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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

OCCUPIED PUBLICLY FUNDED OR SUBSIDIZED HOUSING DURING THE
YEAR FOR WHICH RENT RELIEF IS CLAIMED. WHERE THE CLAIMANT
MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TAX CREDIT PROVIDED BY
SECTION 52-11 OF THIS CODE AND THE RENT RELIEF PROVIDED
HEREIN, THE CLAIMANT SHALL ONLY BE ENTITLED TO THE TAX
CREDIT PROVIDED IN SECTION 52-11.

41A-5 APPLICATION FOR RENT RELIEF IN LIEU OF TAX
CREDITS

(A)    EVERY PERSON SEEKING RENT RELIEF IN LIEU OF
TAX CREDITS UNDER THIS CHAPTER SHALL SUBMIT AN
APPLICATION TO THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR MONTGOMERY
COUNTY OR HIS DESIGNATED AGENT SUPPLYING THEREWITH SUCH
INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUESTED ON APPLICATION FORMS TO
BE FURNISHED BY THE DIRECTOR, THE APPLICATION SHALL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY AN AFFIDAVIT OF THE CLAIMANT CERTIFYING TO
THE TRUTH OF THE CONTENTS OF THE APPLICATION.
APPLICATIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTOR NOT LATER
THAN DECEMBER 1 OF THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE CALENDAR YEAR
FOR WHICH ELIGIBILITY FOR RENT RELIEF IS CLAIMED.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, APPLICATIONS FOR RENT RELIEF FOR THE
CALENDAR YEAR 1972 MAY BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF
FINANCE NOT LATER THAN FEBRUARY 1, 1974, AND SUCH
APPROVED GRANTS SHALL BE PAID PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1974. IN
CASES OF SICKNESS, ABSENCE OR OTHER DISABILITY, OR IF, IN
HIS JUDGEMENT, GOOD CAUSE EXISTS, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
MAY EXTEND FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED SIX MONTHS THE TIME
FOR FILING A CLAIM.

(B)    THE DIRECTOR SHALL REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND
SIGNIFY TO THE CLAIMANT IN WRITING WITHIN SIXTY (60) DAYS
FOLLOWING RECEIPT THEREOF HIS APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF
THE APPLICATION. IN THE EVENT THE APPLICATION IS
DISAPPROVED, THE DIRECTOR SHALL INDICATE HIS REASONS FOR
SUCH DISAPPROVAL. GRANTS SHALL BE PAID NOT EARLIER THAN
JULY 1 OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH THE CLAIM IS MADE.

(C)    ANY CLAIMANT AGGRIEVED BY A DECISION OF THE
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER SHALL HAVE
THE RIGHT TO APPEAL WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS TO THE
PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT APPEAL BOARD FOR MONTGOMERY
COUNTY. THE APPEAL SHALL BE IN WRITING AND SHALL CLEARLY
SET FORTH THE CLAIMANT'S REASON FOR APPEAL AND ON WHAT
SPECIFIC GROUNDS THE CLAIMANT QUESTIONS THE DECISION OF
THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

41A-6 PENALTY FOR FILING FALSE OR FRAUDULENT CLAIM
REPORT OR STATEMENT

ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION WHO KNOWINGLY      OR

WILLFULLY MAKES A FALSE OR FRAUDULENT CLAIM, REPORT    OR

STATEMENT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN, OR FOR THE PURPOSE      OF

OBTAINING, ANY RENT RELIEF SHALL BE GUILTY OF A