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MONTGOMERY COUNTY

d. A decline in quality of the schools
serving the area.

(e)     For any person to cause or coerce or attempt
to cause or coerce retaliation against any person because
such person has lawfully opposed any act or failure to
act that is a violation of this article or has, in good
faith, filed a complaint, testified, participated or
assisted in any way in any proceeding under this article
or prevent any person from complying with this article.

(f)    For any person, real estate broker or real
estate salesperson to deny any other person or real
estate broker or real estate salesperson access to or
membership or participation in any multiple—listing
service, real estate brokers' organization or other
service, organization or facility relating to the
business of buying, selling or renting dwellings in the
county or to discriminate against that person in the
terms or conditions of such access, membership or
participation on account of race, color, religious creed,
national origin, sex or marital status.

Sec. 3. Section 27-14, title "Posting of notices;
reports to be filed," of Chapter 27, title "Human
Relations and civil Liberties," of the Montgomery County
Code 1972 is hereby amended to read as fellows:

Sec. 27—14. Posting of notices; reports to be filed.

(a) Every real estate broker shall post in a
conspicuous location in that portion of the broker's
place of business normally used by the broker for
negotiating the terms of a sale or lease of housing, and
each person who operates a multi—unit residential
building containing more than two units shall post at all
times when prospective tenants are being interviewed, in
a. conspicuous location in that portion of such person's
housing business normally used by that person for
negotiating the rental of a dwelling unit or rooming unit
therein, a notice prepared by the commission which
contains the following language, printed in black on a
light-colored background, in not less than fourteen—point
type:

"It is a violation of the Fair Housing Law of
Montgomery County, Maryland for any real estate broker or
salesperson, or for any person owning or managing
multi-unit apartment dwellings to —

"1. Deny housing accomodations to any person
because of race, color, religious creed, ancestry,
national origin, sex or marital status.