HB0929 • 2026

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

Taxes

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

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

The official bill text does not specify what happens if an applicant disputes the amount of unpaid taxes but cannot provide evidence of payment, leaving this as an open question.

Carroll County Commercial Permit Denial for Unpaid Taxes

This law allows Carroll County to deny commercial permits or licenses if an applicant has unpaid personal property taxes, unless they provide evidence that they have paid these taxes.

What This Bill Does

Allows the Carroll County Office of Permits and Inspections to deny issuance or renewal of a commercial license or permit in the county if the applicant has unpaid personal property taxes.
Permits the office to issue or renew permits if applicants submit evidence that they have paid any previously unpaid personal property taxes.

Who It Names or Affects

Businesses and individuals applying for new commercial licenses or renewing existing ones in Carroll County.

Terms To Know

Commercial License: A document issued by the government that allows a business to operate legally within a specific area.
Personal Property Taxes: Taxes paid on movable property such as vehicles, furniture, and equipment owned by individuals or businesses.

Limits and Unknowns

The law only applies to Carroll County.
It does not specify what happens if an applicant disputes the amount of unpaid taxes but cannot provide evidence of payment.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

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

2026-05-26 Post Passage
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 802
2026-04-01 Senate
Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation
2026-03-22 House
Returned Passed
2026-03-21 House
Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
2026-03-19 Senate
Third Reading Passed (43-0)
2026-03-14 Senate
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2026-03-10 House
Third Reading Passed (129-5)
2026-03-09 House
Favorable with Amendments { 583022/1 Adopted
2026-03-09 House
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-07 Senate
Referred Budget and Taxation
2026-02-09 House
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
2026-02-05 House
First Reading Economic Matters and Ways and Means
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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

Read the full stored bill text

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
amendment.
*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.