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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="7-204" title_number="7" title_name="Assisted Housing Preservation Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Protected Actions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The owner shall offer the right of first purchase by written notice to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>each political subdivision in which the assisted project is located;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>each local public housing authority;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>each group that represents tenants at the assisted project and has registered with the Secretary;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>each low-income housing developer that has registered with the Secretary and is exempt from taxation under § 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>any other person that has experience in the ownership or operation of low-income housing projects, is unrelated to the owner, and has registered with the Secretary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The owner shall deliver the offer:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>with or after the notice of intent; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to a person registered with the Secretary within 10 days after the Secretary gives the owner the title and mailing address of the person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The owner shall deliver a copy of the offer to the Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The owner’s offer shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the terms of the offer, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the date of the offer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the purchase price, as determined under § 7-205(b) of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a date for settlement, which must be 1 year or more after the later of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the date of the owner’s offer; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the date of the notice of intent;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a provision stating that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the buyer’s obligation is contingent on the buyer’s obtaining financing; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the contingency will not expire before the settlement;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a requirement that the first $10,000 of any deposit by the purchaser be nonrefundable, except as provided in § 7-205(c)(1)(iii) of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>other terms determined under § 7-205(b) of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a summary of the procedures and timing to exercise the right of first purchase, as specified in this subtitle and in any departmental regulations.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The date of the owner’s offer is the date on which it is delivered to the last political subdivision to which it must be delivered.</text>
  </level>
</section>
