MARYLAND SENATE

BUDGET & TAXATION COMMITTEE

Functions of the Budget and Taxation Committee began when the Finance Committee was created in 1831. Responsibility for reviewing bills concerned with the budget of State government and tax matters was reassigned to the Budget and Taxation Committee when it was established in 1975.

The Committee considers legislation relating to State operating and capital budgets, including revenues, expenditures, and supplementary appropriations; legislative budgetary procedures; State and county bond authorizations; taxation and assessments; education financing; and pension and retirement matters. The Committee consists of thirteen members.

Under the Budget and Taxation Committee are five subcommittees: Capital Budget; Health, Education, and Human Resources; Pensions; Public Safety, Transportation, Economic Development, and Natural Resources; and Revenue and Taxes.

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