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FINE NOT EXCEEDING $10,000 FOR EACH DAY THE VIOLATION
CONTINUES AND IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 1 YEAR.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act

shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 740

(House Bill 1674)

AN ACT concerning

Frederick County — Tax Credit for Nonprofit Organizations

FOR the purpose of eliminating the requirement for certain
Frederick County taxpayers to make annual applications
for certain tax credits; allowing certain tax credits
for certain taxpayers in Frederick County to continue
from year to year until the taxable property is
conveyed; and renumbering where appropriate.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 81 — Revenue and Taxes

Section 9C (a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1975 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 81 — Revenue and Taxes

9C.

(a) (1) Except as otherwise stated herein, the
governing bodies of Baltimore City and of the following
counties, and of any city located within the county, shall
grant a single mandatory credit against the amount of any
county or city ordinary taxes or any other special charges
or assessments specifically described herein, whichever is
applicable, levied in the respective counties or cities
against the property described in this section. The credit
shall be allowed in the amount of the total assessed value
of the property multiplied by the applicable ordinary tax
rate or in the total amount of the special charges or
assessments. The governing body shall designate the
administrative unit or official to administer the tax
credits authorised herein, and may also adopt such rules and