HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(2)  "BLIND INDIVIDUAL" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS A
PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT OF BOTH EYES THAT CAUSES:

(I)  CENTRAL VISUAL ACUITY, WITH CORRECTIVE
GLASSES, OF 20/200 OR LESS IN THE BETTER EYE; OR

(II)  CENTRAL VISUAL ACUITY OF MORE THAN 20/200
IF THERE IS A FIELD DEFECT IN WHICH THE PERIPHERAL FIELD HAS
CONTRACTED SO THAT THE WIDEST DIAMETER OF VISUAL FIELD SUBTENDS
AN ANGULAR DISTANCE NO GREATER THAN 20 DEGREES IN THE BETTER EYE.

(3)  "DWELLING HOUSE":

(I)  MEANS REAL PROPERTY THAT IS:

1.  THE LEGAL RESIDENCE OF A BLIND
INDIVIDUAL OR A SURVIVING SPOUSE; AND

2.  OCCUPIED BY NOT MORE THAN 2 FAMILIES;
AND

(II)  INCLUDES THE LOT OR CURTILAGE, AND
STRUCTURES NECESSARY TO USE THE REAL PROPERTY AS A RESIDENCE.

(4)  "SURVIVING SPOUSE" MEANS THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF
A BLIND INDIVIDUAL, IF THE SURVIVING SPOUSE HAS NOT REMARRIED.

(B)  EXEMPTION.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION, A
DWELLING HOUSE IS EXEMPT FROM PROPERTY TAX TO THE EXTENT OF
$6,000 OF ITS ASSESSMENT IF THE DWELLING HOUSE IS OWNED BY:

(1)  A BLIND INDIVIDUAL; OR

(2)  A SURVIVING SPOUSE.

(C)  EXEMPTION FOR SURVIVING SPOUSE.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION, AFTER
A BLIND INDIVIDUAL DIES, THE SURVIVING SPOUSE SHALL RECEIVE AN
EXEMPTION UNDER THIS SECTION, IF THE DWELLING HOUSE WAS FORMERLY
EXEMPT UNDER THIS SECTION.

(D)  LIMITATION ON EXEMPTION.

(1)  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, AN EXEMPTION UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE GRANTED IN
ADDITION TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION AUTHORIZED BY LAW.

(2)  AN INDIVIDUAL MAY RECEIVE AN EXEMPTION UNDER THIS
SECTION OR UNDER § 7-208 OF THIS SUBTITLE BUT NOT UNDER BOTH.

(E)  PRORATING EXEMPTION.