Maryland pilots urged to support tax-and-jobs bill
AOPA is urging members in Maryland to contact their members of the General Assembly to advocate passage of Senate Bill 212, a bill that would exempt materials, parts, or equipment used to repair, maintain, or upgrade aircraft or aircraft avionics systems from sales and use tax—creating jobs and helping the state’s aircraft maintenance companies compete with rivals in other states.
The proposal has passed the Maryland Senate unanimously three times but has stalled in the House Ways and Means Committee, which will hold a hearing on the measure March 21. A companion measure introduced in the Maryland House of Delegates is House Bill 318.
“The survey indicated that passing this bill’s minor budget impact makes it a strategic investment by the state in its aircraft maintenance industry and airports that would eliminate a competitive disadvantage faced now when aircraft operators fly their aircraft out of state for maintenance services,” said Sean Collins, AOPA eastern regional manager.
“Now is the time for Maryland AOPA members to begin calling their state delegates to request their support and urge them to pass S.212 / H.318,” he said.
