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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="7-505" title_number="7" title_name="Property Tax Exemptions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="County Exemptions -- Optional; Payments in Lieu of Taxes">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “service facilities” includes nondwelling commercial and community facilities, community rooms, dining halls, and infirmaries.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except in Baltimore City, real property is exempt from county and municipal corporation property tax if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the real property is owned by a person engaged in constructing or operating housing structures or projects;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the real property is used for a housing structure or project that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is constructed or substantially rehabilitated under a federal, State, or local government program that:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>funds construction or insures its financing; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>provides interest subsidy, rent subsidy, or rent supplements; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is substantially completed after July 1, 1978;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the structures and facilities of the real property are governmentally controlled as to rents, charges, rates of return, and methods of operation so that the real property operates on a nonprofit or limited distribution basis; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the owner and the governing body of the county and, where applicable, municipal corporation where the real property is located agree that the owner shall pay a negotiated amount in lieu of the applicable county and municipal corporation property tax.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the structure and facilities of the real property are used predominantly for residential purposes, the real property may contain service facilities to serve its occupants and the surrounding neighborhood.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Real property described in subsection (a) of this section is exempt when the requirements of subsection (a) of this section are met.</text>
  </level>
</section>
