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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="9-267" title_number="9" title_name="Property Tax Credits and Property Tax Relief" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Statewide Optional">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “dwelling” has the meaning stated in § 9–105 of this title.</text>
  </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 under this section against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on the dwelling of a surviving spouse of a fallen service member, if the surviving spouse has not remarried and is ineligible for the property tax exemption under § 7–208 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall define, by law, who is a fallen service member; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may provide, by law, for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the amount and duration of the tax credit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>additional eligibility criteria for the tax credit under this section;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>regulations and procedures for the application and uniform processing of requests for the tax credit; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any other provision necessary to carry out the tax credit under this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
