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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="10-207" title_number="10" title_name="Property Tax Payment" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Time of Payment -- Variations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To ensure payment of the county or municipal corporation property tax on personal property, the governing body of a county or of a municipal corporation may authorize, by law, a personal property tax liability fee payable by a business that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>does not own any real property in the county or municipal corporation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>begins doing business in the county or municipal corporation or is conducting business and expands to a new location in the county or municipal corporation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The business shall pay the fee to the collector.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The fee is credited toward the county or municipal corporation property tax.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the property tax liability fee is less than the property tax on personal property as finally determined, the business shall pay the remaining property tax due.</text>
  </level>
</section>
