Ch. 5

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

"MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT" MEANS
THE NATIONAL MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS
ACT OF 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 5401 ET SEQ.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language derived without
substantive change from former Art. 83B, § 6-202(h).

The reference to the "Manufactured Home Construction and Safety
Standards Act" is substituted for the former reference to the "Mobile Home
Construction and Safety Standards Act" to reflect the current title of the
federal statute.

Defined term: "Manufactured home" § 12-301

(I) SITE.

"SITE" MEANS THE ENTIRE TRACT, SUBDIVISION, OR PARCEL OF LAND ON
WHICH AN INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING OR MANUFACTURED HOME IS INSTALLED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language derived without
substantive change from former Art. 83B, § 6-202(j).

Defined terms: "Industrialized building" § 12-301
"Install" § 12-301
"Manufactured home" § 12-301

REVISOR'S NOTE TO SECTION:

Former Art. 83B, § 6-202(i), which defined "Secretary" as the Secretary of
Housing and Community Development, is deleted because the term is not
used in the revision.

12-302. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS THAT:

(1)      WITH THE ACCELERATION IN DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MATERIALS,
PROCESSES, AND ASSEMBLIES OF BUILDING COMPONENTS, INDUSTRIALIZED
BUILDINGS, MANUFACTURED HOMES, AND SUBASSEMBLIES, AND THE INCREASED
USE OF TEMPORARY AND MOBILE STRUCTURES, THERE IS A NEED FOR A STATEWIDE
BUILDING REGULATORY SYSTEM;

(2)      UNTIL THE RECENT INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR USE OF TEMPORARY
AND MOBILE STRUCTURES, THE PRESENT SYSTEM WITH ITS ESSENTIALLY LOCAL
BUILDING REGULATORY DEPARTMENTS HAS DONE A CREDITABLE JOB PROTECTING
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES;

(3)      THIS NEW DEMAND CALLS FOR MORE IN DEPTH PERFORMANCE
EVALUATIONS IN TERMS OF THE INTENT OF THE BUILDING REGULATIONS AND
INSPECTION SERVICES THAT USUALLY INVOLVE GOING BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES
OF LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT AND REQUIRE THE ASSISTANCE OF THE STATE;

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