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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="4-103" title_number="4" title_name="Admissions and Amusement Tax" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The admissions and amusement tax may not be imposed by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a county on gross receipts derived from any source within a municipal corporation located in that county, if the municipal corporation imposes an admissions and amusement tax on any gross receipts or specifically exempts any gross receipts from the admissions and amusement tax;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Baltimore County on gross receipts:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>of a nonprofit community association that is organized and operated to promote the general welfare of the community that the association serves and the net earnings of which do not inure to the benefit of any stockholder or member of the association; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>derived from any admissions and amusement charge for any activities related to agricultural tourism;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Calvert County on gross receipts that are subject to the sales and use tax;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Washington County on gross receipts from an amusement device that is subject to the license and permit requirements of Title 17, Subtitle 4, Part V of the Business Regulation Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Montgomery County on gross receipts derived within an area designated as an enterprise zone under Title 5, Subtitle 7 of the Economic Development Article from a charge for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>admission to a nightclub or room in a hotel, restaurant, hall, or other place where dancing privileges, music, or other entertainment is provided; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>merchandise, refreshment, or a service sold or served in connection with entertainment at a nightclub or room in a hotel, restaurant, hall, or other place where dancing privileges, music, or other entertainment is provided; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Harford County on gross receipts derived from:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>any admissions and amusement charge for golf entertainment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any admissions and amusement charge in connection with a business that provides drive–in movie entertainment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any admissions and amusement charge for any activities related to agricultural tourism; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any admissions and amusement charge by a roller skating rink.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The admissions and amusement tax may not be imposed by a county or municipal corporation on gross receipts:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>derived from any charge for merchandise, refreshments, or a service sold or served at a place where:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>dancing is prohibited; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the only entertainment provided is mechanical music, radio, or television;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>derived from any charge for admission to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a live boxing or wrestling match; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a concert or theatrical event presented or offered by a nonprofit group that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is organized and operated to present or offer an annual series of scheduled musical concerts; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is organized and operated for a cultural purpose and receives a grant directly or indirectly from the Maryland State Arts Council;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>derived from any charge for admission to or use of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a facility or equipment in connection with a bingo game that is operated in accordance with § 13–507 of the Criminal Law Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a bowling alley or lane;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a charter fishing boat; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a nontethered hot air balloon;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>derived from any charge for admission or for merchandise, refreshments, or a service, if the gross receipts are used exclusively for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a charitable, educational, or religious purpose;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a volunteer fire company or nonprofit rescue squad;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a fraternal, service, or veterans’ organization chartered by a grant of Congress; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the improvement, maintenance, or operation of an agricultural fair, if no net earnings inure to the benefit of any stockholder or member of the association that conducts the fair; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>obtained at admission and used for the cost of prizes or as money winnings distributed, as part of its operation, by a commercial bingo game in Anne Arundel County.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
