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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="6-801" title_number="6" title_name="Economic Development Tax Incentives" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="More Jobs for Marylanders Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Benefit year” means a taxable year in which a qualified business entity claims a program benefit established under § 6–805 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Business entity” means a person conducting or operating a trade or business that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>primarily engaged in activities that, in accordance with the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS), United States Manual, United States Office of Management and Budget, 2012 Edition, would be included in Sector 31, 32, or 33; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>located in an opportunity zone.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Business entity” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a refiner, as defined in § 10–101 of the Business Regulation Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a person conducting or operating a trade or business that is:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>providing adult entertainment, as determined by the Department;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>primarily engaged in retail activities, unless the person is operating a grocery store located in an opportunity zone; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>primarily engaged in the sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the following entities:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a private or commercial golf course or country club;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a tanning salon; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a bail bondsman.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Eligible project” means a facility operated by a business entity in a Tier I area or Tier II area.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Existing business entity” means a business entity that is located in the State at the time it notifies the Department under § 6–803(c) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Grocery store” has the meaning stated in § 9–254 of the Tax – Property Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“New business entity” means a business entity that is not located in the State at the time it notifies the Department under § 6–803(b) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Opportunity zone” means an area that has been designated as a qualified opportunity zone in the State under § 1400Z–1 of the Internal Revenue Code.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Program” means the More Jobs for Marylanders Program established under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Qualified business entity” means a new business entity or an existing business entity operating an eligible project under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Qualified position” means a position that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is full–time and of indefinite duration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>except as provided in item 2 of this item, for a position in a facility that is located in an opportunity zone, pays an average annual salary that exceeds $50,000; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <level label="A">
            <text>for a position in a facility  of a business entity described under subsection (c)(1)(i) of this section that is provided a certificate under § 6–805 of this subtitle before June 1, 2022, pays at least 120% of the State minimum wage; or</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>for a position in a facility of a business entity described under subsection (c)(1)(i) of this section that is provided a certificate under § 6–805 of this subtitle on or after June 1, 2022, pays at least 150% of the State minimum wage;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is located in a facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>is newly created at a single facility in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>is filled.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Qualified position” does not include a position that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>created when an employment function is shifted from an existing facility of a business entity in the State to another facility of the same business entity if the position is not a net new job in the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>created through a change in ownership of a trade or business;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>created through a consolidation, merger, or restructuring of a business entity if the position is not a net new job in the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>created when an employment function is contractually shifted from an existing business entity to another business entity in the State if the position is not a net new job in the State; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>filled for a period of less than 12 months.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>“Tier I area” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a Tier I county, as defined in § 1–101 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a county designated by the Department that is not a county described in item (1) of this subsection, not to exceed three counties; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an opportunity zone.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>“Tier II area” means an area that is not an area described in subsection (l) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
