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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="9-268" 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 against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property that is used for a hotel or residential development project that is newly constructed or involves substantial rehabilitation or revitalization of existing structures.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To qualify for the credit under this section, a hotel shall substantially increase the assessed value of the property.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To qualify for the credit under this section, a residential development project shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>include at least 20 residential units; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>have at least 15% of all residential units within the development that are affordable to households earning less than 80% of the area median income.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or of a 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>eligibility requirements for the tax credit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>application procedures for the tax credit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any other provision necessary to carry out this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
