PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             S.B. 772

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

Senate Bill No. 772

AN ACT concerning

Lead Paint - Rent Escrow Law —Repeal

FOR the purpose of repealing modifying a certain provisions provision of law authorizing
a lessee to invoke certain rent escrow remedies if the lessor fails to remove or
eliminate lead-based paint from a residential dwelling unit within a certain period
of time after receiving notice of the presence of lead-based paint within the
residential dwelling unit; under certain circumstances if there is lead-based paint
on certain surfaces in certain residential premises; authorizing a lessee to invoke
certain rent escrow remedies only if the lessor fails to comply with certain risk
reduction standards; repealing a certain provision of law that authorizes a tenant to
invoke a certain rent escrow remedy if the landlord fails to repair and eliminate
paint containing lead pigment on surfaces within the residential dwelling unit;
preempting certain public local laws and ordinances: and generally relating to the
repeal of the rent escrow law provisions relating to lead-based paint.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Real Property
Section 8-211(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Real Property
Section 8-211(e) and (o)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Real Property
Section 8-211.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

Article - Real Property

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