1350                                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 296

Human Relations Commission - Discriminations in Housing

FOR the purpose of prohibiting certain solicitation of
sales or leases if one of the purposes is to change
the racial composition of the neighborhood.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 49B - Human Relations Commission

Section 22A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1972 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 22A of Article 49B - Human
Relations Commission, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1972 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it
is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

Article 49B — Human Relations Commission
22A.

It shall further be an unlawful discriminatory
housing practice:

(1)    For any person, firm, corporation or
association, whether or not acting for monetary gain,
knowingly to induce or attempt to induce another person
to transfer an interest in real property, or to
discourage another person from purchasing real property,
by representations regarding the existing or potential
proximity of real property owned, used, or occupied by
persons of any particular race, color, religion, or
national origin, or to represent that such existing or
potential proximity will or may result in: 1. The
lowering of property values; 2. A change in the racial,
religious, or ethnic character of the block, neighborhood
or area in which the property is located; 3. An increase
in criminal or antisocial behavior in the area; or 4. A
decline in quality of the schools serving the area.

(2)  For any person, firm, corporation or association
to solicit or attempt to solicit the listing of dwellings
for sale, or lease, by door to door solicitation, in
person, or by telephone, or by [mass] distribution of
circulars, [for the purpose of changing] IF ONE OF THE
PURPOSES IS TO CHANGE the racial composition of the
neighborhood.