Ch. 566 LAWS OF MARYLAND
the relationships between the resident and park owner.
8A-202.

(c) (1) In this subsection, "qualified resident" means a year-round resident
who:

(i) Has made rental payments on the due date or within any grace
period commonly permitted in the park during the preceding year;

(ii) Within the preceding 6-month period has not committed a
repeated violation of any rule or provision of the rental agreement and, at the time the
term expires, no substantial violation exists; and

(iii) Owns a mobile home that qualifies for resale and passes an
annual inspection according to the standards of the park.

(2) Upon the expiration of each 1-year term, or upon request of the
resident at any time during a month-to-month term, a park owner shall offer to a
qualified resident a rental agreement for a 1-year period.

(3) If the use of land is changed, all residents shall be entitled to a
6-month prior written notice of termination notwithstanding the provisions of a longer
term in a rental agreement.

(4) If a resident's rental agreement is not renewed on the basis that the
resident is not a qualified resident, the park owner shall, within 5 days, provide the
resident with a written stat'ement of the specific reason for nonfenewal of the rental
agreement.

SECTION 2. AND BE It FURTHER ENACTED, that the provisions of this
Act shall apply to any rental agreement entered into or renewed after January 1, 1991.

SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990 January 1, 1991.

Approved May 29, 1990.

CHAPTER 566
(House Bill 431)

AN ACT concerning

Public Service Commission - Municipal Corporations - Electricity

FOR the purpose of allowing any municipal corporation having a certificate of authority
for supplying to supply electricity for other than municipal purposes to serve
customers within annexed portions of the municipal corporation riot previously
within the service territory of the municipal corporation upon petition to and a
determination by the Public Service Commission that the modification of the

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