PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 555

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1993 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 6-848

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 114 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1994
Section 5

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Environment

6-843.

(a)     (1) Except as provided in this subsection and subsection (b) of this section,
and in cooperation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, the
State Department of Assessments and Taxation, and other appropriate governmental
units, the Department shall provide for the collection of an annual fee for every rental
dwelling unit in the State.

(2)     The annual fee for an affected property is $10.

(3)     (i) Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this
paragraph, on or before December 31, [1999,] 2000 the annual fee for a rental dwelling
unit built after 1949 that is not an affected property is $5. After December 31, [ 1999,]
2000 there is no annual fee for a rental dwelling unit built after 1949 that is not an affected
property.

(ii) The owner of a rental dwelling unit built after 1949 that is not an
affected property may not be required to pay the fee provided under this paragraph if the
owner certifies to the Department that the rental dwelling unit is lead free pursuant to §
6-804 of this subtitle.

(iii) An owner of a rental dwelling unit who submits a report to the
Department that the rental dwelling unit is lead free pursuant to § 6-804 of this subtitle
shall include a $5 processing fee with the report.

(b)     The fees imposed under this section do not apply to any rental dwelling unit:

(1)     Built after 1978; or

(2)     Owned and operated by a unit of federal, State, or local government, or
any public, quasi-public, or municipal corporation.

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