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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="9-234" title_number="9" title_name="Property Tax Credits and Property Tax Relief" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Statewide Optional">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The governing body of a county or municipal corporation may grant, by law, a property tax credit under this section against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property containing a vacant or underutilized commercial building that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>was built primarily for office, industrial, or other commercial purposes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>was last used for office, industrial, or other commercial purposes; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is renovated for use primarily as housing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The governing body of a county or municipal corporation may establish conditions for the granting of a property tax credit under paragraph (1) of this subsection, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>eligibility criteria;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>application procedures; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provisions for a payment in lieu of taxes to the county or municipal corporation by the recipient of the tax credit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
