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The comptroller of Maryland is a constitutional officer of the U.S. state of Maryland. Thirty-four individuals have held the office of comptroller since 1851, when the office was created. Thirty-four individuals have held the office of comptroller since 1851, when the office was created.
The chief executive officer is the comptroller, which is an elected position of four years. The current Comptroller of Maryland is Brooke Lierman (D), currently serving her term (2023–present). [2] The comptroller appoints two deputy comptrollers and a chief of staff. [3] The Field Enforcement Unit (FEU) is the enforcement arm of the office.
On election day, 5 November 2002, Democratic nominee William Donald Schaefer won re-election by a margin of 602,494 votes against his opponent Republican nominee Eugene Robert Zarwell, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of comptroller. Schaefer was sworn in for his second term on 3 January 2003.
The government of Maryland is conducted according to the Maryland Constitution.The United States is a federation; consequently, the government of Maryland, like the other 49 state governments, has exclusive authority over matters that lie entirely within the state's borders, except as limited by the Constitution of the United States.
Brooke Elizabeth Lierman (born February 14, 1979) is an American civil rights attorney and politician who is the 34th Comptroller of Maryland.She was first elected in 2022, becoming the first female Comptroller of the state and the first woman elected to an independent state government office in Maryland. [1]
The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify states and counties, is provided with each entry. [5] Maryland's code is 24, which when combined with any county code would be written as 24XXX. [6] [7] The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.
Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne, 575 U.S. 542 (2015), is a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that applied the Dormant Commerce Clause doctrine to Maryland's personal income tax scheme and found that the failure to provide a full credit for income taxes paid to other states was unconstitutional.
On election day, 8 November 1994, Democratic nominee Louis L. Goldstein won re-election by a margin of 293,221 votes against his opponent Republican nominee Timothy R. Mayberry, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of comptroller. Goldstein was sworn in for his tenth term on 3 January 1995.