State Agencies

was prepared in 1970 to guide the development of
historic St. Mary's City as an historic park to be
completed by 1984, the year Maryland will cele-
brate its 350th anniversary. To execute the plan,
the Commission is acquiring historical and cultur-
al properties necessary for the proper use and ad-
ministration of the proposed park. The Commis-
sion may accept private gifts, as well as federal,
State, and local government grants. The Commis-
sion reports annually to the Secretary of Econom-
ic and Community Development and to the Gen-
eral Assembly (Code 1957, Art. 41, secs.
365-374).

MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL

Chairperson: Gerald W. Johnson, 1984
Vice-Chairperson; William B. Dunham, 1983
Secretary-Treasurer: Julianne E. Alderman, 1983

Leon Bridges, 1983; Harold Boxer, 1984; Nancy
Stevens Carsey, 1984; Barbara M. Curran,
1985; Huot Fisher, 1985; George Udel, 1985.

Ex officio members: Julian L. Lapides, State Sen-
ate: Pauline H. Menes, House of Delegates

Vacancy, Executive Director

15 West Mulberry Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 685-6740

The Maryland State Arts Council was created
by Chapter 644, Acts of 1967, to replace the
Governor's Council on the Arts in Maryland,
which had been established by Executive Order
on March 30, 1966, in conformity with the provi-
sions of the National Foundation on the Arts and
Humanities.

The Council consists of eleven members. The
Governor appoints nine members for three-year
terms. Two members must be members of the
General Assembly, one of whom is appointed by
the president of the Senate and the other by the
speaker of the House of Delegates. Members of
the Council are chosen because of their participa-
tion in civic, educational, and professional organi-
zations concerned with or engaged in the produc-
tion of the performing visual or creative arts.
Members must also represent all sections of the
State geographically. The Council selects its own
officers and employs necessary staff members.

The Council provides technical and consulta-
tive assistance to arts organizations throughout
the State and designs new or expanded arts pro-
grams. The Council makes grants to county arts
councils and arts organizations of all sorts. It also
operates programs of its own such as the State
Folklore Program. The State Folklorist coordi-

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nates a Statewide program of research, education-
al development, and public presentation designed
to encourage wider public and institutional
awareness, understanding, and support of Mary-
land traditional culture. The State Folklorist initi-
ates and plans programs which identify tradition-
al musicians, craftspeople, artisans, and other
tradition bearers, and brings their folkways to au-
diences in all parts of Maryland.

The Council receives an annual grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts for program
support (Code 1957, Art. 41, secs. 396-404).

CODES ADMINISTRATION

David M. Hammerman, Director

2525 Riva Road
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-2701

Codes Administration is responsible for the In-
dustrialized Building and Mobile Homes Code,
the Model Performance Building Code, the Mary-
land Building Code for the Handicapped, the ad-
ministration of the Maryland Safety Glazing law,
and guidelines for energy conservation.

The Industrialized Building and Mobile Homes
Code, established by Chapter 662, Acts of 1971,
offers certification standards for any building,
building sub-system, or component that is manu-
factured or partially assembled off-site to be used
in a Maryland structure. The intent of the Code
is to encourage and enable expanded industrial-
ized building activity in the State. Buildings and
building sub-system components that are certified
by the State under this Code can be used or
erected anywhere in Maryland, regardless of local
building codes, but must, of course, comply with
local zoning laws. The Code also applied to mo-
bile homes offered for sale within the State until
the federal government adopted a new HUD
standard effective June 15, 1976, which supersed-
ed the Maryland standard. The Codes Adminis-
tration continues to perform inspection functions
to help enforce the HUD standard under the pro-
visions of Article 41, Section 266EE-7.

The Model Performance Building Code was
adopted by Chapter 663, Acts of 1971. The basis
of the State's Model Performance Code is the
Building Officials and Code Administrators Inter-
national Basic Building Code (BOCA). It is the in-
tent of the General Assembly that this code even-
tually be adopted throughout the State to allow
builders to adapt their materials to a single set of
modern, performance oriented, standards. Provi-
sions to promote energy conservation in the Model
Performance Code were adopted by the Legisla-
ture in 1974 (Code 1957, Art. 41, sec. 257J).