Economic Development Fund - Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Grant Program
Alters the administration and eligibility requirements of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Grant Program. Determines the criteria for a business to be eligible for the matching grant, the maximum amount of grant funds a business can receive under a SBIR or STTR Phase I or Phase II grant, and the total number of County matching grants businesses can receive each year.
- Resolution 20-491 - Special Appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget Montgomery County Government Department of Finance Economic Development Fund New JOBS (Jobs, Opportunities & Business Support) Initiative $20,000,000
The new J.O.B.S. (Jobs, Opportunities and Business Support) Initiative will create three separate but complementary initiatives: a $10 million Job Creation Fund, a $7 million Innovation Fund, and a $3 million Equity Fund. Click here for more information on the J.O.B.S. Initiative.
- Resolution 20-214 - Development Impact Tax Rates for Transportation and Public School Improvements
Development Impact Taxes are assessed on new residential and commercial buildings and additions to commercial buildings in the county to fund, in part, the improvements necessary to increase the transportation or public-school systems capacity, thereby allowing development to proceed.
- Bill 10-21 - Economic Development - Economic Development Strategic Plan - Economic Development Corporation – Duties
Transfer the drafting of the County’s Economic Development Strategic Plan from the Executive to the County’s Economic Development Corporation; require the Executive to provide comments to the Council on each draft Plan by a date certain; require the Council to adopt the Plan by a date certain; and generally amend the law governing the County’s economic development. - Bill 38-21 - Economic Development Fund – Local Business Child Care Grant Program
Consistent with the Economic Development Platform, the main purposes of Bill 38-21 are to decrease the costs of doing business in the County, and to attract and retain businesses in the County. The bill also would support businesses’ efforts to subsidize childcare for their employees. - Bill 14-21E - Finance - Working Families Income Supplement
Would alter certain requirements for residents to qualify for Working Families Income Supplement. - Bill 3-21 - Special Taxing Area Laws – Silver Spring Business Improvement District
Establish a business improvement district in Silver Spring; establish guidelines for the District and authorize a district corporation to manage the District; and authorize a tax on nonexempt property located in the District to finance the operations of the district corporation. - Bill 23-19 - Cybersecurity Investment Incentive Tax Credit Supplement-Amendments
Allow a qualified investor to receive the cybersecurity investment incentive tax credit supplement; and generally amend the law related to the cybersecurity investment incentive tax credit supplement. - Bill 17-20E Carryout Bag Tax – Suspension- Expedited Bill 17-20
Would suspend the imposition of the carryout bag tax until 15 days after the conclusion of the Maryland state of emergency. Within 7 days after the state of emergency ceases, Bill 17-20 would require the County Executive to notify retail establishments and the public of the date on which the imposition of the carryout bag tax will resume. - Bill 9-20 Economic Development Fund - Local Business Child Care Grant Program – Established
Establish a Local Business Child Care Grant Program; provide for the administration and eligibility criteria of the program; and require regulations to implement the program. - Resolution 19-690 - Special Appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Budget Montgomery County Government, Community Engagement Cluster, Support for COVID-19 Response – Winterization for Streeteries, $1,250,000 (Source of Funds: General Fund Reserves)
- Resolution 19-1233 - Special Appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2022 Operating Budget Montgomery County Government, Incubator Programs – Economic Development Partnership Non-Departmental Account, $789,000 (Source of Funds: General Fund Reserves)
- Resolution 19-998 - Resolution to Support Changes to State Legislation Enabling the Creation of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in Montgomery County
- Resolution 19-669 - Amendment to Resolution 19-646; Office of the County Executive; COVID-19 Response: Tourism Stabilization Grant Program
- Resolution 19-300 - Economic Development Platform for Montgomery County
- Resolution 19-389 - Resolution to support the Community Reinvestment Act
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Bill 18-24: Housing Policy - Standards and Procedures - Amendments
Removes the requirement for the Housing Opportunities Commission to send notice and hold public hearings on assisted family housing proposals, and generally amends the laws governing family assisted housing in the County. - Bill 7-24: Landlord-Tenant Relations - Tenant Protection and Notification
- Bill 33-22 - Capital Improvements Program – Affordable Housing Feasibility Study – Required
Enacted January 31, 2023
Requires the Department of General Services to submit an affordable housing feasibility study to the Council for certain capital projects. Additionally establishes a review process for the Council to determine project feasibility for colocation of affordable housing.
Requires the Department of General Services to submit an affordable housing feasibility study to the Council for certain capital projects. Additionally establishes a review process for the Council to determine project feasibility for colocation of affordable housing.
- Resolution 20-456 – Amendment to the FY23-28 Capital Improvement Program and Special Appropriation and Amendment to the FY24 Capital Budget Montgomery County Government Department of Housing and Community Affairs Nonprofit Preservation Fund (No. 762301) ($19,999,000) Source of Funds: Loan Repayment Proceeds
- Resolution 20-239 – Amendment to the FY23-28 Capital Improvements Program Montgomery County Government Department of Housing and Community Affairs Nonprofit Preservation Fund
The fund is a program that provides low-interest interim loans to experienced nonprofit developers and local public housing authorities to acquire and preserve affordable housing throughout the County.
- Resolution 20-139 – Special Appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2023 Operating Budget Montgomery County Government, Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Design For Life, $1,500,000 (Source of Funds: Federal Funds) and amendment to FY23 Operating Budget Resolution 19-1285, Section G, FY23 Designation of Entities for Non-Competitive Contract Award Status: Habitat For Humanity Metro Maryland and Rebuilding Together Montgomery County.
- Resolution 20-138 – Special Appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2023 Operating Budget Montgomery County Government, Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Homeowner Assistance Program, $3,000,000
The Homeowner Assistance Program provides grants or loans for delinquent mortgage payments, past due association fees and past due real estate taxes - as well as for home repairs and energy efficiency improvements. Eligibility is based on income and COVID impact; owner occupancy is required.
- Bill 26-21 Taxation - Payments in Lieu of Taxes - Affordable Housing Amendments
Enacted December 14, 2021
Establishes a 100 percent payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) for a housing development owned or controlled by the Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) or a nonprofit housing developer with at least 50 percent of the dwelling units affordable to households earning 60 percent or less of area median income. Bill 26-21 also repeals the annual maximum aggregate amount of all PILOTs approved under this law, which historically was not permitted to exceed an amount set annually by Council resolution for the following 10-year period.
- Bill 7-20 Interagency Commission on Homelessness - Membership and Duties
Enacted October 28, 2020
Improves the governance and effectiveness of the 25-member Interagency Commission on Homelessness (ICH) by altering its composition. Certain ex officio slots will be replaced with more public representatives, including social service, healthcare, family services and affordable housing providers. Clarifies the mission of the ICH to “end and prevent” homelessness, as opposed to simply “reducing” homelessness.
Improves the governance and effectiveness of the 25-member Interagency Commission on Homelessness (ICH) by altering its composition. Certain ex officio slots will be replaced with more public representatives, including social service, healthcare, family services and affordable housing providers. Clarifies the mission of the ICH to “end and prevent” homelessness, as opposed to simply “reducing” homelessness.
- Bill 29-20 Taxation - Payments in Lieu of Taxes - WMATA property - Established
Enacted October 6, 2020
Provides a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) for a period of 15 years for new high-rise development that includes at least 50 percent rental housing. The PILOT exempts 100 percent of the property tax that would otherwise be due for a project constructed on property leased from WMATA at a Metro Station in the County.
Provides a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) for a period of 15 years for new high-rise development that includes at least 50 percent rental housing. The PILOT exempts 100 percent of the property tax that would otherwise be due for a project constructed on property leased from WMATA at a Metro Station in the County.
- Resolution 19-284 Resolution to Support Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ (MWCOG) Regional Housing Targets for Montgomery County
Adopted November 5, 2019
Demonstrates Montgomery County’s support for three regional housing targets adopted by MWCOG:
Demonstrates Montgomery County’s support for three regional housing targets adopted by MWCOG:
add at least 320,000 housing units to the region between 2020 and 2030 (10,000 in Montgomery County);
at least 75 percent of new housing should be in activity centers or near high-capacity transit; and
at least 75 percent of new housing should be affordable to low- and middle-income households.
at least 75 percent of new housing should be in activity centers or near high-capacity transit; and
at least 75 percent of new housing should be affordable to low- and middle-income households.
- Bill 6-19 Landlord – Tenant Relations – Termination of Lease – Tenant Health and Safety
Enacted October 2, 2019
Allows a tenant to terminate a lease if the Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs (DHCA) orders a landlord to correct certain violations of law and the landlord fails to correct those violations. This tenant protection is triggered when DHCA finds health and safety violations including the following:
Allows a tenant to terminate a lease if the Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs (DHCA) orders a landlord to correct certain violations of law and the landlord fails to correct those violations. This tenant protection is triggered when DHCA finds health and safety violations including the following:
rodent or insect infestation affecting 20 percent or more units in a building;
extensive and visible mold growth on interior walls or surfaces exposed to the occupied space;
windows that do not permit a safe means of egress;
pervasive and recurring water leaks that result in chronic dampness or mold growth;
personal property damage in more than one unit; or
lack of one or more working utilities that was not shut off due to tenant non-payment.
extensive and visible mold growth on interior walls or surfaces exposed to the occupied space;
windows that do not permit a safe means of egress;
pervasive and recurring water leaks that result in chronic dampness or mold growth;
personal property damage in more than one unit; or
lack of one or more working utilities that was not shut off due to tenant non-payment.
- Bill 22-19 Accessory Dwelling Unit – Licensing- Requirements- Amendments
Enacted September 24, 2019
Renames “Accessory Apartments” to “Accessory Dwelling Units” (ADU) in the County Code, modernizes the standards for measuring basement ceiling heights, requires ADU applicants to certify that they meet any applicable HOA standards and notice requirements to affected HOAs, requires quarterly reporting on ADU issues by the County Executive, and requires that the property owner live on-site in either the principal dwelling or the ADU. Companion legislation to ZTA 19-01.
Renames “Accessory Apartments” to “Accessory Dwelling Units” (ADU) in the County Code, modernizes the standards for measuring basement ceiling heights, requires ADU applicants to certify that they meet any applicable HOA standards and notice requirements to affected HOAs, requires quarterly reporting on ADU issues by the County Executive, and requires that the property owner live on-site in either the principal dwelling or the ADU. Companion legislation to ZTA 19-01.
- Bill 22-24E - Taxation - Collection of Development Impact Taxes
- Bill 21-24 - General Provisions - Naming of County Facilities
- Bill 15-24 - Taxation - Public Safety Officers - Bi-County Agency Police
Establishes a tax credit against real property tax for public safety officers in bi-county agencies, and generally amends the law governing property tax credits.
- Bill 6-24 - Property Tax Credit – Disabled Veterans
Establishes a property tax credit for disabled veterans, sets the amounts of the property tax credit, sets eligibility criteria to qualify for the property tax credit, requires the continuation of the credit for the surviving spouse of the disabled veteran, and generally amends the law regarding property tax credits.
- Bill 4-24 - Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund Commission - Established
Establishes a Montgomery County Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund Commission. Prescribes the membership and duties of the Commission, provides for the staffing of the Commission, specifies the purposes for which funds received from the State Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund may be used, and generally amends the law regarding the distribution and use of funds disbursed to the County from the State Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund.
- Bill 46-23E - OPT/SLT Bargaining Units - Pension and Retirement Adjustments
Extends from January 4, 2024, to August 7, 2024, the deadline for eligible County employees enrolled in Groups E and J of the Employees’ Retirement System to elect to purchase credited years of service with their existing Retirement Savings Plan or Guaranteed Retirement Income Plan balances, and generally amends the law regarding the Employees’ Retirement System. - Bill 1-23 - Property Tax Credit – Individuals 65 and Above and Retired Military Services Members – Amendments
Amends the property tax credit for individuals 65 and above who have resided in the same dwelling for the preceding 40 years. The maximum assessed value of the property must be $700,000 at the time the individual applied for the credit. The property tax credit also applies to retied members of the uniformed services, or their surviving spouses who are over the age of 65 and not remarried. For retired military service members, the maximum assessed value of the property is $550,000.
- Bill 27-22- Administration – Inspector General – Powers and Duties
Modifies the powers and duties of the Inspector General by amending the Montgomery County Code. The legislation reforms requirements regarding the budget and removal of the Inspector General.
- Bill 6-21 - Finance – Revenue Estimating Group – Established
Establish a Revenue Estimating Group to review and forecast County revenues; provide for membership and duties of the Group; and generally amend the law governing the review and forecast of County revenues.
- Bill 39-21 - Taxation – Public Safety Officers – Public Safety Emergency Communications Specialists – Property Tax Credit
Would establish a County property tax credit for a full-time sworn police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, or a public safety emergency communications specialist employed by the County. The purpose of the Bill is to increase the number of County employees occupying these positions who reside in the County and help recruit and retain these employees. - Bill 43-20 - Non-merit Employees - Merit System Employees - Severance Pay
Would prohibit severance pay for a County employee unless authorized by law and prohibit severance pay for certain employees who violate the Ethics Law. - Bill 42-20 - Ethics - Public Accountability and Transparency - Amendments
Require the Executive to disclose a proposed employment contract with an appointee to a non-merit position and any employment contract with an employee currently serving in a non-merit position to the Council; include the sale or promotion of certain intellectual property by a public employee as other employment; prohibit a public employee who has received compensation from an individual or organization in the previous 12 months from participating in a procurement with that individual or organization; require a public employee who participates in a procurement process with an individual or organization seeking to do business with the County that compensated the public employee for services performed more than 12 months before the participation began to disclose the prior relationship to the Procurement Director; require an elected official or non-merit employee to disclose, with some exceptions, the source of each fee greater than $1,000 received for services in a financial disclosure statement; and prohibit the Chief Administrative Officer from engaging in other employment. - Bill 40-20E - Uniform Trader's License Fee
Would select a uniform trader’s license fee of $15 within the unincorporated parts of the County. This selection is authorized under Section 17-1807.1 of the Business Regulation Article of the Maryland Code. - Bill 31-20 - Public Campaign Financing - Amendments
Amend the County public campaign financing system; • alter the maximum contribution limits; allow participating candidates to carryover certain funds under certain circumstances; require an audit of the public campaign financing system after the general election in an election cycle; and alter the penalties for willful violations of the public campaign financing system. - Bill 29-20 - Taxation - Payments in Lieu of Taxes - WMATA property
Would require the Director of Finance to offer a payment in lieu of taxes for a residential or commercial high-rise building constructed by a private developer on property leased from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) at a Metro Station. The Bill would require the payment in lieu of taxes that would exempt 100% of the real property tax that would otherwise be levied for a period of 15 years beginning in the year a use and occupancy permit is issued for the qualifying development. - Bill 40-19E Inspector General- Staff- Hiring Amendments
Authorize the Inspector General to hire one or more deputies as a term merit employee; authorize the Inspector General to hire other staff of the Office as a merit employee; and generally amend the law governing the staff of the Inspector General. - Bill 10-19 : Legislative Branch – Economic Impact Statements – Amendments
Require the Director of the Office of Legislative Oversight to prepare an economic impact statement for each bill; amend the required contents of an economic impact statement: require an economic impact statement for each bill before it is enacted; and generally amend the law governing the enactment of legislation. - Bill 39-19 Contracts and Procurement – Local Small Business Reserve Program (LSBRP) – Amendments
Define a direct purchase; alter the definition of a local small business to permit the participation of non-profit organizations; increase the minimum percentage of contracts that must be awarded to small businesses; establish a goal to award certain direct purchases to local small businesses; alter reporting requirements; and generally, amend the Local Small Business Reserve Program. - Bill 21-19E Property tax credit - elderly individuals and retired military services member – surviving spouse
Expand the property tax credit for surviving spouses of retired military services members; and generally amend the property tax credit for elderly individuals and retired military services members. - Bill 13-19 County Property – Disposition – Reuse Analysis
Modify the procedures for disposition of County property; require the Executive to submit a reuse analysis to the County Council; and generally amend the County law regarding disposition of County property. - Bill 4-19 Personnel – Merit System - Requesting Salary History – Prohibited
Prohibit the County from requesting salary history from an applicant for County employment; prohibit the County from relying on salary history to determine an applicant’s starting salary; and amending the law governing the County merit system. - Resolution 19-1174 - Special Appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2022 Operating Budget Montgomery County Government, Payments to Municipalities Non-Departmental Account, $5,000,000 (Source of Funds: General Fund Reserves)
- Resolution 19-575 - Proposed Amendment to County Charter
- Resolution 19-408 - Special Appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Budget Montgomery County Government Conference and Visitors Bureau Non-Departmental Account Support for COVID-19 Response - Hotel or Motel Rooms for Medical and Front-Line Staff $250,000 (Source of Funds: General Fund Reserves) Non-Competitive Contract Award Status: Conference and Visitors Bureau of Montgomery County, Maryland Inc.
- Resolution 19-400 - Amendment to Resolution 19-128, Approval and Appropriation for the FY 2020 Operating Budget of the Montgomery County Government, Budget Provision #6, Council Authorization for Non-Competitive Contract Award Status
- Resolution 19-388 - Options for the Approval of and Appropriation for the FY 2021 Operating Budget
- Resolution 19-336 - Special Appropriation to the FY20 Operating Budget Montgomery County Government Bethesda Urban District Pike District Placemaking Study, $60,000
- Bill 25-24 - Contracts and Procurement - Prohibition Against Human Trafficking - Enforcement
- Bill 3-24E - Late Night Establishments – Hours of Operation
Defines hookah lounge, limits the hours of operation for a hookah lounge, tobacco shop, and vape shop, establishes penalties for violation of this Chapter, and generally amends the law governing certain establishments in the County.
- Bill 36-23 - Sale of Firearms or Ammunition – Suicide Awareness and Firearm Education (SAFE) Act
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop literature about firearm safety, suicide prevention, and conflict resolution. Requires sellers of firearms or ammunition to display and distribute the literature at points of sale, enables the Department of Health and Human Services to enforce the display and distribution requirements, and generally amends the law regarding education about mental health and firearms in the County.
- Bill 4-21 - Weapons – Protection of Minors and Public Places - Restrictions Against Ghost Guns and Undetectable Guns
Define terms related to firearm laws; restrict the manufacture, possession, use, sale, and transfer of ghost guns, undetectable guns, and certain other firearms with respect to minors; restrict the manufacture, possession, use, sale, and transfer of ghost guns, undetectable guns, and certain other firearms within 100 yards of places of public assembly; and generally amend the law regarding firearms and other weapons. - Bill 33-19 Police – Community Policing
Set certain community policing guidelines; require the Montgomery County Police Department to make certain reports; make certain legislative findings; and generally amend the law governing policing. - Bill 40-18 Secondhand Personal Property – Dealers – License
Exclude certain personal property from the definition of secondhand personal property; provide that a secondhand personal property dealer license expires one year from the date of issuance; and generally amend County laws related to secondhand personal property. - Bill 45-20 Police - Community Policing - Data
Require the Montgomery County Police Department to make certain reports; require the Montgomery County Police Department to post certain datasets on Data Montgomery; and generally amend the law governing policing - Bill 27-20E Police - Regulations - Use of Force Policy
Require the Police Chief to adopt a policy directive regarding the use of force; require the use of force policy to include certain minimum standards; and generally amend the County law regarding use of force by members of the police and policing. - Bill 21-22E Weapons-Firearms In or Near Places of Public Assembly
Prohibit the possession of firearms in or near places of public assembly, with certain exemptions; remove an exemption that allows individuals with certain handgun permits to possess handguns within 100 yards of a place of public assembly: and generally amend the law regarding restrictions against firearms in the County. - Bill 1-19 Police - Officer Involved Death - Independent Investigation
Require an independent investigation of an officer involved death; establish qualifications for an independent investigation of an officer involved death; require the independent investigators to submit a final written report to the State’s Attorney; make the written report public under certain circumstances; and generally amend the law governing investigations of an officer involved death
- Bill 40-23 - Tree Canopy and Roadside Tree Requirements – Fee Revisions
Amends fees payable to the Tree Canopy Conservation Account, amends fees payable to the Street Tree Planting Fund, and generally amends the laws regarding tree canopy requirements and roadside tree work.
- Bill 11-23 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic - Traffic Control Signals, Devices, and Enforcement Action Plan
requires a safe route to school infrastructure review for pedestrian-related collisions within a County’s school zone, walkshed, and at a school bus stop. Prohibits a driver of a motor vehicle from making a right turn on a red at certain intersections, requires certain traffic control devices at crosswalks in the County’s downtown and town center areas, requires the County Executive to provide an automated traffic enforcement plan, and generally amends the law regarding motor vehicles and traffic control.
- Bill 38-19 - Streets and Roads - Permit to Obstruct Public Rights-of-Way – Amendments
Require the Executive to adopt certain regulations regarding permits to close curb lanes, sidewalks, or shared use paths in the public rights-of-way; limit the circumstances in which the Department of Permitting Services may grant a permit to close a curb lane, sidewalk, or shared use path in a public right-of-way; require the Director of Permitting Services to publish certain information regarding permits to close public rights-of-way; and generally amend the law regarding permits to obstruct public rights-of-way. - Resolution 19-1091 - Special Appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2022 Operating Budget, Montgomery County Government, Office of the County Executive – Purple Line Light Rail Project Business Grant Program, $231,000 and Amendment to the FY22 Operating Budget Resolution 19-872, Section G, Fiscal Year 2022 Designation for Entities for Non-Competitive Contract Award Status – Latino Economic Development Corporation for Purple Line Light Rail Project Business Grant Program, $231,000 (Source of Funds: State Aid)
- Resolution 19-1059 - Resolution to Support Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Endorsing High-Capacity Transit Areas as a Key Planning Concept and Tool to Inform Decision Making and Action
Committees
Planning, Housing & Parks (PHP) Chair
Jurisdiction: Master Plans and amendments to the zoning laws; Issues related to parks and recreation; The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission; The Montgomery County Planning Board; Historic preservation; Housing; Agricultural preservation; Recreation
Government Operations & Fiscal Policy (GO)
Jurisdiction: Economic and fiscal policy; spending affordability; County Government administrative departments; Department of General Services; cable and telecommunications issues; technology issues; personnel and compensation issues; procurement policy; oversight of interagency teams on training, public information, procurement, and PEG (public, education, and government) cable television channels.