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"ANNAPOLIS - Farmers, sportsmen, environmentalists -- even some development groups -- testified Friday in support of a bill that would create a "Green Fund" dedicated to Chesapeake Bay restoration with money raised by development taxes.
The money would fund programs that curb pollution from urban and farm runoff, the "greatest threat to the Chesapeake Bay," said sponsor Delegate Maggie McIntosh, D-Baltimore.
But the bill is expected to face a rough road in the Senate, and some business groups said Friday that while cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay is important, the bill comes at a bad time.
"We should not try to lay another tax burden on the business community when they are already being asked to bear an incredible burden of new taxes" in the governor's $1.7 billion tax package, said Heather Hamilton of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce.:
Bay Restoration 'Green Fund' Tax Faces Tough Fight in Special Session - Southern Maryland Headline News
The money would fund programs that curb pollution from urban and farm runoff, the "greatest threat to the Chesapeake Bay," said sponsor Delegate Maggie McIntosh, D-Baltimore.
But the bill is expected to face a rough road in the Senate, and some business groups said Friday that while cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay is important, the bill comes at a bad time.
"We should not try to lay another tax burden on the business community when they are already being asked to bear an incredible burden of new taxes" in the governor's $1.7 billion tax package, said Heather Hamilton of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce.:
Bay Restoration 'Green Fund' Tax Faces Tough Fight in Special Session - Southern Maryland Headline News
