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funds, the Board of Public Works shall determine the matter, and
the Board's decision is final. Penn-Mar Organization, Inc. has
until June 1, 1988, to present evidence satisfactory to the Board
of Public Works that the matching fund will be provided. If
satisfactory evidence is presented, the Board shall certify this
fact to the State Treasurer and the proceeds of the loan shall be
expended for the purposes provided in this Act. If this evidence
is not presented by June 1, 1988, the proceeds of the loan shall
be applied to the purposes authorized in § 8-129 of the State
Finance and Procurement Article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall

take effect June 1, 1986.

Approved May 13, 1986.

CHAPTER 557

(House Bill 1311)

AN ACT concerning

Landlord and Tenant -
Repair of Dangerous Defects
Actual Notice of Dangerous Defects

FOR the purpose of repealing the requirement that notice to a

landlord of a defect or condition that exists in a tenant's

residential dwelling unit be sent by certified mail

providing that a tenant's actual notice of certain defects
to a landlord is sufficient notice for certain purposes; and
generally relating to notice requirements prior to the

commencement of certain landlord and tenant actions.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Real Property

Section 8-211(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Real Property

Section 8-211(g)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,