ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 540

TEMPORARY STORAGE OR CACHING OF, AN IMAGE, INFORMATION, OR DATA THAT
OTHERWISE IS SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION.

(L) AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE PROVIDER MAY NOT BE HELD
LIABLE FOR ANY ACTION TAKEN IN GOOD FAITH TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2004.

Approved May 26, 2004.

CHAPTER 540
(House Bill 1245)

AN ACT concerning

Real Property —Repossession by Landlord - Compliance with Lead
Poisoning Prevention Requirements

FOR the purpose of requiring a court to allow discovery limited solely to a certain
issue, determine if there are any disputes of certain material fact, hold a certain
evidentiary hearing, and determine as a matter of law whether an owner is
entitled to certain immunity from liability in an action in which the owner's
immunity from liability under certain lead poisoning prevention provisions is
challenged under certain circumstances; requiring the owner of residential
property that is rented or leased to make certain statements under certain
circumstances to the local government that regulates the residential property
regarding the residential property and certain requirements regarding lead risk
reduction; applying certain provisions of this Act to the regulation in any
manner by a local government of residential property that is rented or leased;
authorizing a local government to forward to the Department of the
Environment any information obtained under certain provisions of this Act
regarding residential property; requiring a landlord's written complaint in an
action to repossess certain property to state that the landlord has satisfied
registered the property as required under certain requirements relating to lead
paint risk reduction and to include, under certain circumstances, a certain
inspection certificate number or a certain statement related to an owner
performing certain work; providing that certain information required in a
landlord's written complaint in an action to repossess is not an issue of fact in a
trial under certain circumstances; defining certain terms; providing for the
application of certain provisions of this Act; providing for the effective dates of
this Act; and generally relating to a landlord'o written complaint in an action to
repossess property compliance with lead poisoning prevention requirements.

BY adding to

Article - Environment
Section 6-836.1

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