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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="4-201.1" title_number="4" title_name="Collectors" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Collectors">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Program” means the Homeowner Protection Program established under Title 14, Subtitle 8, Part VII of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each collector shall include with each property tax bill a separate insert that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>includes a concise description of the assistance the Program provides to prevent low–income, elderly, and disabled homeowners from losing their homes to tax sale foreclosure;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may include testimony from participants in the Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>shall encourage taxpayers to make a voluntary donation to the Program through the website maintained by the Department under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>maintain a website that any person may use to make a voluntary one–time or recurring electronic donation to the Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>credit donations received through the website to the Homeowner Protection Fund established under § 14–891 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The State Tax Sale Ombudsman shall design the separate insert required under subsection (b) of this section and provide the insert to each collector.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Each collector that maintains a website shall include on the collector’s website in a conspicuous location:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a concise description of the Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a link to the application for the Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
