Maryland
Taxpayers Association
PRESS CONFERENCE Proposed
Maryland Constitutional Amendment (HB1154)
to limit state spending by a strict inflation-and-population formula. Time
and Place: 10 AM, Friday, March 14, 2003
Duke of Gloucester Room, Maryland Inn,
16 Church Circle, Annapolis.
This MTA press conference
will feature, in addition to the measure's principal sponsor Delegate
Herb McMillan who heads the Taxpayer Protection Caucus in the Maryland
House of Delegates - - -
* Senator Ken Cuccinelli
whose SJ 362 in the Virginia General Assembly provided a nearby model
for HB1154 in the Maryland General Assembly. The Maryland-Virginia Tax
Reform movement is now becoming a regional story.
* State-budget expert
Dan Clifton of Americans for Tax Reform will detail the need for state
constitutional amendments of this nature.
Background from Taxpayer
Breaking News:
March 5, 2003.
A TABOR of Our Own. Today, Maryland Delegates Herb McMillan, Carmen
Amedori, David Boschert, Don Dwyer, William Frank, Kevin Kelly, Tony
McConkey, Anthony O'Donnell, and Rosetta Parker introduced HB 1154.
The bill proposes a constitutional amendment, modeled on the Colorado's
Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR), to limit state spending levels by
an inflation-and-population
formula.
January 25,
2003. Virginia lawmakers push several constitutional spending curbs,
reports The Washington Post, including one proposed amendment
(S362) limiting spending to inflation plus the growth in population
(as Colorado has done) Columnist Cal Thomas praises Colorado's tax-restraint
law. 'ColoradoRepublican Gov. Bill Owens has the right approach. During
the booming 1990s, Mr. Owens held down spending and rebated more than
$6 billion to state taxpayers. The state flourished, and as a result,
Colorado's budget troubles are far less severe than other states.'
Text of the Maryland
proposal:
In-depth analysis
of the original Colorado model:
For more information,
call Richard Falknor 540.554.2964 or Dee Hodges, 703.244.3431
