1744                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [Ch. 476

INSPECTION SHALL OCCUR WITHIN [[TWO DAYS AFTER]] FIVE
DAYS BEFORE OR FIVE DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF MOVING AS
DESIGNATED IN THE TENANT'S NOTICE. THE TENANT SHALL BE
ADVISED OF HIS RIGHTS UNDER THIS SUBSECTION [[IN THE
WRITTEN LEASE AGREEMENT. IF ANY, OR IN THE RECEIPT
RECEIVED UPON PAYMENT OF THE SECURITY DEPOSIT.]] IN
WRITING AT THE TIME OF HIS PAYMENT OF THE SECURITY
DEPOSIT. FAILURE BY THE LANDLORD TO COMPLY WITH THIS
REQUIREMENT FORFEITS THE RIGHT OF THE LANDLORD TO
WITHHOLD ANY PART OF THE SECURITY DEPOSIT FOR DAMAGES.

(ii) The security deposit is not liquidated
damages and may not be forfeited to the landlord for
breach of the rental agreement, except in the amount that
the landlord is actually damaged by the breach.

(iii) In calculating damages for lost future
rents any amount of rents received by the landlord for
the premises during the remainder if any, of the tenant's
term, shall reduce the damages by a like amount.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved April 30, 1974.

CHAPTER 477
(House Bill 888)
AN ACT concerning

Employment Agencies — Fees

FOR the purpose of prohibiting an employment agency from
collecting more than 20 percent of a placement fee
whenever an employee's compensation resulting from
placement is less than the State minimum wage
standard.

BY adding to

Article 56 — Licenses

Section 166 (g)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1972 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF