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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="9-238" title_number="9" title_name="Property Tax Credits and Property Tax Relief" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Statewide Optional">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “community association” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a neighborhood organization that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is comprised of city blocks of at least 25 households or 25% of the households of a local neighborhood consisting of 40 or more individual households, whichever is less, as defined by specific geographic boundaries in the bylaws or charter of the association;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>requires as a condition of membership, the voluntary payment of monetary dues or membership fees at least annually; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>is organized and operated for one or more of the following purposes:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>relief of neighborhood tensions;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>prevention of community deterioration;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>provision of relief to the poor, underprivileged, or distressed;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>preservation of historic areas;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>community revitalization; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>promotion of the common good and social welfare of the people of the community; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an umbrella organization that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>consists of coalitions of several neighborhood organizations as described in paragraph (1) of this subsection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>addresses issues that affect broad areas of the county or municipal corporation where the umbrella organization is located.</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 grant, by law, a property tax credit under this subsection against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on personal property that is owned by a community association for a taxable year, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the community association was in existence as of the first day of the taxable year for which the credit under this section is to be allowed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the community association is in good standing, if it is organized as a Maryland corporation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the personal property is valued at $8,000 or less.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
