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MONTGOMERY COUNTY

(k) "Notice" shall mean notification in such
manner and form as shall be established by regulations
promulgated by the Commission except that these
regulations shall not conflict with the notice provisions
contained in Article 53 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland.

(l) "Office" shall mean the Office of
Landlord-Tenant Affairs.

(m) "Person" shall mean an individual,
corporation, partnership, association, organization or
any other legal entity.

(n) "Rental facility" shall mean any structure, or
combination of related structures and appurtenances,
operated as a single entity in which the operator thereof
provides for a consideration two or more dwelling units;
but shall not be construed to mean any transient
facilities such as boarding houses, tourist homes, inns,
motels, hotels, school dormitory, hospitals or medical
facilities; and any facilities operated for religious or
eleemosynary purposes.

(o) "Security deposit". A security deposit is any
payment of money, including the payment of last month's
rent in advance of the time it is due, given to a
landlord against non-payment of rent or damage to the
leased premises.

(p) "Tenant" shall mean any person who occupies a
dwelling unit for living or dwelling purposes with the
landlord's consent.

Sec. 2. Article III, title "Licensing of Rental
Facilities," Chapter 93A, title "Fair Landlord—Tenant
Relations," of the Montgomery County Code 1965, as
amended, is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

ARTICLE III

Licensing of Rental Facilities
93A—16. Licensing requirement.

After the effective date of this Chapter, it shall
be unlawful to conduct or operate within Montgomery
County a rental facility without having first applied for
or obtained a license to operate or conduct said rental
facility as hereinafter described. The holder of a
license shall be the owner of the rental facility or the
owner's agent. If the owner or agent is a corporation,
the corporation shall be one qualified to do business in