(8) PERMITS A LANDLORD TO COMMENCE AN EVICTION PROCEEDING
OR ISSUE A NOTICE TO QUIT SUBSTANTIALLY SOLELY AS RETALIATION AGAINST ANY
TENANT FOR PLANNING, ORGANIZING, OR JOINING A TENANT ORGANIZATION WITH
THE PURPOSE OF NEGOTIATING COLLECTIVELY WITH THE LANDLORD.

[(b)] (E) (1) [If any] EXCEPT FOR A LEASE CONTAINING AN AUTOMATIC
RENEWAL PERIOD OF 1 MONTH OR LESS, A lease [ shall contain] THAT CONTAINS a
provision calling for an automatic renewal of the lease term unless prior notice is
given by the party or parties seeking to terminate the lease, [ any such] SHALL HAVE
THE provision [ shall be] distinctly set apart from any other provision of the lease
and provide a space for the written acknowledgment of THE tenant's agreement to the
automatic renewal provision[ , except leases containing an automatic renewal period
of one (1) month or less].

(2) [Any such] AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL provision THAT IS not
specifically accompanied by either the tenant's initials, signature, or witnessed mark
[, shall be] IS unenforceable by the landlord.

[(2)] (F) No provision of this section shall be deemed to be a bar to the
applicability of supplementary rights afforded by any public local law enacted by the
General Assembly or any ordinance or local law enacted by any municipality or
political subdivision of this State; provided, however, that no such law can diminish or
limit any right or remedy granted under the provisions of this section.

[(c)] (G) (1) Any lease provision which is prohibited by terms of this section
shall be unenforceable by the landlord.

(2) If the landlord includes in any lease a provision prohibited by this
section or made unenforceable by [ §§ 8-105 or 8-203] § 8-105 OR § 8-203 of this title,
at any time subsequent to July 1, 1975, and tenders a lease containing such a
provision or attempts to enforce or makes known to the tenant an intent to enforce
any such provision, the tenant may recover any actual damages incurred as a reason
thereof, including reasonable attorney's fees.

[(d)] (H) If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or any part or parts of this
section shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction such
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this section.

8-208.1.

(a) No landlord shall evict a tenant of any residential property or arbitrarily
increase the rent or decrease the services to which the tenant has been entitled for
any of the following reasons:

(1) [Solely] SUBSTANTIALLY because the tenant or [his] THE TENANT'S
agent has filed a GOOD FAITH written complaint, or complaints, with the landlord or
with any public agency or agencies against the landlord;

(2) [Solely] SUBSTANTIALLY because the tenant or [his] THE TENANT'S
agent has filed a lawsuit, or lawsuits, against the landlord; or