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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="9-219" title_number="9" title_name="Property Tax Credits and Property Tax Relief" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Statewide Optional">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or of a municipal corporation may grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on rental dwellings of owners who provide reduced rents for any tenant who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is at least 65 years old;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has been found permanently and totally disabled and has qualified for benefits under:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Social Security Act;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Railroad Retirement Act;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any federal act for service members; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any federal retirement system; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>has been found permanently and totally disabled by a county health officer or the Baltimore City Commissioner of Health.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The county or municipal corporation may provide, by law, for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the specific requirements for eligibility for a tax credit authorized under this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>additional limitations on eligibility for the credit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the amount and duration of the credit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any other provision appropriate to implement the credit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
