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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="9-252" 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 municipal corporation may grant, by law, a property tax credit under this section against the county or municipal corporation property tax that is imposed on real property that is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>owned by Habitat for Humanity with the intention of relinquishing ownership in the near future;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>used for the purposes of development, rehabilitation, and transfer to a private owner; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>not occupied by administrative or warehouse buildings owned by Habitat for Humanity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation grants a property tax credit under this section, Habitat for Humanity shall submit an annual written report to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation granting the tax credit documenting:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>all of Habitat for Humanity’s real property holdings in the jurisdiction granting the tax credit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>all transactions involving Habitat for Humanity’s real property holdings in the jurisdiction granting the tax credit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation may, by law:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>set the amount, terms, scope, and duration of a credit granted under subsection (a) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>adopt any other provision necessary to administer a credit granted under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
