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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="9-313" title_number="9" title_name="Property Tax Credits and Property Tax Relief" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Counties to Which General Provisions Are Applicable">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The governing body of Garrett County and of a municipal corporation in Garrett County shall grant a property tax credit under this section against the county and municipal corporation property tax imposed on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>property that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>owned by the Maryland Ornithological Society, Incorporated; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>known as the Carey Run Sanctuary;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>property that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>owned by the Swanton Community Center, Incorporated;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>known as the Swanton Community Center; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>used only for community, civic, or educational purposes;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>property that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>owned by the Crellin Community Center, Incorporated;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>known as the Crellin Community Center; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>used only for community, civic, or educational purposes;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>property that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>owned by the Bittinger Community Center, Incorporated;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>known as the Bittinger Community Center; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>used only for community, civic, or educational purposes; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>property that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>owned by the Garrett County Agricultural Fair Association, Incorporated; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>used only for the purposes of the Association.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The governing body of Garrett County may grant, by law, a property tax credit under this section against the county property tax imposed on property that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>leased and occupied by the Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>used only for the purposes of the Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The governing body of Garrett County may grant, by law, a property tax credit for property that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>owned by the Board of Governors of Garrett County Memorial Hospital; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>undeveloped, for use by the hospital, or under a lease with the hospital to provide health care related services on a nonprofit basis.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The governing body of Garrett County may grant, by law, a property tax credit under this section against the county property tax imposed on property that is owned by the Avilton Community Association, Inc.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The governing body of Garrett County may grant, by law, a property tax credit under this section of up to 100% of the county property tax imposed on agricultural land that is located in an agricultural land preservation district.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In authorizing a credit under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the governing body of the county may:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>set the amount and duration of the tax credit;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>adopt any provision necessary to administer the credit; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>provide any restriction or condition considered desirable on the credit.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>In establishing a credit under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the governing body of the county may provide that a property owner who has been granted a property tax credit under this paragraph and who subsequently withdraws the property from the agricultural land preservation district shall be liable for:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>all property taxes that the owner would have been liable for on the withdrawn property if the property tax credit had not been granted; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>interest at a rate established by the governing body of the county on the property tax liability under item 1 of this subparagraph.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The governing body of Garrett County may grant, by law, a property tax credit under this section against the county property tax imposed on property that is owned by the Garrett County, Maryland, Community Action Committee, Inc. or by an entity in which the Garrett County, Maryland, Community Action Committee, Inc. has a controlling interest.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In authorizing a credit under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the governing body of the county may:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>set the amount and duration of the tax credit;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>limit eligibility for the tax credit to particular parcels of property; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>adopt any other provision necessary to administer the credit.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The governing body of Garrett County may grant, by law, a property tax credit under this section against the property tax imposed on property that is owned by Adventure Sports Center, Inc.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In authorizing a credit under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the governing body of the county may:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>set the amount and duration of the tax credit;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>provide for additional eligibility criteria for the tax credit;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>provide for regulations and procedures for the administration of requests for the tax credit; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>adopt any other provision necessary to administer the credit.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The governing body of Garrett County may grant, by law, a property tax credit under this section against the county property tax imposed on real property that is new construction or an improvement to real property owned or occupied by a commercial or industrial business that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is currently or will be doing business in Garrett County;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>will employ additional full–time local employees in the county by the second year in which the credit is allowed, not including any employee filling a job created when a job function is shifted from an existing location in the State to the location of the new construction or improvement; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>makes a substantial investment in Garrett County.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The governing body of Garrett County, by law, may:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>specify the minimum investment or job creation requirements for qualification for the credit;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>designate an agency to administer the credit; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>specify:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>the amount and duration of the credit;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>application procedures for the credit; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>any additional criteria for eligibility or any other requirement or procedure for the granting or administration of the credit that the governing body considers appropriate.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A property tax credit under this paragraph may not exceed the amount of county property tax imposed on the increase in assessment that is due to the new construction or improvements made to the property of the person applying for the credit.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>If a property tax credit under this paragraph is granted for property leased or rented by a commercial or industrial business:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the amount of the tax credit allowed shall pass through to the commercial or industrial business that conducts the activity that qualifies for the credit; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the term of the tax credit may not exceed the term of the lease and may not exceed 10 years.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>The governing body of Garrett County may grant, by law, a property tax credit under this section against the county property tax imposed on real property that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>owned by the Society for the Preservation of St. Ann Mission; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>known as St. Ann Mission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The governing body of Garrett County or of a municipal corporation in Garrett County may grant, by law, a property tax credit under this section against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>personal property that is:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>used for residential rental purposes; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>located in a building that is used for residential rental purposes; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>part or all of the real and personal property of any distribution and warehousing facility that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>locates in the county or municipal corporation; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>expands in the county or municipal corporation.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The law adopted under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection shall specify:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the qualifications for the tax credit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the amount of the tax credit; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the duration of the tax credit.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The governing body of Garrett County or of a municipal corporation in Garrett County may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>set, by law, the amount and duration of the tax credit under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>adopt any provision necessary to administer the credit under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>provide any other restriction or condition considered desirable on the credit under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
