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Maryland State Legislative Status Report Summary of Real Estate Changes

Thursday, May 11, 2023, Lauren Bunting

In 2023, the Maryland State Legislature convened on January 11th and adjourned on April 10th. Maryland REALTORS® issues a Legislative Status report each year on the Maryland Legislative session to summarize the legislation that affects the real estate industry. Below are a few of the items from the report that have passed and have been approved by the Governor:

HB 11 (SB 483) Private Well Safety Act of 2023
Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations by December 31, 2026, to identify additional standards for water quality testing; requiring the Department, subject to certain funding and in consultation with the Department of Information Technology, to utilize an online portal to receive and upload certain information and to provide public access to the information; requiring the Department of the Environment to consistently share the information collected with the Maryland Department of Health and local health departments; etc.

HB 23 (SB 746) Mobile and Manufactured Homes - Relocation Plans and Sales of Communities (Manufactured Housing Modernization Act of 2023)
Altering requirements relating to relocation plans for mobile home parks to require a plan for park residents who will be dislocated as a result of the change in land use; requiring the owner, 60 days prior to entering into a contract to sell the community, to provide notice of the terms of the offer to homeowners in the community and provide them the opportunity to purchase the housing community; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to list certain agencies to assist homeowners with the purchase of a community; etc.

HB 36 (SB 100) Real Property - Actions to Repossess - Proof of Rental Licensure
Requiring, in certain actions to repossess residential rental property, a landlord to submit to the clerk of the court evidence of compliance with local rental property licensure requirements and demonstrate that the landlord is compliant with the licensure requirements.

Lauren Bunting is a Broker with Keller Williams Realty of Delmarva in Ocean City, Maryland.

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