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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="9-249" title_number="9" title_name="Property Tax Credits and Property Tax Relief" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Statewide Optional">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Commercial fish operation” means any activity for which a person is required to possess a tidal fish license under § 4–701 of the Natural Resources Article.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Commercial fish operation” includes any activity for which a person is required to be licensed as a seafood dealer under § 4–701 of the Natural Resources Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Commercial fishing vessel” means a vessel that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>owned or leased by a person possessing a tidal fish license under § 4–701 of the Natural Resources Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>used in a commercial fish operation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Commercial marina” means a marina that leases at least 20% of its slips to commercial fishing vessels.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Commercial marine repair facility” means a marine repair facility that derives at least 20% of its gross receipts from charges for the repair and maintenance of commercial fishing vessels.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Commercial waterfront property” means real property that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is adjacent to the tidal waters of the State;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is used primarily for a commercial fish operation or as a commercial marina or commercial marine repair facility; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>for the most recent 3–year period, has produced an average annual gross income of at least $1,000.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Commercial waterfront property” includes land that is adjacent to or under improvements used primarily for a commercial fish operation or as a commercial marina or commercial marine repair facility.</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 commercial waterfront property.</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>
