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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="6-104" title_number="6" title_name="Revenues" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Studies and Estimates">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “nonwithholding income tax revenues” means the State share of income tax quarterly estimated and final payments with returns made by individuals, as defined in § 10–101 of the Tax – General Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Nonwithholding income tax revenues” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the county share of income tax quarterly estimated and final payments with returns made by individuals;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>income tax payments made by corporations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>income tax refunds paid to individuals or corporations; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>income tax withholding.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After the end of each fiscal year, the Bureau shall submit to the Board a report that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>contains an itemized statement of the State revenues from all sources for that fiscal year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>includes any recommendations of the Bureau.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>In December, March, and September of each year, the Bureau shall submit to the Board a report that contains an itemized statement of the estimated State revenues from all sources for the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the report is made.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The report required under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be reviewed and approved by the Revenue Monitoring Committee before the estimates in the report may be formally adopted by the Board.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Bureau shall submit the March report required under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph to the Board by a date that allows the Board to meet before the passage of the annual budget bill in the first chamber of the General Assembly to vote on the budget bill in that year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Bureau shall provide to the Board any other information that the Board requests.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the reports required under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection shall include an itemized statement of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>revenues or estimated revenues distributed to the Transportation Trust Fund, including the motor fuel taxes imposed under Title 9, Subtitle 3 of the Tax – General Article and motor vehicle titling taxes imposed under Title 13, Subtitle 8 of the Transportation Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>revenues from the State transfer tax imposed under Title 13, Subtitle 2 of the Tax – Property Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>estimated revenues from nonwithholding income taxes calculated in accordance with subsection (e) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>estimated revenues from any premium taxes collected by the Maryland Insurance Administration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <level label="i">
        <text>In order for the Bureau to include in the reports required under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection estimated revenues from any premium taxes collected by the Maryland Insurance Administration, the Maryland Insurance Administration shall submit to the Bureau:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>within 1 month after the end of the preceding fiscal quarter, quarterly premium tax data on a cash basis and by fund source, including payments, refunds, other financial transactions, and total net cash impact;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a fiscal year–end close–out report reconciling the quarterly data;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>an annual report tabulating data from submitted tax forms for each insurer, including total premiums, total deductions, total taxable premiums, gross tax owed, and liability information; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>any other data requested by the Bureau.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Maryland Insurance Administration shall submit the data required under this paragraph in a format determined by the Bureau.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In addition to these reports, the Bureau shall continually conduct studies of State revenue sources to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>determine the amount of revenue produced; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>devise and recommend new methods and sources for improved efficiency, equity, and economy in production, collection, and estimation of revenue.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before December 1, 2008, and December 1 of every third year thereafter, the Bureau shall submit to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly a tax incidence study measuring:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the burden of all the major taxes and toll charges imposed by the State, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the individual income tax;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the motor fuel tax;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the real property tax; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>the sales and use tax;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>how the burden of each tax and charge type is shared among taxpayers of different income levels; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the aggregate impact of the taxes and charges among taxpayers of different income levels.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In order to assist the Bureau in preparing a tax incidence study under this subsection, any governmental unit involved in the implementation or administration of the taxes and charges evaluated in the study shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>provide promptly any information that the Bureau requests; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>otherwise cooperate with the Bureau.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Bureau shall prepare and submit the statistics of income report required under § 10–223 of the Tax – General Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Beginning with the revenue estimate for fiscal year 2020, the Bureau shall calculate the share of General Fund revenues represented by nonwithholding income tax revenues in accordance with this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>For each fiscal year, the Bureau shall calculate the 10–year average share of General Fund revenues represented by nonwithholding income tax revenues.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>For each fiscal year, the 10–year average shall use the 10 most recently completed fiscal years for which data are available when the estimate is prepared in the September before the beginning of the fiscal year.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The same 10–year average shall be used in all subsequent revisions to the revenue estimate for that fiscal year.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, for each fiscal year, if the Bureau’s estimate of the share of General Fund revenues from nonwithholding income tax revenues is above the 10–year average share, the Bureau shall adjust the revenue estimate by reducing General Fund revenues from nonwithholding income tax revenues by an amount sufficient to align the estimated share of General Fund revenues from nonwithholding income tax revenues with the 10–year average share of General Fund revenues from nonwithholding income taxes.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The adjustment made under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph may not exceed the following percentage of total General Fund revenues or dollar value in a specified fiscal year:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <level label="0">
            <text>225% for fiscal year 2020;</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>$0 for fiscal year 2021;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>$80,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>$0 for fiscal years 2024 through 2029; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>2% for fiscal year 2030 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The capped estimate calculated under this paragraph shall be incorporated in the revenue estimate the Bureau shall report to the Board in the report required under subsection (b)(2) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>On or before February 1, 2023, and February 1 of every fourth year thereafter, the Bureau, in collaboration with the Consensus Revenue Monitoring and Forecasting Group established under § 6–105 of this subtitle, shall submit to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly a report on the strengths and weaknesses of the Bureau in the preceding four years, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the accuracy of Bureau estimates of State revenue;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the impact of the revenue volatility cap on reporting; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the challenges faced by the Bureau in forecasting State revenues.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before August 1, 2023, and August 1 of every fourth year thereafter, the Department of Legislative Services shall submit, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly a report on the operations of the Bureau, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an analysis of the transparency and usability of data and reports produced by the Bureau;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an overview of appropriations for the Bureau and major expenditures;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an analysis of the staffing needs of the Bureau; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>issues preventing the Bureau from carrying out its duties under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall cover the operations of the Bureau during the same period as the report issued by the Bureau under subsection (f) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
