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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="9-259" 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>“Dwelling” has the meaning stated in § 9–105 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Homeowner” has the meaning stated in § 9–105 of this title.</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 property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a dwelling that is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>located in a revitalization district;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>owned by a homeowner who, on or after June 1, 2017, made substantial improvements to the dwelling in compliance with the code and laws applied to dwellings; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>reassessed at a higher value.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The tax credit under this section shall equal the amount of county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on the increased value of the dwelling since the last reassessment that is attributable to the improvements made to the property, multiplied by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>100% for the first taxable year following the first reassessment after the improvements are made;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>80% for the second taxable year following the first reassessment after the improvements are made;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>60% for the third taxable year following the first reassessment after the improvements are made;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>40% for the fourth taxable year following the first reassessment after the improvements are made;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>20% for the fifth taxable year following the first reassessment after the improvements are made; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>0% for each taxable year thereafter.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If ownership of a dwelling that is eligible for a tax credit under this section is transferred, the grantee is eligible for the balance of the property tax credit under this section in the same manner and under the same conditions as the grantor of the property.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation shall define, by law, revitalization districts for purposes of the tax credit under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <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>additional eligibility criteria for the tax credit under this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>regulations and procedures for the application and uniform processing of requests for the tax credit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any other provision necessary to carry out the tax credit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
