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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="4-701" title_number="4" title_name="Tourism, Film, and the Arts" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Arts and Entertainment Districts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Artistic work” means an original and creative work that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is created, written, composed, or executed, either alone or with others; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>falls into one of the following categories:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a book or other writing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a play or performance of a play;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a musical composition or the performance of a musical composition;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a painting or other picture, including a photograph;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a sculpture;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>traditional or fine crafts, including works of cultural expression;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the creation of a film or the acting within a film;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>the creation of a dance or the performance of a dance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>the design or creation of original jewelry, clothing, or other functional art;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>storytelling or a storytelling performance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>a digital or new media design or performance; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>any other product generated as a result of a work or combination of works listed in items (i) through (xi) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Arts and entertainment district” means a developed district of public and private uses that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is distinguished by physical and cultural resources that play a vital role in the life and development of the community and contribute to the public through interpretive, educational, and recreational uses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>ranges in size from a portion of a political subdivision to a regional district with a special coherence.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Arts and entertainment enterprise” means a for–profit or nonprofit entity dedicated to creating, selling, or sharing artistic work.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Political subdivision” means a county or municipal corporation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Qualifying residing artist” means an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>owns or rents residential real property in the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>conducts a business in any arts and entertainment district; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>derives income from the sale or performance within any arts and entertainment district of an artistic work that the individual wrote, composed, or executed, either alone or with others, in any arts and entertainment district.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
