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[quote=Anonymous]Ultra-rich rejoice!  The country clubs and their lobbyists prevailed again and their tax break remains.  Sorry poors--you will continue to pay more than the country club near you that has a 75K membership fee to join while your 1st grader experiences public school with 26 other kids and one teacher.  The bill only narrowly failed, with the more recently elected delegates voting to end the subsidy, so it's only a matter of time....

[quote]https://www.marylandmatters.org/2019/02/23/country-clubs-prevail-again-in-montgomery-county-delegation/

A Montgomery County bill to impose fees on tax-capped country club properties puttered to a halt Friday after it was narrowly voted down by the county’s delegates.

The measure, from Del. David Moon (D), has been introduced before. But this time the measure picked up extra support from newly elected delegation members. Nevertheless, the 2019 iteration of Moon’s bill failed in an 11-13 vote on Friday morning.

The goal of Moon and freshman Del. Vaughn Stewart (D), who worked extensively on amendments to lobby support for the bill, is to alter 10-year agreements with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation that allow land owned by a golf course or country club to be assessed at $1,000 per acre.

The property tax break was first introduced in state law to dissuade country club and golf course owners from developing their land.

But the tax break results in a considerable loss of revenue for county governments, and Montgomery County is predicting a $40 million-plus budget shortfall this year.[/quote][/quote]

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