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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 24.01.07.03" title_num="24" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="07" heading="Qualification for a State Benefit.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A State agency shall deny a State benefit to an entity unless the entity:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Completes the Corporate Diversity Addendum described in Regulation .02 of this chapter and satisfies §C of this regulation; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provides to the State agency providing a State benefit the affidavit described in §B of this regulation, affirming that the entity is not required to submit the Corporate Diversity Addendum.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>To affirm that an entity is not required to submit the Corporate Diversity Addendum, the entity shall submit to the State agency providing a State benefit an affidavit signed by a corporate officer or principal of the entity, stating under penalties of perjury, with the name and title of the individual submitting the affidavit, that the entity for which the affidavit is submitted is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A sole proprietor;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A limited liability company owned by a single member;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A privately held company if at least 75 percent of the company’s shareholders are family members; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>An entity that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Has an annual operating budget or annual sales less than $5,000,000; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Does not qualify for a State benefit.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An entity satisfies this section if it reports that it engages in at least 33 percent of the diversity indicators listed in Regulation .02 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>To the extent that an entity qualifies for State tax credits totaling $1,000,000 or more but for the entity’s failure to meet the requirement in §C of this regulation, a State agency may not deny the entity tax credits available under Tax-General Article, §§8-207, 8-208, 8-303, 8-406(a), 9-214, 9-315, 10-701, 10-701.1, 10-703, 11-105, and 12-303, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The affidavit required in §B of this regulation shall be submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the State agency conferring the State benefit.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>