Nine Maryland counties may now tax property owners for rainwater runoff

That’s a joke, right? Taxing someone for the rainwater that runs across his property?

Remember: It’s in Maryland.

“Approved by the Senate and House of Delegates minutes before the end of the legislative session, the bill, HB987, requires nine counties and Baltimore City to establish a watershed protection and restoration program.

“Local governments would charge property owners a fee based on the amount of pavement on their property.

"It would be at the jurisdiction of the local governments to determine the size of those fees.”

http://marylandreporter.com/2012/04/10/general-assembly-approves-stormwater-fee-for-nine-counties/

(A pavement tax. Sidewalk, parking area, who knows what else. And see how the reporter calls the tax a "fee?" How the hell can anybody in his right mind write a story like that and call a tax a fee?

(Henry 8 taxed windows. Maryland taxes rain. )

Link at http://ace.mu.nu/


Correction. William 3 taxed windows beginning in 1696. Henry 8 taxed beards in 1533.

http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/2011/04/13/strange-old-taxes-that-arent-around-anymore/