1540                                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                           [Ch. 375

AFFORDED BY ANY PUBLIC LOCAL LAW ENACTED BY THE GENERAL

ASSEMBLY OR ANY ORDINANCE OR LOCAL LAW ENACTED BY ANY

MUNICIPALITY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO SUCH LAW CAN DIMINISH OR LIMIT
ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY GRANTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION.

(C)    PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.

(1)    ANY LEASE PROVISION WHICH IS PROHIBITED BY
TERMS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE UNENFORCEABLE BY THE
LANDLORD.

(2)    IF THE LANDLORD INCLUDES IN ANY LEASE A
PROVISION PROHIBITED BY THIS SECTION, OR MADE
UNENFORCEABLE BY SECTION 8-211 OR 8-213, AT ANY TIME
SUBSEQUENT TO [[NINETY (90) DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE
HEREOF]] JULY 1, 1975, AND TENDERS A LEASE CONTAINING
SUCH A PROVISION, OR ATTEMPTS TO ENFORCE, AND/OR MAKES
KNOWN TO THE TENANT AN INTENT TO ENFORCE ANY SUCH
PROVISION, THE TENANT MAY RECOVER[[,IN ADDITION TO]] ANY
ACTUAL DAMAGES INCURRED AS A REASON THEREOF, INCLUDING
REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES[[, AN AMOUNT UP TO $500]].

(D)    SEVERABILITY

IF ANY WORD, PHRASE, CLAUSE, SENTENCE, OR ANY
PART OR PARTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE HELD
UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION
SUCH UNCONSTITUTIONALITY SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF
THE REMAINING PARTS OF THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
8-402(b)(4) of Article - Real Property of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (As enacted by Chapter 12 (Senate Bill
200) of the 1974 Regular Session of the General Assembly)
be and it is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article — Real Property
8-402

(b) (4) The provisions of Section 8—402(b) shall
apply to all cases of tenancies from year to year,
tenancies of the month and by the week. In case of
tenancies from year to year (including tobacco farm
tenancies), notice in writing shall be given three months
before the expiration of the current year of the tenancy,
except that in case of all other farm tenancies, the
notice shall be given six months before the expiration of
the current year of the tenancy; and in monthly or weekly
tenancies, a notice in writing of one month or one week.