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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="7-515" 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>The governing body of Allegany County shall enter into an agreement with an owner or operator of a video lottery facility that locates in Allegany County for a negotiated payment in lieu of taxes on the video lottery facility.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An agreement for a negotiated payment in lieu of taxes under this section shall provide that, for the term specified in the agreement:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a specified amount shall be paid to Allegany County in lieu of the payment of Allegany County property tax; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>all or a specified part of the real and personal property at the video lottery facility shall be exempt from Allegany County property tax for the term of the agreement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
