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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 371

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 - Commercial Law

13-314.

A PERSON MAY NOT ADVERTISE, REPRESENT, OR IMPLY WHO
PLACES ANY ADVERTISEMENT THAT REPRESENTS THAT ANY PERSON CAN
EARN MONEY AT HOME BY STUFFING OR ADDRESSING ENVELOPES,
MAILING CIRCULARS, CLIPPING NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE ARTICLES,
OR PERFORMING SIMILAR WORK UNLESS THE PERSON WHO PLACES THE
ADVERTISEMENT OR REPRESENTATION:

(1)  ACTUALLY PAYS SHALL PAY COMPENSATION TO
OTHERS FOR PERFORMING THE REPRESENTED TASKS; AND

(2)  AT NO TIME REQUIRES MAY NOT REQUIRE THE
PERSON WHO WILL PERFORM THE REPRESENTED TASKS TO PURCHASE
FROM OR MAKE A ADVANCE ANY MONETARY PAYMENT OR DEPOSIT TO
THE PERSON WHO PLACED THE ADVERTISEMENT ON ANY INSTRUCTIONAL
BOOKLETS, BROCHURES, KITS, PROGRAMS OR SIMILAR INFORMATION
MATERIALS, MAILING LISTS, DIRECTORIES, MEMBERSHIPS IN
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS, OR OTHER ITEMS OR SERVICES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 6, 1980.

CHAPTER 372

(House Bill 175)

AN ACT concerning

Income Tax - Property Tax Credit for Renters

of Mobile Home Sites

Property Tax Relief - Mobile Home Renters

FOR the purpose of allowing a renter of a mobile home site
to take an income tax credit, not to exceed a certain
amount, where his "assumed real property taxes" exceed
certain percentages of the individual's gross income
for the calendar year preceding the taxable year;
providing a title by which this Act may be cited;
describing the public policy reasons for this Act;
defining various terms vital to the administration of
this Act; permitting a grant to the pad renter where
the tax credit exceeds his income tax liability;
defining the pad renter's property tax as a certain