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<section number="13-1114" name="Exceptions to County right of first refusal" law="code" slug="sec-13-1114" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_13HOPRST_DIV14COREHO_S13-1114EXCORIFIRE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An owner may sell a multifamily rental facility without providing any right of first refusal under Section 13-1113 if the Department approves a written agreement that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>prohibits the buyer from converting the multifamily rental facility for at least three (3) years after the sale; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>at least twenty (20) percent of the units in the multifamily rental facility as rental units for fifteen (15) years from the date of acquisition for households do not exceed the applicable income eligibility figures established under Section 11-138 (b)(4)(ii) of the Real Property Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Department received the written agreement from the prospective buyer at least thirty (30) days before the sale.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department may approve or reject an agreement with the buyer under this subsection only after considering the:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>physical condition of the multifamily rental facility, including any rehabilitation necessary to correct dangerous defects;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>tenants' ability to afford rent increases; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the need to preserve quality low- and moderate-income rental housing in the County;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An owner does not have to provide a right of first refusal for a sale or transfer:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in a multifamily rental facility with less than twenty (20) rental dwelling units;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>under the terms of a bona fide mortgage or deed of trust;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>to a mortgagee in lieu of foreclosure or any other proceedings, arrangement or deed in lieu of foreclosure;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>under a court order or judicial sale;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>from one co-tenant to another co-tenant by operation of law;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>under a will or descent or intestate distribution;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>to the State or a local government;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>to a spouse, son or daughter;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>made pursuant to the liquidation of a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>into a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation wholly owned by the person(s) so contributing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
