Sales and Use Tax - Elementary or Secondary School Book Fairs - Exemption, the official text

WES MOORE, Governor                  Ch. 186

Chapter 186

                   (House Bill 358)

AN ACT concerning

Sales and Use Tax – Elementary or Secondary School Book Fairs – Exemption

FOR the purpose of providing that the sales and use tax does not apply to a sale made at a
         book fair by an elementary or secondary school in the State or a nonprofit
         parent–teacher organization or other nonprofit organization within an elementary
         or secondary school at an elementary or secondary school in the State, subject to
         certain limitations; and generally relating to a sales and use tax exemption for
         elementary or secondary school book fairs.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
         Article – Tax – General
         Section 11–204(b)(5) and (6)
         Annotated Code of Maryland
         (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
         Article – Tax – General
         Section 11–204(b)(7) and (8)
         Annotated Code of Maryland
         (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement)

BY adding to
         Article – Tax – General
         Section 11–204(b)(9)
         Annotated Code of Maryland
         (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement)

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

                   Article – Tax – General

11–204.

(b) The sales and use tax does not apply to a sale by:

                  (5) an elementary or secondary school in the State or a nonprofit
parent–teacher organization or other nonprofit organization within an elementary or
secondary school in the State for the sale of magazine subscriptions in a fund–raising
campaign, if the net proceeds are used solely for the educational benefit of the school or its
students, including a sale resulting from an agreement or contract with an organization to

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participate in a fund–raising campaign for a percentage of the gross receipts under which
students act as agents or salespersons for the organization by selling or taking orders for
the sale;

                  (6) a parent–teacher organization or other organization within an
elementary or secondary school in the State or within a school system in the State;

                  (7) subject to subsection (e) of this section, a bona fide church, religious
organization, or other nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code if:

           (i) the sale is made at an auction sale; and

                           (ii) the proceeds of the sale are used to carry on the exempt purposes
of the church or organization; [or]

                  (8) a nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code that maintains a memorial on property that is owned by the State
if the proceeds of the sale are used to maintain a memorial on property that is owned by
the State; OR

           (9) AN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE STATE OR A

NONPROFIT PARENT–TEACHER ORGANIZATION OR OTHER NONPROFIT

ORGANIZATION WITHIN AN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE STATE IF

THE SALE IS MADE AT A BOOK FAIR HELD IN–PERSON ON THE PREMISES OF THE

SCHOOL AND THE NET PROCEEDS ARE USED SOLELY FOR THE EDUCATIONAL

BENEFIT OF THE SCHOOL OR ITS STUDENTS, INCLUDING A SALE RESULTING FROM

AN AGREEMENT OR A CONTRACT WITH AN ORGANIZATION TO PARTICIPATE IN A

BOOK FAIR FOR A PERCENTAGE OF THE GROSS RECEIPTS UNDER WHICH STUDENTS,

TEACHERS,  SCHOOL  STAFF,                  OR  MEMBERS   OF  THE

PARENT–TEACHER ORGANIZATION OR OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITHIN

AN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL ACT AS AGENTS OR SALESPERSONS FOR

THE THIRD–PARTY VENDOR BY MANAGING THE BOOK FAIR.

         SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July
1, 2026.

Approved by the Governor, April 28, 2026.

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