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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="9-277" 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>“Discount store” means a retail store that offers for sale:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a combination and variety of convenience and consumer shopping goods; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the majority of the items in the inventory at a price not to exceed $5.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Retail use” does not include use by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a discount store;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a self–service storage facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a licensed retailer of cigarettes under Title 16 of the Business Regulation Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a licensed other tobacco products retailer or tobacconist, as defined in § 16.5–101 of the Business Regulation Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>an electronic smoking devices retailer or a vape shop vendor, as defined in § 16.7–101 of the Business Regulation Article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>a holder of a Class A retail alcoholic beverages license under Division II of the Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>It is the intent of the General Assembly that a property tax credit authorized under this section be granted primarily to defray costs associated with the removal of underground storage tanks and the remediation of any contamination associated with underground storage tanks.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <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 real property if the use of the real property has been converted from a retail service station to another retail use, a residential use, or a mixed retail and residential use.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The tax credit under this section may not be granted for real property unless underground storage tanks located on or formerly located on the real property have been permanently closed in accordance with regulations of the Department of the Environment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <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;</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>
