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House advances water submetering bill after amendments, pauses for further floor work
Summary
Lawmakers adopted amendments to House Bill 220, which authorizes optional individual water submeters for some multifamily buildings and mobile home parks and bars using unpaid submetered water charges as grounds for eviction; lawmakers raised landlord liability and service-cutoff concerns and agreed to special-order further amendment work tomorrow.
The Maryland House of Delegates adopted floor amendments to House Bill 220 on the measure authorizing optional individual water submeters for certain apartment houses and mobile home parks and moved the bill to a special order for further amendment work.
The floor leader read the bill’s intent and the amendments, saying the measure "authorizes the installation of individual water submeters in certain apartment houses and mobile home parks" and "prohibits any unpaid submetered water bills from being treated as unpaid rent in an eviction proceeding." Amendment No. 1 made technical changes; Amendment No. 2 altered applicability, tenant remedies, landlord requirements and implementation…
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