PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 289

self-employed individual by an authorized insurer that does not have any health benefit
plan in force on or after [the effective date of this Act] JULY 1. 1996 that provides
coverage to a small employer fas that term is defined in Section 2 of Chapter 9 of the
Laws of Maryland of 1993) and any renewal of such a plan is not a renewal of a health
benefit plan providing coverage to a small employer for any purpose under Article 48A,
Subtitle 55 of the Code.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1996.

Approved April 30, 1996.

CHAPTER 289
(House Bill 970)

AN ACT concerning

Property Tax Credit for Renovations to Commercial Buildings to Provide
State-of-the-Art Communications and Utility Systems

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City and the
governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a tax credit
against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on certain real
property to which certain renovations have been made to meet certain
communications and utility standards for accommodating advanced computer and
telecommunications systems; providing for calculation of the amount of the credit;
requiring certain review and approval of the plans for and implementation of
renovations to qualify for the tax credit; and generally relating to authorization for
a property tax credit for certain renovations to meet certain communications and
utility standards for accommodating advanced computer and telecommunications
systems.

BY adding to

Article - Tax - Property

Section 9-227

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Tax - Property

9-227.

(A) THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE CITY OR THE
GOVERNING BODY OF A COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY GRANT, BY
LAW, A TAX CREDIT AGAINST THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

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