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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="8-219" title_number="8" title_name="Landlord and Tenant" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Residential Leases">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Apartment facility” means an apartment building or complex that contains four or more individual dwelling units that a common landlord rents for residential purposes, including all common areas available for use by a tenant.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Apartment facility” does not include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>A single–family house, regardless of the number of individual dwelling units into which the house is subdivided;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A condominium organized under Title 11 of this article; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>A cooperative project organized under Title 5, Subtitle 6B of the Corporations and Associations Article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Dwelling unit” means that portion of a building that is designated, intended, or arranged for use or occupancy as a residence by one or more persons.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Tenant organization” means an incorporated or unincorporated organization of three or more tenants who reside in an apartment facility formed for the purpose of improving the living conditions, contractual position, or community experiences of the residents of the apartment facility that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Meets regularly;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Operates democratically; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Is independent of the owners or management of the apartment facility and their representatives.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a tenant organization shall have the right to assemble in a meeting room within an apartment facility designated for use by tenants for events and community gatherings during reasonable hours and on reasonable notice to the landlord to conduct tenant organization meetings.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The landlord may impose reasonable terms and conditions on the use of a meeting room, provided that the terms and conditions do not undermine the purposes of this section.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The landlord may require an individual participating in a tenant organization meeting who is not a resident of the apartment facility to sign a waiver of liability for injuries sustained while on the property.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A tenant organization shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Designate at least two but not more than five members who are authorized to schedule use of a meeting room on behalf of the tenant organization; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Provide written notification to the landlord of the designees at least once per year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A landlord may not charge a tenant organization a fee for the use of a meeting room for the first meeting of the tenant organization each month.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A landlord may charge a reasonable fee for all other uses of a meeting room by the tenant organization within the same month provided that the fee does not exceed the regular schedule of fees charged to other groups or individuals for use of the meeting room.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
