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JOINT RESOLUTIONS

countries. Other steel producing countries are exporting
steel at prices which are artifically lowered to the extent
that the steel companies of this nation cannot realistically
compete; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the
Congressional Delegation be requested to initiate and
support federal action to impose quotas on steel imports;
and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be sent to the
Maryland Congressional Delegation: Senators Charles McC.
Mathias, Jr. and Paul S. Sarbanes, Senate Office Building,
Washington, D.C. 20510; and Representatives Robert E.
Bauman, Clarence D. Long, Barbara A. Mikulski, Marjorie S.
Holt, Gladys N. Spellman, Goodloe E. Byron, Parren J.
Mitchell, and Newton I. Steers, Jr., House Office Building,
Washington, D.C. 20515.

Approved May 29, 1978.

No. 47

(Senate Joint Resolution 35)

A Senate Joint Resolution concerning

Tax Differential

FOR the purpose of directing the State Department of Fiscal
Services to conduct an annual review on the progress of
counties in establishing tax differentials, to report
their findings to the Legislative Policy Committee, and
encouraging county governments to meet with their
respective municipal governments to discuss tax
differential.

WHEREAS, Many county governments have established a
single tax rate on all taxable property even though the
county may provide some of its services only in the
unincorporated areas of the county and leave the furnishing
of these services within the cities and towns to the
municipal governments; and

WHEREAS, As a result, owners of property within
incorporated areas pay both the county and municipal
governments for services but may receive the services only
from the municipal governments; and

WHEREAS, The 1975 General Assembly enacted legislation
permitting county governments to levy a lesser rate of
county property tax on property located within a
municipality where the municipality performs governmental