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<chapter num="04" heading="Banks or Trust Companies" title_num="18" subtitle_num="03">
  <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>“Bank or trust company” has the meaning stated in Tax-Property Article, §7-221.1, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Computer Hardware.</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>“Computer hardware” means electronic equipment connected to a computer that is used for the entry, organization, manipulation, or viewing of data.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>“Computer hardware” includes monitors, keyboards, cables, central processing units, servers, mainframes, personal computers, printers, automated teller machines, check readers, and check sorters.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>“Computer hardware” does not include furniture.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“Computer program” has the meaning stated in Tax-General Article, §11-225, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Word Processing.</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>“Word processing” means the production of documents by use of computer hardware and software.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>“Word processing” does not include the production of documents that reflect, or are directly generated by, deposit or loan account activity.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Taxable Property.">
    <text>A computer program or computer hardware used by a bank or trust company in connection with word processing is subject to valuation and property tax.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Exempt Property.">
    <text>A computer program or computer hardware owned and used by a bank or trust company in connection with the processing of deposits or loans is not subject to valuation or property tax.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Mixed Use.">
    <text>If a computer program or computer hardware owned by a bank or trust company is used in both taxable and exempt activities, its taxable status is determined by the primary use of the property.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Tax-Property Article, §§2-201, 2-202, and 7-221.1, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.04 adopted as an emergency provision effective March 16, 1996 (23:7 Md. R. 549); emergency status expired October 1, 1996; adopted permanently effective January 13, 1997 (24:1 Md. R. 30)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>