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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="8-103" title_number="8" title_name="Valuation and Assessment" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions and Valuation">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“New statewide value” means the phased in value of all real property subject to property tax on January 1 preceding any taxable year, excluding the phased in value of real property assessed for the 1st time during the calendar year beginning on that January 1.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Phased in value” means for the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year of a 3-year cycle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the prior value of real property increased by one-third, two-thirds, or the full amount by which the value increased over the prior value based on a physical inspection of the real property; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the value of real property has not increased, the value determined in the most recent valuation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“3-year cycle” means a continuous series of 3 calendar year periods beginning for each period with the 1st calendar year after the calendar year in which a physical inspection of real property is made under § 8-104(b) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or before January 1 of each year, the Department shall determine the new statewide value.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in this subsection, the assessment of real property is its phased in value.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The assessment of the real property described in § 8-102(b) of this subtitle is its phased in use value.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The assessment of the operating real property described in § 8-108(c) of this subtitle is its value.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The assessment of the operating real property described in § 8-109(c) of this subtitle is its value.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
