Concerning: Working Families Income Supplement – Amount
Revised: October 22, 2013 Draft No. 4
Introduced: March 19, 2013
Enacted: October 29, 2013
Executive: November 12, 2013
Effective: July 1, 2014
Sunset Date: None
Ch. 31 , Laws of Mont. Co. 2013
County Council
For Montgomery County, Maryland
By: Councilmembers Riemer, Elrich, Leventhal, and Berliner
AN [[EXPEDITED]] ACT to:
(1) amend the amount paid to recipients under the Working Families Income Supplement Program; and
(2) generally amend the Working Families Income Supplement Program.
By amending
Montgomery County Code
Chapter 20, Finance
Article XIV, Working Families Income Supplement
Section 20-79
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The County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland approves the following Act:
Sec. 1. Section 20-79 is amended as follows:
20-79. Amount of Supplement.
(a) Subject to [[subsection]] subsections (b) and (c), [The] the amount of the Working Families Income Supplement paid to each recipient must equal the amount of any refund the recipient receives from the State earned income credit program [or another amount approved in the annual operating budget or a Council resolution].
(b) [[At the request of the Executive, the]] The Council may approve a lower amount in the annual operating budget by an affirmative vote of at least [[six]] five Councilmembers.
(c) The amount required in subsection (a) does not apply in any year that the State refundable earned income credit is greater than the amount by which 25% of the Federal Earned Income Credit exceeds the gross State income tax.
Sec. 2. Transition. Notwithstanding Section 20-79(a), as amended in Section 1, the amount of the Working Families Income Supplement paid to each recipient:
(a) must equal [[80%]] 90% of any refund the recipient receives from the State earned income credit program in Fiscal Year [[2014]] 2015; and
(b) must equal [[90%]] 95% of any refund the recipient receives from the State earned income credit program in Fiscal Year [[2015]] 2016.
Sec. 3. [[Expedited]] Effective Date.
[[The Council declares that this legislation is necessary for the immediate protection of the public interest.]] This Act takes effect for any fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, [[2013]] 2014.
Approved: