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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="10-209" title_number="10" title_name="Property Tax Payment" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Time of Payment -- Variations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation may, by law, establish an installment payment program for taxes in arrears on any residential property.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Any fee or charge of any kind that is included on a property tax bill may be paid through the installment payment program authorized under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a person is in compliance with the terms of an installment payment program under this section, the collector may not take action under Title 14, Subtitle 8 of this article to collect any property taxes in arrears that are included in the installment payment program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person is not in compliance with the terms of an installment payment program if the person fails to make a payment for a period of 90 days after the date the payment is due, or a longer period determined by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a person is not in compliance with the terms of an installment payment program, the collector may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>terminate the person’s enrollment in the installment payment program; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>take action under Title 14, Subtitle 8 of this article to collect the property taxes in arrears that were included in the installment payment program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation may provide, by law, for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>any additional eligibility criteria for an installment payment program under this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the process for enrolling in an installment payment program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the frequency and due dates of installment payments; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any other provision necessary to carry out this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
