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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 25-18 Refunds – Residential uses.">
  <section prefix="§" num="25-18" heading="Refunds – Residential uses.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Any person that has paid the tax imposed under this Part 2 for any energy delivered to residential users or to combined residential and commercial users may apply annually to the Director for a refund of that portion of the taxes paid in excess of the applicable rate reasonably allocable to residential users only.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Application.">
      <para num="(1)">The application shall:<para num="(i)">be signed by the applicant;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">contain a sworn affidavit as to the truth and accuracy of the information set forth in it;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">be filed not later than April 1 of each year; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">cover the preceding 12 months.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">Any application not received by April 1 in any particular year may not be given consideration.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Director’s authority.">
      <para num="(1)">The Director may refund that portion of the taxes determined to have been paid in connection with energy delivered to residential users only.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, the Director may adopt rules and regulations to assist in making that determination.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Reserve fund.">
      <para num="(1)">Any refund shall be made from a reserve fund created out of a portion of the tax receipts collected under this Part 2.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The reserve fund shall be in an amount estimated to be sufficient to pay the refunds authorized by this section.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 28, §56A(g)(3)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-441</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-728</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Text Conformed 02/25/21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">By authority of Ordinance 20-431, Section 5, the Director of Legislative Reference, in consultation with the Law Department, has conformed this section to refer expressly to and reflect the requirements of the recently-enacted Administrative Procedure Act that, effective January 15, 2021, governs the proposal, adoption, and publication of administrative rules and regulations.</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
