BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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(4) "Steering" is any of the acts prohibited by
subsections (d), (e), and (f) following.

(d)    Unless so requested by a client or prospective
client, it is unlawful for any real estate salesman, agent
or broker to refuse to show or to refrain from showing any
property, for sale or for rent, to any person because of
race, color, SEX, religion or national origin, because of
the racial composition or character of the neighborhood in
which such property is situated.

(e)    It is unlawful for any real estate salesman,
agent or broker to refuse to show or to refrain from showing
all available listed properties in a certain area within a
specified price range, to a prospective client when the
client or prospective client has requested to be shown all
available properties in the area within the specified price
range. A reasonable fee may be charged for showing these
properties.

(f)    It is unlawful for any real estate salesman,
agent or broker to represent to any person that a dwelling
is not available or that listings in addition to those
already shown are not available when such dwellings or
listings are, in fact, available and are within the price
range specified by the client or prospective client, if such
representation is based upon race, color, SEX, religion or
national origin of the client to whom the representation is
made, or the racial composition or character of the area in
which the property described by such listings is situated.

(g)    The Maryland Real Estate Commission, for the
purposes of this section may receive complaints, conduct
investigations, issue subpoenas, hold hearings and generally
enforce the provisions of this subheading.

(h) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor
punishable upon conviction by a fine of not more than five
thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisonment for one year,
or both; and a conviction of any licensee under this article
shall be referred to the Maryland Real Estate Commission for
action.

(i) The provisions of this section shall apply only
in Baltimore City.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 16, 1978,.

CHAPTER 542
(Senate Bill 1073)