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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="7-504.5" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL APRIL 14, 2036 PER CHAPTERS 145 AND 146 OF 2026" title_number="7" title_name="Property Tax Exemptions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="County Exemptions -- Optional; Payments in Lieu of Taxes">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “economic development project” means a real estate development project that consists of newly constructed or rehabilitated commercial or multifamily residential property if the real estate development project:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>exists within the Downtown RISE District as described in subsection (b) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>includes at least one of the following:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a hotel;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an office building;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a retail facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a multifamily residential facility; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a mixed–use facility that contains one or more of the facilities described in items (i) through (iv) of this item.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Downtown RISE District consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>ward 4, precinct 1;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>ward 4, precinct 2;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>ward 4, precinct 3;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>ward 22, precinct 1;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>ward 22, precinct 2; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>ward 21, precinct 5.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An economic development project is exempt or partially exempt from Baltimore City real property tax if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the owner of the economic development project demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Baltimore City Board of Estimates that the City of Baltimore or its designated agency has conducted an economic analysis of the project, including an assessment of the financial necessity for an exemption as authorized under this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the owner of the economic development project and the Baltimore City Board of Estimates enter into a payment in lieu of taxes agreement specifying the amount that the owner shall pay to Baltimore City each year in lieu of Baltimore City property taxes during the term of the agreement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>To be eligible for a payment in lieu of taxes agreement under this section, the owner of an economic development project shall, on or before June 30, 2036:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>apply to enter into a payment in lieu of taxes agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>have building permits issued; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>have satisfied or waived all conditions for the financing required for the construction of the project.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>On or before January 1 each year, the City of Baltimore or its designated agency shall report to the President of the City Council of Baltimore and, subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a description of each economic development project for which the City of Baltimore entered into a payment in lieu of taxes agreement under this section during the preceding fiscal year, including a statement of the analysis of the project described in subsection (c)(1) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for those economic development projects that have a payment in lieu of taxes agreement under this section, and for which construction or rehabilitation has been completed:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the number and types of jobs created during the preceding fiscal year and estimated to be created during the following fiscal year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the total taxes that the project is estimated to have generated, directly and indirectly, for the City of Baltimore during the preceding fiscal year and estimated to be generated during the following fiscal year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any other economic benefits of the project.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
