Post by Logan on Jun 8, 2016 21:57:03 GMT -6
A proposed add-on to the annual state personal income tax of up to $40 per person or $80 per household and an increase in business license fees from $75 to $120 a year, could be introduced by state lawmakers early next week to raise money needed to restore thousands of miles of polluted creeks, streams, rivers and bays that run through Delaware
Sen. Bryan Townsend, D- Newark, co-chair of the task force that came up with the proposal, said the task force meets Tuesday and will finalize the recommended legislation.
"We know what the issue is," he said. "We just simply need the money" to start addressing the problems.
The 24-mile Delaware Ocean coast and the Delaware Bay shore, huge drivers in the state coastal and ecotourism economies, meet the federal Clean Water Act standards for fishable and swimmable.
Read more: www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/07/income-tax-add-proposed-fix-water-quality/32651647/
Sen. Bryan Townsend, D- Newark, co-chair of the task force that came up with the proposal, said the task force meets Tuesday and will finalize the recommended legislation.
"We know what the issue is," he said. "We just simply need the money" to start addressing the problems.
The 24-mile Delaware Ocean coast and the Delaware Bay shore, huge drivers in the state coastal and ecotourism economies, meet the federal Clean Water Act standards for fishable and swimmable.
Read more: www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/07/income-tax-add-proposed-fix-water-quality/32651647/