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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="20-806" title_number="20" title_name="Taxes and Development Impact Fees" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Development Excise Taxes">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>By ordinance, the County Council of Talbot County may impose a building excise tax on any building construction in Talbot County.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The tax may be imposed throughout the county, including within municipalities.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The County Council of Talbot County shall specify in the ordinance:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the types of building construction that are subject to the tax;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the criteria and formulas used to assess the tax; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the tax rates.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The County Council of Talbot County may impose different tax rates on different types of building construction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The tax rates shall relate to the development or growth–related infrastructure needs in the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The tax rates may not exceed $2,000 per lot or parcel.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The revenues from the tax shall be deposited in a special fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The special fund may be used only for the capital costs of additional or expanded public works, improvements, and facilities required to accommodate new construction or development, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>bridges;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>parks and recreational facilities;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>roads;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>schools; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>storm drainage facilities.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If the tax is imposed within a municipality, the municipality shall assist the county in the collection of the tax by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>collecting and remitting the tax to the county; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>requiring the tax be paid to the county in accordance with the county ordinance.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Talbot County shall adopt a revenue sharing mechanism to apportion an appropriate share of revenues from the tax to the municipalities within the county.</text>
  </level>
</section>
