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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="1-306" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Tax Expenditure Evaluation Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall prepare a report on the evaluation that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>discusses, to the degree relevant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the purpose for which the tax credit, exemption, or preference was established;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>whether the original intent of the tax credit, exemption, or preference is still appropriate;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>whether the tax credit, exemption, or preference is meeting its objectives;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>whether the purposes of the tax credit, exemption, or preference could be more efficiently and effectively carried out through alternative methods; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the costs of providing the tax credit, exemption, or preference, including the administrative cost to the State and lost revenues to the State and local governments; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>include a recommendation on whether the tax credit, exemption, or preference should be continued, with or without changes, or terminated.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For each evaluation conducted by the Department, the Department shall report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on the evaluation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
