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<chapter num="09" heading="Rezoned Real Property" title_num="18" subtitle_num="02">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Definitions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Dwelling” has the meaning stated in Tax-Property Article, §8-226(b), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“Homeowner” has the meaning stated in Tax-Property Article, §8-226(b), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“Immediate family” has the meaning stated in COMAR 18.02.01.01D.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>“Legal interest” has the meaning stated in Tax-Property Article, §8-226(b), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>“Principal residence” means the one location where the user of rezoned real property regularly resides and is the location designated by the user for the legal purposes of voting, obtaining a driver's license, and filing income tax returns.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>“Residential use” means use of rezoned real property either as a:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Dwelling; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Principal residence by a homeowner's immediate family member.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>“Rezoned real property” has the meaning stated in Tax-Property Article, §8-226(b), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Payment of Penalty.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>If a residential use assessment is terminated under Tax-Property Article, §8-228(a), Annotated Code of Maryland, the homeowner who paid taxes based on the residential use assessment shall pay the penalty imposed by Tax-Property Article, §8-228(b), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>If a part of any rezoned real property is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Subdivided by a recorded plat, the penalty is due and payable at the time the plat is recorded;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Used for a purpose other than a residential use, the penalty is due and payable at the time the Department determines the other use to have begun; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Transferred to someone other than an immediate family member of the homeowner, the penalty is due and payable at the time the property is transferred on the assessment books or records.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Tax-Property Article, §§2-201 and 8-227(c), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: June 5, 1995 (22:11 Md. R. 823)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>