September 3, 2010

Budget and Tax

Read news and information about the 2010 State Budget and MACo advocacy for county government on our Conduit Street blog.

FY 2011 STATE BUDGET DOCUMENTS
There are many budget documents available to review, but county government related information is often buried in multi-page reports. We've identified the sections of the budget that impact County Government and posted them into the following Chart for easy access.

What Description Source County Details Amount Latest News
Overview of State Aid to Local Governments
FY 2011 Allowance
Comprehensive overview of the proposed FY 2011 budget for all the categories of aid to local governments
Overview of State Aid to Local Governments
FY 2011 Allowance


Multi-Year Look at Local Government
FY 2011


Revised Estimate of K-12 Funding FY 2011

Breakdown of HUR Reductions FY 2011


Budget Reconciliation & Financing Act
Legislation is required for cuts to be made to certain formulas and programs
Budget Reconciliation & Financing Act

FY 2011 Impact to Local Gov'ts.

$288.4 million reduction

Senate Budget and Taxation Committee recommendations
for amendments to budget (SB 140) and Budget Reconciliation (SB 141)
Budget and Tax Committee summary of budget recommendations
Making HUR cuts Permanent

Teacher Pension Shift - County Breakdown

MACo blog coverage
Additional and Alternative Recommendations to Budget Cuts
DLS proposed changes to make more cuts in state budget
Alternative & Additional
Recommendations
Summary of Additional Recommendations to Local Governments


State Aid to Education
Analysis of Education Aid formulas  for public schools for FY 2011
Aid to Education
FY 2011
DLS proposed reductions to Thornton Foundation Aid


School Transportation cut

Local Income Tax Reserve Transfer to Education Trust Fund


Proposed reduction of GCEI and $60M in Foundation Aid

School Transportation-increases limited to 1%; a reduction of $4.3 million

$350 Million-transfer of Local Income Tax Reserve from Comptroller Office to Education Trust Fund

Highway User Revenues - Cuts and Allocations for FY 2011 and FY 2012
DLS proposal to restructure HUR formula distribution
($30 million diverted from Baltimore City allocation to other local govt's.) & carry over of
FY 2010 HUR cuts

MDOT-State Highway Administration Operating Budget analysis
County Breakdown of HUR cuts & diversion of City's allocation for
FY 2011


Reduction language

Analysis of HUR provisions in
HB 151/SB 141

FY 2010 Reduction = $159.5 million

FY 2011 Reduction = $238.3 million

FY 2012 Reduction = $340.3 million

FY 2011 actual allocation is $140.5 million
Link to MACo analysis
Local Police Aid
Level funds police aid formula for two fiscal years
Governors Office of Crime Control & Prevention
Analysis of Police Aid funding recommendations

GOCCP Budget-Police Aid allocations
FY 2011 Reduction=
$18.9 million

FY 2012 Reduction=
$19.6 million

Procurement of New Voting Systems
Outlines costs for both existing touch screen systems & implementation of new optical scan-paper ballot system & early voting, including maintenance & support & costs for new system
State Board of Elections
FY 2011 budget analysis

New Voting Systems & Existing System Support
No $ for new system in
FY 2011 budget

$9 million needed for existing system, only
$6 million in budget
Lack of funding for certain support services for existing system not in FY 2010 and 2011 budget
Disparity Grant
Discussion of
FY 2011 proposed reductions in formula driven funding and DLS recommendations to modify 2009 cap from county-by-county to aggregate funding
Payments to Civil Divisions of State DLS Analysis
FY 2011

Proposed Reductions to Disparity Grants

Modifications to Disparity Grant Cap
$24.4 million
Link to MACo Analysis


Local Management Boards
Funding cut to $2.4 million
FY 2011, a
$4 million reduction.   Overall funding cut by $6 million since FY 2009
Childrens Cabinet Interagency Fund
FY 10 LMB analysis

FY 11 LMB analysis
FY 10 LMB allocation

FY 11 LMB allocation
Funding reduction of
$4 million for FY 11

Local Health Departments


DHMH - Infectious Disease and Env. Health Adm. DHMH FY 2011 Env. Health Budget DLS Analysis
Local Health Dept Funding with County Breakdown

Budget cut language

BRFA fiscal note analysis
$3.7 million reduction-brings funding back down to 1997 levels & establishes a new base moving forward

Local Program Open Space
New Funding Proposals and allocation formula for encumbered balances
Department of Natural Resources
BRFA analysis of repayment of encumbered balances
Takes $103 million of unexpended balances, replaces with bonds with 3-year repayment plan to make jurisdictions "whole" for approved & active projects.
New funding-$12.5 million for FY 2011

Local Income Tax Reserve Fund Transfer
Transfers $350 million from this fund to the state's General Fund
Local Income Tax Reserve Transfer

DHMH Medical Care Programs Admin
BRFA Fiscal Note Analysis
State payback of $50 million increments over 7 years, starting in
FY 2014

Also, DLS proposal to transfer $389 million from Local Income Tax Reserve to GF if federal match for Medicaid is not extended

Aid to Community Colleges
Reduces funding for community colleges under the Cade formula
Community Colleges Aid
FY 10 Appropriation for Comm Colleges

FY 11 Appropriation for Comm Colleges

BRFA Fiscal Note Analysis
Community college funding reduced below "flat funding" for FY 11 and Fy 12-total reduction for FY 2011 = $23.1 Million

Funding limited for 2 years, phases back up in FY 16

9-1-1 Transfer fees
Transfers $5 million from special fund to support a CAD/RMS program for state police

Proposed 911 Fee transfer
The 9-1-1 special fund distributes revenues to counties in response to county 9-1-1 system enhancement requests

Environment
Proposed cost shift of statewide water supply study to counties
MDE budget
FY 2011

Statewide Water Supply Study proposed cost shift to counties
$18 million
Proposed one year suspension of study to save MDE
$1 million, then counties pay for study

 

SPENDING AFFORDABILITY COMMITTEE
This Committee meets every fall prior to the General Assembly session to make recommendations on spending limits for the state's Operating Budget.

Recommendations of the Spending Affordability Committee issued December 18, 2009 regarding the spending limit for the state budget.

Spending Affordability Report - MLIS November 10, 2009 Briefing - Page 11 of this November 10 briefing outlines the dramatic decline in Transfer Tax Revenue upon which future funding for local POS projects relies.

TAX RELATED PUBLICATIONS
Report on County-Municipal Tax Differentials and Tax Rebates - Dec 2009

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