Annapolis City Tax Cap Charter Amendment (2009)

Not on Ballot
This measure did not or will not appear on a ballot

An Annapolis City Tax Cap ballot measure did not appear on the November 3, 2009 in Anne Arundel County for voters in the City of Annapolis. Supporters failed to collect enough signatures.

The tax cap proposition would have limited annual tax increases to 4.5% or the rate of inflation, whichever was lowest. Anne Arundel County at the time had a tax cap. In the county the average household property taxes increased by 8 percent since 2002. However, in Annapolis - where there currently is no limit on annual property tax increases - property tax rates have gone up by 43% since 2002.

Supporters

• The petition drive for the ballot measure to cap property tax increases in Annapolis was led by Herb McMillan and the Maryland Taxpayers Association.

• Brian Gill of Red Maryland supports the cap.

Path to the ballot

To qualify the measure for the November 2009 ballot, supporters were required to obtain signatures from 20% of registered voters. In Annapolis, that amounted to about 5,000 signatures. Supporters failed to collect sufficient signatures.

See also

• Annapolis City Manager Charter Amendment (2009)