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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="6-1005" title_number="6" title_name="Economic Development Tax Incentives" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Opportunity Zone Enhancement Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Economically disadvantaged individual”, “focus area employee”, and “qualified employee” have the meanings stated in § 10–702 of the Tax – General Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Enterprise zone” and “focus area” have the meanings stated in § 5–701 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For a qualified  opportunity zone business that qualifies for an income tax credit for wages paid in an enterprise zone under § 10–702(c) and (d) of the Tax – General Article:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Level 1 opportunity zone enhancement is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>up to  $1,025 of the wages paid to each qualified employee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for wages paid to each qualified employee who is an economically disadvantaged individual, the credit allowed under § 10–702(c) and (d) is increased by 7.5% in each of the 3 taxable years in which the credit is claimed; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Level 2 opportunity zone enhancement is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>up to $1,200 of the wages paid to each qualified employee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for wages paid to each qualified employee who is an economically disadvantaged individual, the credit allowed under § 10–702(e) of the Tax – General Article is increased by 10% in each of the 3 taxable years in which the credit is claimed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>For a qualified opportunity zone business that qualifies for an income tax credit for wages paid in a focus area under § 10–702(e) of the Tax – General Article:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Level 1 opportunity zone enhancement is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>up to  $1,540 of the wages paid to each focus area employee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for wages paid to each focus area employee who is an economically disadvantaged individual, the credit allowed under § 10–702(e) of the Tax – General Article is increased by 7.5% in each of the 3 taxable years in which the credit is claimed; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the  Level 2 opportunity zone enhancement is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>up to $1,750 of the wages paid to each focus area employee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for wages paid to each focus area employee who is an economically disadvantaged individual, the credit allowed under § 10–702(e) of the Tax – General Article is increased by 10% in each of the 3 taxable years in which the credit is claimed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The enhanced multipliers authorized under subsections (b)(1)(i) and (2)(i) and (c)(1)(i) and (2)(i) of this section are in substitution for and not in addition to the multipliers under § 10–702(e) of the Tax – General Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
