Section 17-123*2. Window guards; notification to tenants  


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  • a.  All leases offered to tenants in multiple dwellings must contain a
      notice, conspicuously set forth therein, which advises  tenants  of  the
      obligation  of  the  owner, lessee, agent or other person who manages or
      controls a multiple dwelling to install window guards, and where further
      information  regarding  the  procurement  of  such  window   guards   is
      available.
        b.  The owner, lessee, agent or other person who manages or controls a
      multiple dwelling must cause to be delivered to each residential unit  a
      notice advising occupants of the obligation of such owner, lessee, agent
      or  other  person who manages or controls a multiple dwelling to install
      window guards and where further information regarding the procurement of
      such window guards is available. Such notice  must  be  provided  on  an
      annual basis in a form and manner approved by the department.
        c.  The  department of health and mental hygiene shall promulgate such
      regulations as it deems necessary to comply with the provisions of  this
      section,  with  respect  to the annual notice to tenants, and the notice
      requirement in all multiple dwelling leases.
        d. Any person who violates the provisions  of  this  section,  or  the
      regulations  promulgated  hereunder,  shall  be  guilty of a misdemeanor
      punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars or  imprisonment  for
      up  to  six  months  or both. In addition, any violation of this section
      shall constitute a civil violation subject to a penalty of not more than
      five hundred dollars per violation. A civil violation under this section
      shall  be  adjudicated  before  the  administrative  tribunal   of   the
      department.
        * NB There are 2 § 17-123's