PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 616

(3) (i) Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this
paragraph, on or before December 31, 2000 the annual fee for a rental dwelling unit built
after 1949 that is not an affected property is $5. After December 31, 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.

(c) The fee imposed under this section shall be paid on or before December 31,
[1994] 1995, or the date of registration of the affected property under Part III of this
subtitle[, whichever is earlier,] and on or before December 31 of each year thereafter.

6-849.

(a) (1) The Department shall impose an administrative penalty on an owner
who fails to register an affected property by December 31, [1994] 1995 or within the time
period specified in § 6-811(a)(2) or § 6-812(b) of this subtitle or fails to renew or update
a registration as provided under § 6-812(a) of this subtitle. The administrative penalty
imposed shall be $10 per day, calculated from the date compliance is required, for each
affected property which is not registered or for which registration is not renewed or
updated.

Chapter 114 of the Acts of 1994

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be construed
only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have any effect on or
application to any event or conditions occurring before the effective date of this Act
FEBRUARY 24, 1996, except for:

(1)     The case of a person at risk with an elevated blood lead of 25 micrograms per
deciliter or more first documented by a test performed on or after [October 1, 1994]
FEBRUARY 24, 1996, or with an elevated blood lead of 20 micrograms per deciliter or
more first documented by a test performed on or after [October 1, 1999] FEBRUARY 24,
2001, if the elevated blood lead was caused by the ingestion of lead [prior to October,
1994] BEFORE FEBRUARY 24, 1996; [or]

(2)     The acceptance of a qualified offer under § 6-835 of the Environment Article,
as enacted by this Act, if the alleged injury or loss caused by the ingestion of lead by the
person at risk in the affected property occurred before [October 1, 1994] FEBRUARY 24,
1996; OR

(3)     THE OBLIGATION OF AN OWNER OF AN AFFECTED PROPERTY TO
REGISTER AND PAY AN ANNUAL FEE FOR THE AFFECTED PROPERTY BY DECEMBER
31, 1995 AND THE OBLIGATION OF AN OWNER OF A RENTAL DWELLING UNIT TO PAY
AN ANNUAL FEE AS REQUIRED UNDER § 6-843(A)(3) OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE
BY DECEMBER 31, 1995.

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