Ch. 700

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(C)  NUMBER OF WORKERS. THE EXEMPTION FROM COUNTY TAXATION
SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY IN THOSE INSTANCES WHERE 10 OR MORE WAGE
EARNERS ARE REGULARLY EMPLOYED BY THE PERSON, PERSONS, OR
CORPORATION APPLYING TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR BENEFITS
UNDER THIS TITLE.

(D)  NEW IMPROVEMENTS. A TAX EXEMPTION MAY NOT BE GRANTED
EXCEPT TO NEW INDUSTRIES OR TO ESTABLISHED LOCAL INDUSTRIES WHICH
ARE MAKING SUBSTANTIAL BONA FIDE IMPROVEMENTS OR EXPANSION OR
UNDERTAKING SIMILAR NEW CONSTRUCTION WORK, AND SHALL BE GRANTED
ONLY WITH RESPECT TO PROPERTY AS IS REPRESENTED BY SUCH NEW
IMPROVEMENTS, EXPANSION, OR CONSTRUCTION WORK.

(E)  DURATION. (1) SUCH TAX EXEMPTION SHALL BE GRANTED FOR
ONLY 1 YEAR OR PORTION OF 1 YEAR AT A TIME, AT THE EXPIRATION OF
WHICH THE EXEMPTION SHALL BE RENEWED.

(2) AN EXEMPTION MAY NOT CONTINUE FOR LONGER THAN 10
YEARS.

(F)  PROCEDURE. ANY AND ALL HEARINGS UPON TAX EXEMPTIONS
ARE MATTERS OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, AND ACTION MAY NOT BE TAKEN UPON
A REQUEST FOR AN EXEMPTION EARLIER THAN THE NEXT REGULAR BUSINESS
SESSION OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AFTER THAT SESSION AT WHICH
THE INITIAL REQUEST FOR THE EXEMPTION WAS MADE. (1963 Code, sec.
324; 1963, ch. 534; 1965, ch. 506, sec. 324(g); 1971, ch. 285,
sec. 324(g); 1976, ch. 737, sec. 324(a), (g); 1981, ch. 484; 1977
Code, sec. 99; 1988, ch. .)

TITLE 12. VAGABONDS, BEGGARS, AND VAGRANTS

SUBTITLE 1. VAGRANTS

12-101. VAGABONDS.
12-102. BEGGARS.
12-103. VAGRANTS.
12-104. PENALTIES.

SUBTITLE 1. VAGRANTS

12-101. VAGABONDS.

THE FOLLOWING PERSONS ARE VAGABONDS:

(1) ANY SANE PERSON WHO HAS NO VISIBLE MEANS OF
MAINTENANCE, FROM PROPERTY OR PERSONAL LABOR, OR WHO IS NOT
PERMANENTLY SUPPORTED BY HIS OR HER FRIENDS OR RELATIVES, AND WHO
LIVES IDLY, WITHOUT EMPLOYMENT;

(2) EVERY PERSON WHO LEADS A DISSOLUTE OR DISORDERLY
COURSE OF LIFE AND CANNOT GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE MEANS BY WHICH
HE OR SHE PROCURES A LEGITIMATE LIVELIHOOD;

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