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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="8-205.2" title_number="8" title_name="Landlord and Tenant" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Residential Leases">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “utility service provider” has the same meaning stated in § 8–205.1 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies only to a landlord of a building that contains five or fewer residential dwelling units.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply to a landlord that requires a tenant, under an oral or written lease, to pay water, sewer, gas, or electric bills directly to the utility service provider.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A landlord that requires a tenant to make payments for water, sewer, gas, or electric utility services to the landlord shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Use a written lease that provides notice that the tenant is responsible for making payments for water, sewer, gas, or electric utility services to the landlord; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Provide a copy of the water, sewer, gas, or electric utility bill to the tenant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
