HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-2A-04(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-2A-04.

(b) Within [ten] 20 days after the time for filing a
response, the Director shall deliver to each party the names
of five persons chosen at random from each of the
categorical lists prepared by him pursuant to § 3—2A—03 (c),
together with a brief biographical statement as to each of
the 15 persons. If the claim or the response states that
the matter falls within one or more recognized specialties,
the Director, if practicable, shall include persons in the
specialty on the list from the health care provider
category. Before delivering the list, the Director shall
inquire of the persons selected and assure himself that they
do not have a personal or economic relationship with any of
the parties that can form the basis of any partiality on
their part. If, in the judgment of the Director, a person
selected has such a relationship with a party, his name
shall be replaced by another chosen at random. The Director
shall also deliver to each party within [ten] 20 days after
the time for filing a response, a copy of § 3—2A—06 of this
subtitle relating to judicial review.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 550

(House Bill 445)

AN ACT concerning

Landlord and Tenant — Security Deposits

FOR the purpose of providing that a landlord has no duty to
return a security deposit, or to provide a written list
of damages to be withheld from the security deposit to
certain tenants under certain conditions; providing a