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Your Voice is Needed in Support of the Heritage Tax Credit

We need your help in support of HB - Maryland Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program and SB 258 - Maryland Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program. The Maryland Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program is scheduled to sunset in 2010, at the very moment when the State needs to stimulate private investment, job creation, and growth of the tax base. HB 309 and SB 258 will reauthorize and enhance the existing program. Enhancements include returning the program to a true tax credit while providing predictability for lawmakers and developers and making it the first program of its kind in the nation to provide a bonus for Green Building projects. Your support is necessary to ensure the re-authorization of the Rehabilitation Tax Credit program. Without action, this valuable Smart Growth and community revitalization tool will be lost.

NEW! Overview of Amended HB309 Passed by Ways and Means Committee

Summary of Proposed Legislation

Tax Credit Fact Sheet

News Articles Concerning the Tax Credit Program

Abell Foundation Report on Heritage Tax Credit

Preservation Maryland is actively involved with legislative initiatives at both the state and federal levels. One of Preservation Maryland's most successful advocacy efforts includes spearheading the passage of the Maryland Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit. The tax credit is the catalyst for revitalizing Baltimore's West Side and many other historic neighborhoods and commercial districts across the state.

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On the federal level, Preservation Maryland has advocated for the passage of the Historic Homeowners Assistance Act, a federal tax credit to homeowners of certified historic properties for approved rehabilitation projects, as well as for the Historic Preservation Fund that provides critical funding to the State Historic Preservation Office. Track key legislation and directly contact members of the House or Senate through National Trust for Historic Preservation's Legislative Action Center.

Visit Preservation Action to learn more about advocacy at the federal level.

 

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Past state advocacy efforts include supporting state legislation establishing Maryland's Heritage Preservation and Tourism Areas; Rehabilitation Tax Credit; and funding for the Maryland Historical Trust, including the Rural Legacy Program, Priority Funding Areas, and Smart Codes.

The Maryland General Assembly meets in Annapolis each year for 90 days to act on more than 2300 bills including the State's annual budget. The Session begins in early January of each year and adjours in mid-April. The General Assembly has 47 Senators and 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts.

Typically, the Senate Budget & Taxation Committee and the House Ways & Means Apprpriations Committees take up preservation issues. Find Legislators

 

Local
Preservation Maryland has provided technical advice to local organizations and communities on a wide range of issues including "big box" and sprawl related growth and local advocacy concerning infill development in historic areas.

Send us news about preservation issues in your community at PM@preservationmaryland.org

Four Successful Steps to Lobbying
National Trust for Historic Preservation: Communitcating with Elected Officials
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Alerts
Preservation Alerts are issued periodically to make the preservation community immediately aware of pressing issues affecting historic preservation at the local, state, and national levels.

Fact Sheets

Adobe Acrobat logo graphicTax Credit Fact Sheet
Adobe Acrobat logo graphicSummary of Proposed Legislation
Adobe Acrobat logo graphicNon-Capital Grant Fact Sheet 09
Adobe Acrobat logo graphicMuseum Assistance Grant Program Fact Sheet 09
Adobe Acrobat logo graphicMaryland Heritage Areas Fact Sheet 09
Adobe Acrobat logo graphicCommunity Legacy Program Fact Sheet 09
Adobe Acrobat logo graphicNeighborhood Business Works Fact Sheet
Adobe Acrobat logo graphicMaryland Humanities Council Fact Sheet 09
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4/17/09

4/7/09

3/27/09

3/3/09

Adobe Acrobat logo graphicAdvocacy Alert: General Assembly End-of-Session Wrap-up

Adobe Acrobat logo graphicHouse Passes Amended Version of the Heritage Tax Credit. Action Needed on Senate Side!

Adobe Acrobat logo graphicThe Future of the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit is at Risk. Action Needed!

Adobe Acrobat logo graphicAdvocacy Alert: Action needed on Rehabilitation Tax Credit Legislation

1/28/09

Adobe Acrobat logo graphicHelp Save the 1791 Old St. Paul's Rectory
Adobe Acrobat logo graphicSaratoga Street Garage - Mayor Dixon Letter 7-30-08
Adobe Acrobat logo graphic1-29-09 Final West Elevation
Adobe Acrobat logo graphicGovernor's Budget Released! Action Needed

 

1/16/09 Adobe Acrobat logo graphicAdvocacy Alert: Historic Tax Credit Legislation Proposed. Heritage Lobby Day Scheduled.

 

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