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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="7-506.1" 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, infirmaries, child and adult day care facilities, and drug rehabilitation facilities.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except in Baltimore City, real property may be 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 is constructed or substantially rehabilitated under a federal, State, or local government program that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>funds construction or insures its financing in whole or in part; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>provides interest subsidy, rent subsidy, or rent supplements;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the owner and the governing body of the county and, where applicable, the municipal corporation where the real property is located agree that the owner shall pay a negotiated amount in lieu of the applicable county or municipal corporation property tax; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the owner of the real property:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <level label="A">
            <text>agrees to continue to maintain the real property as rental housing for lower income persons under the requirements of the government programs described in paragraph (2)(ii) of this subsection; and</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>agrees to renew any annual contributions contract or other agreement for rental subsidy or supplement; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>enters into an agreement with the governing body of the county or municipal corporation to allow the entire property or the portion of the property which was maintained for lower income persons to remain as housing for lower income persons for a term of at least 5 years.</text>
        </level>
      </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>
