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(2) the term "dwelling" shall include, but not be limited to all
single or multiple units of residence, rooms for lodgers in private

residences, college and school dormitories, fraternity and sorority
houses, boarding and nursery schools, convalescent homes, old age or
nursing homes.

(e) (C) This section shall be enforced by the State Board of Health
housing inspectors.

(f) The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to dwell-

ings in any political subdivision of this State which shall have

enacted legislation effective no later than June 30, 1972, intended
to detect, treat, and prevent incidents of lead-based paint poisoning

in their jurisdiction, for so long as such legislation shall remain in

effect.

(g) (d) Every person who shall violate or assist in the violation of
any provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offense. The maxi-
mum fine for a first violation of any provision of this section, with
respect to a particular dwelling, shall be fifty dollars.; the maximum

fine for the second offense arising from the failure to remove the

violation upon which the first offense was based shall be two hundred
and fifty dollars; the maximum fine for the third or any subsequent

offense arising from the failure to remove the violation upon which

the first and second offenses were based shall be five hundred dollars.

Such a violation under this section shall not be deemed a crime and
the penalty or punishment imposed therefor shall not be deemed for
any purpose a penal or criminal penalty or punishment and shall

not impose any disability upon or affect or impair the credibility as

a witness, or otherwise, of any person convicted thereof.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 17, 1971.

CHAPTER 496
(Senate Bill 825)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 355 (b)
of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replace-
ment Volume) (1970 Supplement), title "Insurance Code," subtitle
"20. Nonprofit Health Service Plans," to require as a condition of
issuance of a license to a corporation operating¹ a nonprofit health
service plan that the corporation maintain a certain minimum
reserve.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 355 (b) of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1968 Replacement Volume) (1970 Supplement), title "Insur-
ance Code," subtitle "20. Nonprofit Health Service Plans," be and it
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows: