Legislation Details

Reference No. CB-055-2025    Draft No. 1
Type: Council Bill Status: Enacted
Meeting Body County Council
Meeting Date 5/29/2025
Introduced Date 5/29/2025 Public Hearing Date
Effective date: 7/1/2025    
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION for the purpose of approving the Prince George's County portion of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission budget and making appropriations and levying certain taxes for Fiscal Year 2026 for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Land Use Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended ("Land Use Article").
Proposers/Sponsors: Edward P. Burroughs, Ingrid S. Watson, Eric C. Olson, Wala Blegay, Krystal Oriadha, Wanika Fisher
Attachments: 1. CB-055-2025 - signed_, 2. B2025055, 3. CB-055-2025 Appendix A, 4. CB-055-2025 Appendix B, 5. CB-055-2025 Summary
Contact: Eric Irving, Fiscal & Legislative Specialist Turkessa Green, County Auditor, Audits & Investigations

Title

AN ACT CONCERNING MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION for the purpose of approving the Prince George's County portion of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission budget and making appropriations and levying certain taxes for Fiscal Year 2026 for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Land Use Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended ("Land Use Article").

 

Background

This bill adopts the M-NCPPC’s operating and capital budgets for Prince George’s County for Fiscal Year 2026 and establishes the tax rates as shown below. The total tax rate is proposed at 29.40 cents per $100 of assessed value of real property and 73.50 cents per $100 of assessed value of personal property.

 

Real Property Tax Rates                          FY 2025            FY 2026

Administration                                         5.66 cents          5.66 cents

Advance Land Acquisition                      -0- cents             -0- cents

Mandatory Metropolitan District             4.00 cents          4.00 cents

Discretionary Metropolitan District         11.94 cents        11.94 cents

Recreation                                                7.80 cents          7.80 cents

TOTAL                                                    29.40 cents        29.40 cents

 

Personal Property Tax Rates                  FY 2025              FY 2026

Administration                                        14.15 cents         14.15 cents

Advance Land Acquisition                     -0- cents              -0- cents

Mandatory Metropolitan District           10.00 cents          10.00 cents

Discretionary Metropolitan District       29.85 cents          29.85 cents

Recreation                                              19.50 cents          19.50 cents

TOTAL                                                  73.50 cents           73.50 cents

 

M-NCPPC (Pr. George's Co) FY26 Operating Budget

Administration Fund $84,936,818

Recreation Fund $166,678,779

Park Fund  $240,767,075 

Advance Land Acquisition Fund - Debt Svc $0

Subtotal - Tax Supported Funds $492,382,672

 

Park Debt Service Fund $15,717,154

Special Revenue Funds $8,235,501

Enterprise Fund $17,256,538

Internal Service Funds $44,280,373

ALA Revolving Fund 325,510

Subtotal - Other Funds $85,815,076

Grand Total/Operating $578,197,748

 

M-NCPPC (Pr. George's Co) FY265 Capital Budget

Capital Projects Fund (Excludes Transfer to Park Fund) $129,590,000

Grand Total/Capital $129,590,000