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reenacting with amendments Section 2—29, title "Generally",
Division 4, title, "Department of Environmental Protection"
of Article III, title "Executive Branch" of Chapter 2, title
"Administration" of the Montgomery County Code 1972, as
amended; Section 29—1, title "Definitions", Section 29—2,
title "Legislative findings", Section 29—5, title "Office of
Landlord-Tenant Affairs generally", Section 29—6, title
"Duties of the Executive Director generally", Section 29—7,
title "Cooperation in administration of Chapter" of Article
I, title "In General", Section 29-10, title "Powers and
duties generally", Section 29—13, title "Staff services" of
Article II, title "Commission on Landlord-Tenant Affairs",
Section 29-18, title "Licensing Procedures", Section 29-21,
title "Inspection of rental facilities", Section 29—22,
title "License terms and renewals", Section 29—23, title
"transferability", Section 29-24, title "Denial, revocation
or suspension" of Article III, title "Licensing of Rental
Facilities"; Section 29-26, title "Contents of lease",
Section 29—27, title "Leasing requirements generally",
Section 29—28, title "Retaliatory eviction prohibited",
Section 29—28A, title "Eviction — removal, transportation
and storage of evicted tenants' chattels" of Article IV,
title "Landlord—Tenant Obligations"; Section 29—31, title
"Tenants' complaints", Section 29—32, title "Landlords'
complaints", Section 29—33, title "Filing procedure
generally", Section 29—34, title "Investigation of
complaints", Section 29—35, title "Procedure when violation
of Chapter or defective tenancy not found", Section 29—36,
title "Procedure when violation of Chapter or defective
tenancy found", Section 29—38, title "Failure to conciliate
complaints", Section 29-39, title "Retaliatory action
pending resolution of a complaint", Section 29—44, title
"Penalty for failure to comply with Commission orders or
summons" of Article V, title "Complaints"; of Chapter 29,
title "Fair Landlord—Tenant Relations" of the Montgomery
County Code 1972, as amended, to provide for the transfer of
the Licensing and Inspection requirements of Chapter 29 to
the Department of Environmental Protection; and to provide
generally for the coordinated enforcement of this Chapter by
the Office of Landlord—Tenant Affairs and the Director of
the Department of Environmental Protection; to eliminate
certain provisions of Chapter 29 which have been invalidated
by the Court of Appeals of Maryland and to correct certain
references to the Annotated Code of Maryland.

Approved December 19, 1977.

Bill No. 35-77

Chapter 12

AN EMERGENCY ACT to repeal in its entirety Article VI,
title "Rent Controls" and to enact a new Article VI, title
"Omnibus Tenant Protection Act" of Chapter 29, title "Fair
Landlord—tenant Relations", of the Montgomery County Code