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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="9-276" 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 tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a commercial building that is rented or rented to own at fair market value to a small business if the commercial building is located in:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an arts and entertainment district designated under Title 4, Subtitle 7 of the Economic Development Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a Main Street Maryland community designated by the Department of Housing and Community Development;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a Baltimore Main Street as designated by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any other business improvement district as designated by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation.</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 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>application procedures for the tax credit under this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any other provision necessary to carry out the tax credit under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
