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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="12-113" title_number="12" title_name="Recordation Taxes" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In Harford County the collector shall deposit proceeds from recordation tax at the rate of $2.20 in a special capital improvement fund to be used to pay school bonds issued on the faith and credit of Harford County after January 1, 1959. After the debt service for the current fiscal year has been met, the money collected from this tax at the rate of $2.20 shall be credited for the purpose of financing:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>new school construction;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>major improvements and capital improvements to existing school facilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>portable classrooms; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any combination of these purposes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In Harford County the collector shall deposit proceeds from recordation tax at the rate of 55 cents in a fund for open–spaces land and recreation to be disbursed as authorized by the governing body of the county:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to purchase park lands and develop park and recreation facilities as separate units or as a part of a public school facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>to pay loans made for the purposes of item (1) of this subsection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>to match any funds provided for the purposes of item (1) of this subsection by any municipal corporation in the county, subject to an agreement between the county and the municipal corporation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>to construct a new headquarters facility in the immediate vicinity of the alms housekeeper’s residence on Tollgate Road, if the architectural integrity of the housekeeper’s residence is not affected by the construction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
