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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="9-257" 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 for up to 50% of the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on personal property that is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>not operating property of a railroad or public utility; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>owned or leased by a business entity that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has been in operation for no more than 2 years; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has no more than 15 employees.</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 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 tax credit under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
