Now is the Time to Restore MDE Enforcement Resources

Center for Progressive Reform 2015-12-22

Summary:

A few months ago, I recounted the recent history of budget cuts to Maryland environmental agencies and their effect on the state of environmental inspections and enforcement in the state over the last two decades. Fortunately, it appears that an opportunity to change this situation has presented itself to policymakers in Annapolis. Recently, at the annual November meeting of the legislative Spending Affordability Committee, key lawmakers from the budget committees and House and Senate Leadership heard from the top legislative budget analysts that the state's fiscal picture finally looks "good." In fact, for the first time in a decade the state general fund budget is forecasted to be in a structural surplus, not only for the current fiscal year (2016), but the following year (2017) as well. Then this week, we received more good news about the state's budget. Revenue estimates were revised up again, not only providing a greater cushion for the current and upcoming fiscal year, but extending the estimated structural balance out another year to fiscal 2018. That is great news.

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http://www.progressivereform.org/CPRBlog.cfm?idBlog=1F32B8B0-F09E-0F62-F6CF601F4A5D37FB

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Authors:

Evan Isaacson

Date tagged:

12/22/2015, 16:50

Date published:

12/18/2015, 13:19