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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="4-215" title_number="4" title_name="In General" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Incorporation of Municipalities">
  <text>If a referendum held under this subtitle results in the creation of a new municipality, the local income tax payments authorized under § 2–607 of the Tax – General Article shall be distributed to the municipality as follows, unless the county commissioners or county council agrees to an accelerated payment schedule:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>in the first full fiscal year after the municipal incorporation takes effect, one–third of the distribution otherwise required under § 2–607 of the Tax – General Article;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>in the second fiscal year after the municipal incorporation takes effect, two–thirds of the distribution otherwise required under § 2–607 of the Tax – General Article; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>in the third fiscal year after the municipal incorporation takes effect and each subsequent fiscal year, all of the distribution required under § 2–607 of the Tax – General Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
