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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="7-519" 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 section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Community–managed open space” means a local park, garden, woods, or other predominantly undeveloped area that is utilized and cared for by the local community in a natural or cultivated state for the general benefit of the local community.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Community open space management entity” means a nonprofit organization that has a cooperative agreement with the Maryland Environmental Trust and the purposes of which are primarily to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>preserve community–managed open spaces in fully developed areas;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>acquire, sell, lease, transfer, manage, establish, or hold easements to parcels of land for use as community–managed open space in fully developed areas; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>encourage, support, and facilitate the participation of communities in the beautification, maintenance, and preservation of community–managed open spaces in fully developed areas.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation may exempt property owned by a community open space management entity from the county or municipal property tax.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The governing body of a county or municipal corporation may enact regulations, procedures, and any other provision necessary to carry out the exemption under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
