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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0705* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 705 |
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| 8 | 8 | | N1 5lr1965 |
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| 9 | 9 | | |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Valderrama |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 24, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Environment and Transportation |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | |
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| 18 | 18 | | Real Property – Short–Term Rentals 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of prohibiting the governing body of a county or municipality from 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | enacting a local law or ordinance prohibiting the offering of certain residential 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | property as a short–term rental by an operator solely because the operator is a lessee 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | or sublessee of the property; and generally relating to short–term rental property. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | |
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| 25 | 25 | | BY adding to 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Article – Real Property 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 14–126.1 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Article – Real Property 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 14–126.1. 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | INDICATED. 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) “OPERATOR” MEANS THE PROPRIETOR OF AN Y DWELLING , 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LODGING, OR SLEEPING ACCOMMOD ATIONS OFFERED AS A SHORT–TERM RENTAL , 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | WHETHER IN THE CAPAC ITY OF OWNER , LESSEE, SUBLESSEE, MORTGAGEE IN 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | POSSESSION, LICENSEE, OR ANY OTHER POSSESS ORY CAPACITY. 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 705 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (3) (I) “SHORT–TERM RENTAL ” MEANS A RESIDENTIAL DWELLI NG 1 |
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| 49 | 49 | | UNIT OR A PORTION OF THE UNIT, INCLUDING AN ACCESSO RY DWELLING , USED TO 2 |
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| 50 | 50 | | PROVIDE HOUSING FOR LESS THAN 31 CONSECUTIVE DAYS . 3 |
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| 51 | 51 | | |
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| 52 | 52 | | (II) “SHORT–TERM RENTAL ” DOES NOT INCLUDE A H OTEL OR 4 |
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| 53 | 53 | | MOTEL, BOARDING HOUSE , GROUP RESIDENTIAL FA CILITY FOR STUDENTS , 5 |
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| 54 | 54 | | FRATERNITY OR SORORI TY HOUSE, OR SIMILAR HOUSING . 6 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (B) THE GOVERNING BODY OF A COUNTY OR MUNICIPA LITY MAY NOT ENACT 7 |
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| 57 | 57 | | A LOCAL LAW OR ORDIN ANCE PROHIBITING AN OPERATOR FROM OFF ERING A 8 |
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| 58 | 58 | | PROPERTY AS A SHORT–TERM RENTAL SOLELY BECAUSE THE OPERATOR IS A 9 |
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| 59 | 59 | | LESSEE OR SUBLESSEE OF THE PROPERTY . 10 |
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| 60 | 60 | | |
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| 61 | 61 | | (C) NOTHING IN THIS SECTI ON MAY BE INTERPRETE D AS PROHIBITING A 11 |
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| 62 | 62 | | PROPERTY OWNER FROM PROHIBITING OR LIMITING THE USE OF THE PROPE RTY BY 12 |
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| 63 | 63 | | A LESSEE OR SUBLESSEE AS A SHORT–TERM RENTAL. 13 |
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| 64 | 64 | | |
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| 65 | 65 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 14 |
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| 66 | 66 | | October 1, 2025. 15 |
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