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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="20-903" title_number="20" title_name="Taxes and Development Impact Fees" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Local Home Amenity Rental Tax">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A county may impose, by resolution, a home amenity rental tax.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies only to Calvert County, Charles County, and St. Mary’s County.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The governing body of a county shall hold a public hearing before imposing a home amenity rental tax.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The hearing:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall be advertised twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least 10 days before the hearing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may not be part of the annual budget hearing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
