Md. Code, Tax - Property § 8-240
This is the official text of Md. Code, Tax - Property § 8-240, part of Maryland’s Code, Tax - Property — governs property taxation.
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§8–240.
Official statutory text
(a) If no conventional heating and cooling system exists in a building, a solar energy or geothermal heating and cooling system shall be assessed to the owner of the real property on which it is located at not more than the value of a conventional system.
(b) If a solar energy or geothermal heating and cooling system is installed in addition to a conventional system in a building, the combined system may be assessed to the owner of the real property on which it is located at not more than the value of the conventional system.
(b) If a solar energy or geothermal heating and cooling system is installed in addition to a conventional system in a building, the combined system may be assessed to the owner of the real property on which it is located at not more than the value of the conventional system.
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