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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="7-209" title_number="7" title_name="Property Tax Exemptions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Property Tax Exemptions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Property is not subject to property tax if the property:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is owned by an incorporated, nonprofit fire company or rescue squad; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is necessary for and actually used exclusively for the purposes of the fire company or rescue squad, including property that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is used for:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>training; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>fund raising at carnivals or bazaars;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is held in an advanced land acquisition program of the fire company or rescue squad;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is leased for not more than 60 days during any 12–month period, if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the property is used for a purpose that is related to the purposes of the fire company or rescue squad; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the rent that is received from the property is used exclusively for the purposes of the fire company or rescue squad;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>is leased to any nonprofit organization, if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the property is used for a purpose that is related to the purposes of the fire company or rescue squad; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the rent that is received from the property is used exclusively for the purposes of the fire company or rescue squad; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>is used as a residence for an individual who:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is responsible for taking care of property owned by the fire company or rescue squad;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is a member of the fire company or rescue squad;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>is not an employee of the fire company or rescue squad; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>is not under an obligation to pay for the use of the property.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The exemption under subsection (a) of this section applies in Baltimore County only if real property owned by an incorporated, nonprofit fire company or rescue squad located in Baltimore County:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is actually used exclusively for the purposes of the fire company or rescue squad; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is not used for any purpose but will be actually used exclusively for the purposes of the fire company or rescue squad in the future.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
