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HB0929 • 2026

Carroll County - Office of Permits and Inspections - Denial of Commercial Permit or License for Unpaid Personal Property Taxes

Carroll County - Office of Permits and Inspections - Denial of Commercial Permit or License for Unpaid Personal Property Taxes

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Enacted

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Sponsor
Carroll County Delegation
Last action
2026-05-26
Official status
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 802
Effective date
2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Carroll County - Office of Permits and Inspections - Denial of Commercial Permit or License for Unpaid Personal Property Taxes

Authorizing the Carroll County Office of Permits and Inspections to deny the issuance or renewal of a commercial license or permit in the county if the applicant has unpaid personal property taxes except under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Carroll County Office of Permits and Inspections to issue or renew a commercial license or permit if the applicant submits certain evidence that the applicant has paid any previously unpaid personal property taxes.

What This Bill Does

  • Authorizing the Carroll County Office of Permits and Inspections to deny the issuance or renewal of a commercial license or permit in the county if the applicant has unpaid personal property taxes except under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Carroll County Office of Permits and Inspections to issue or renew a commercial license or permit if the applicant submits certain evidence that the applicant has paid any previously unpaid personal property taxes.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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583022/1

None

Favorable with Amendments { 583022/1 Adopted

Plain English: AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 929 (First Reading File Bill) On page 1, in line 4, strike “prohibiting” and substitute “authorizing”; and in lines 4 and 5, strike “from issuing or renewing” and substitute “ to deny the issuance or renewal of”.

  • AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 929 (First Reading File Bill) On page 1, in line 4, strike “prohibiting” and substitute “authorizing”; and in lines 4 and 5, strike “from issuing or renewing” and substitute “ to deny the issuance or renewal of”.
  • HB0929/583022/1 BY: Economic Matters Committee

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-26 Post Passage

    Approved by the Governor - Chapter 802

  2. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

  3. 2026-03-22 House

    Returned Passed

  4. 2026-03-21 House

    Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters

  5. 2026-03-19 Senate

    Third Reading Passed (43-0)

  6. 2026-03-14 Senate

    Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

  7. 2026-03-10 House

    Third Reading Passed (129-5)

  8. 2026-03-09 House

    Favorable with Amendments { 583022/1 Adopted

  9. 2026-03-09 House

    Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  10. 2026-03-07 Senate

    Referred Budget and Taxation

  11. 2026-02-09 House

    Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)

  12. 2026-02-05 House

    First Reading Economic Matters and Ways and Means

  13. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Carroll County - Office of Permits and Inspections - Denial of Commercial Permit or License for Unpaid Personal Property Taxes

  14. Maryland General Assembly

    Vote - House - Committee - Economic Matters

  15. Maryland General Assembly

    Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means

  16. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - Third - Carroll County - Office of Permits and Inspections - Denial of Commercial Permit or License for Unpaid Personal Property Taxes

  17. Maryland General Assembly

    Vote - Senate - Committee - Budget and Taxation

Official Summary Text

Authorizing the Carroll County Office of Permits and Inspections to deny the issuance or renewal of a commercial license or permit in the county if the applicant has unpaid personal property taxes except under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Carroll County Office of Permits and Inspections to issue or renew a commercial license or permit if the applicant submits certain evidence that the applicant has paid any previously unpaid personal property taxes.

Current Bill Text

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*hb0929*

HOUSE BILL 929
L2, Q2 6lr1555
HB 851/25 – ENT & W&M CF SB 450
By: Carroll County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: February 5, 2026
Assigned to: Economic Matters and Ways and Means
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 9, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Carroll County – Office of Permits and Inspections – Denial of Commercial 2
Permit or License for Unpaid Personal Property Taxes 3

FOR the purpose of prohibiting authorizing the Carroll County Office of Permits and 4
Inspections from issuing or renewing to deny the issuance or renewal of a commercial 5
license or permit in the county if th e applicant has unpaid personal property taxes 6
except under certain circumstances; authorizing the Carroll County Office of Permits 7
and Inspections to issue or renew a commercial license or permit if the applicant 8
submits certain evidence that the applicant has paid any previously unpaid personal 9
property taxes; and generally relating to the issuance or renewal of commercial 10
licenses and permits in Carroll County. 11

BY adding to 12
Article – Local Government 13
Section 12–906 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2013 Volume and 2025 Supplement) 16

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18

Article – Local Government 19

12–906. 20

2 HOUSE BILL 929

(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO CARROLL COUNTY. 1

(B) (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW AND SUBJECT 2
TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , THE CARROLL COUNTY OFFICE OF 3
PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS MAY DENY THE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL OF A 4
COMMERCIAL LICENSE OR PERMIT IN THE COUNTY IF THE APPLICANT HAS UNPAID 5
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES. 6

(2) THE CARROLL COUNTY OFFICE OF PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS 7
MAY NOT DENY THE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL OF A COMMERCIAL LICENSE OR PERMIT 8
FOR UNPAID PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 9
SUBSECTION IF THE APPLICANT SUBMITS EVIDENCE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE 10
OFFICE THAT THE APPLI CANT HAS DISPUTED THE AMOUNT OF UNPAID P ERSONAL 11
PROPERTY TAXES. 12

(C) THE CARROLL COUNTY OFFICE OF PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS MAY 13
ISSUE OR RENEW A COM MERCIAL LICENSE OR PERMIT IN THE COUNTY THAT WAS 14
DENIED UNDER SUBSECT ION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION IF T HE APPLICANT SUBMITS 15
EVIDENCE TO THE SATI SFACTION OF THE OFFICE THAT THE APPLI CANT HAS PAID 16
ANY PREVIOUSLY UNPAID PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES. 17

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18
October 1, 2026. 19

Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.