[Adopted 7-15-2003]
House Bill 731 (Property Tax Credit — Surviving Spouse of a Law Enforcement Officer) was passed during the 2003 Regular Session of the Maryland General Assembly; and House Bill 731 authorized the governing body of a county to grant, by law, a county property tax credit for a dwelling house owned by a surviving spouse of an individual who died as a result of an injury or disease incurred during the course of employment as a law enforcement officer under certain circumstances.[1]
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Editor's Note: See § 9-210 of the Tax-Property Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
Upon request by an eligible surviving spouse of a law enforcement officer, Cecil County hereby agrees to grant a full tax credit on the County property tax for a term equaling the number of years that the surviving spouse resides in the applicable home pursuant to House Bill 731, and applicable to tax years beginning after June 30, 2003.