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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="9-248" 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, “family assistance dwelling” means a house, and the lot or curtilage on which the house is erected, if the house:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is not a vacation home;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is not the residence of the homeowner but treated as used by the homeowner for personal purposes within the meaning of § 280A(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is the only residence of an individual who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is the brother, sister, half–brother, half–sister, spouse, parent, step–parent, grandparent, child, step–child, adopted child, or grandchild of the homeowner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>makes rental payments to the homeowner that are less than 90% of a fair rental price paid for a similar dwelling in the same area; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is entitled to low income assistance benefits under a federal or State program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <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 tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a family assistance dwelling.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or of a municipal corporation may provide, by law, for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the amount and duration of the tax credit under this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>additional eligibility criteria for the tax credit under this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>regulations and procedures for the application and uniform processing of requests for the tax credit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any other provision necessary to carry out the credit under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
