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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Friday, December 29, 2017
Agenda
9:00 A.M. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CALL TO ORDER – President Terry L. Baker
Location: 100 West Washington Street, Room 1113, Hagerstown
9:05 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING – ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE PREPAYMENT
OF COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES - John M. Martirano, County Attorney
9:20 A.M. ADJOURNMENT
Terry L. Baker,
Jeffrey A. Cline, Vice President
John F. Barr
Wayne K. Keefer
LeRoy E. Myers, Jr.
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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County,
Maryland, will hold a public hearing on Friday, December 29, 2017, at 9:05 a.m. in the County
Commissioners meeting room, 100 West Washington Street, Suite 1113, Hagerstown,
Maryland 21740. The public hearing is for the purpose of considering the enactment of an
ordinance to authorize the advance payment of county real property tax.
A copy of the proposed ordinance will be available on the County’s website at
http://www2.washco-md.net/county_attorney/index.shtm
All interested parties and citizens, either in support of or in opposition to the proposed
Ordinance, shall have the opportunity to be heard at said time and place. The Commissioners
may adopt the proposed ordinance, as presented or as modified, at any point after the close of
the public hearing.
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ORDINANCE NO. ORD-2017-
A N O RDINANCE A UTHORIZING T HE P REPAYMENT OF C OUNTY R EAL
P ROPERTY T AX I N W ASHINGTON C OUNTY , M ARYLAND
Recitals
By virtue of the authority contained in Maryland Code Annotated, Tax-Property
Article, § 10-205, State law enables the Board of County Commissioners of
Washington County, Maryland, to authorize, by law, the advance payment of county
real property tax.
Pursuant to the cited authority, the Board of County Commissioners of
Washington County, Maryland, desires to adopt this Ordinance to be known as “An
Ordinance Authorizing the Prepayment of County Real Property Tax in Washington
County, Maryland.”
NOW , T HEREFORE , BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners
of Washington County, Maryland, that:
1. The County authorizes the advance payment of county real property tax as
provided for in Maryland Annotated Code, Tax-Property Article, § 10-205.
2. The advance payment shall be calculated by applying the current county real
property tax rate to the assessment of the taxpayer’s property for the prior year.
3. If the advance payment is less than the county real property tax as finally
determined, the tax collector shall send a bill to the taxpayer for the difference.
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4. If the advance payment exceeds the county real property tax as finally
determined, the taxpayer shall receive a refund of the overpayment pursuant to
Maryland Annotated Code, Tax Property Article, § 14-906.
ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE the 29th day of December, 2017.
ATTEST : BOARD OF COUNTY COMM ISSIONERS
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY , MARYLAND
BY :
Vicki C. Lumm, Clerk Terry L. Baker, President
Approved as to form and
legal sufficiency:
John M. Martirano
County Attorney
Mail to:
Office of the County Attorney
100 W. Washington Street, Suite 1101
Hagerstown, MD 21740