762                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 365

to follow immediately after Section 20 thereof and to be under the
new subtitle "Discrimination in Housing" and to read as follows:

Discrimination in Housing
21.

(a)  For purposes of this subtitle:

(b)  "person" includes one or more individuals, corporations,
partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives,
mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated
organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, and fidu-
ciaries.

(c) "dwelling" includes any building or structure, or portion
thereof, whether in existence or under construction, which is in, or
is designed, intended, or arranged for, residential use by one or
more individuals or families WHICH IS DESIGNED, INTENDED
OR ARRANGED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE BY ONE OR MORE
FAMILIES, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A BUILDING OR
STRUCTURE DESIGNED FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF A
SINGLE FAMILY AND NOT A MULTIPLE DWELLING SHALL
NOT BE DEEMED A "DWELLING" FOR THE PURPOSES OF
THIS SUBTITLE, IF SUCH BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WAS
FULLY CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO JUNE 1, 1967.

(C) "DWELLING" MEANS ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE,
OR PORTION THEREOF, WHICH IS DESIGNED, INTENDED
OR ARRANGED FOR USE AS A HOME OR RESIDENCE, BUT
DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY SUCH BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
OR PORTION THEREOF:

(1)  FULLY CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO JUNE 1, 1967, OR FOR
WHICH A BUILDING PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT
TO COMPLETED BUILDING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
WHICH WERE FILED PRIOR TO JUNE 1, 1967 AND PRO-
VIDED THAT SAID BUILDING OR STRUCTURE SHALL BE
COMPLETED BY JUNE 1, 1968

(2)   OCCUPIED AS A BONA FIDE RESIDENCE OF A
NATURAL PERSON WHO IS THE OWNER THEREOF, EX-
CEPT THAT ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE CONTAINING
TWELVE (12) OR MORE DWELLINGS SHALL BE CONSID-
ERED A "DWELLING" UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, NOTWITH-
STANDING THE RESIDENCE THEREIN BY THE OWNER, OR

(3) WHICH, IF VACANT, WAS LAST OCCUPIED AS THE
BONA FIDE RESIDENCE OF THE OWNER THEREOF, OR

(4) (3) QUALIFIED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE AS
A CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE APARTMENT.

(D) "MULTIPLE DWELLING" MEANS A DWELLING,
WHETHER IN EXISTENCE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
WHICH IS EITHER RENTED, LEASED, LET OR HIRED OUT
TO BE OCCUPIED AS THE RESIDENCE OR HOME OF THREE
OR MORE FAMILIES LIVING INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH
OTHER.

(d) (E) (D) "discriminatory housing practice" means an act that
is unlawful under Section 22 or 23.