In addition to any other power, duty, or responsibility provided in this Chapter, the Commission has the following powers and duties:
(a) The Commission may adopt regulations under method (2) as necessary to carry out this Chapter.
(b) The Commission may enforce this Chapter through any appropriate means, including:
(1) providing any services available through the Department;
(2) awarding money damages against a landlord or tenant for the benefit of either, as provided in this Chapter;
(3) ordering repairs by a landlord or tenant;
(4) investigating and conciliating any violation of or complaint filed under this Chapter, and investigating any matter relating to a license to operate a rental housing; and
(5) imposing a monetary penalty against a landlord or tenant when a penalty is specified in a law enforced by the Commission, including an award up to three times the amount of any part of a security deposit withheld by a landlord without a reasonable basis.
(c) The Commission must provide information that the County Council or County Executive may require. (1972 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1978 L.M.C., ch. 11, § 2; 1981 L.M.C., ch. 33, § 1; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 32; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1; 2000 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 1.)
Editor's note—The delegation of power to administrative body, other than the power to impose a fine, under a former County landlord-tenant law was upheld in County Council for Montgomery County v. Investors Funding Corp., 270 Md. 403, 312 A.2d 225 (1973).
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