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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="9-254" 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">
      <text>“Grocery store” means an entity:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>whose primary business is selling food at retail to the general public for off–premises consumption; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>at least 20% of the gross receipts of which are derived from the retail sale of fresh produce, meats, and dairy products.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Low–income area” means an area designated, by law, by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation as a low–income area for purposes of a tax credit under this section.</text>
    </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 tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property that is used for a grocery store located in a low–income area.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or 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>
