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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="7-221.1" title_number="7" title_name="Property Tax Exemptions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Property Tax Exemptions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Bank or trust company” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a commercial bank;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a savings bank;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a trust company; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a company that substantially competes with national banks in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Savings and loan association” means a savings and loan association that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is organized under the laws of the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is organized under the laws of another state and is admitted to do business in this State; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is organized under the laws of the United States and has an office in this State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, personal property is not subject to valuation or to property tax, if the personal property:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is owned by a bank or trust company or a savings and loan association and is used in connection with the processing of deposits or loans of the bank or trust company or savings and loan association;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is a computer program, as defined in § 11-225(a) of the Tax - General Article, or computer hardware; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is not used in connection with word processing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The exemption under this section does not apply to any personal property that is leased, loaned, or made available by a bank or trust company or a savings and loan association for the use of a person that is not a bank or trust company or savings and loan association.</text>
  </level>
</section>
