J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1047

TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN OFFICE ON JUNE 1,
1966, BUT THESE PROVISIONS SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE
WITH THE NEXT TERM OF OFFICE.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 600
(Senate Bill 219)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 10 of
Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Supple-
ment), title "County Commissioners", subtitle "General Provi-
sions", and to add a new Section 10E to the said Article and sub-
title of the Code, to follow immediately after Section 10D thereof,
to revise laws relating to a building and plumbing code in Charles
County, to require the county to adopt a building code, to provide
for its content, to provide for its amendment, to authorize the levy
of fees for building permits, to provide for appointment of build-
ing inspectors and to specify their duties under the building code
and under the county planning and zoning regulations, to author-
ize adoption and modification of a plumbing code, to provide pen-
alties for violations of these codes, for approval of permits by the
county health department, and to except some buildings from these
requirements applicable to building and plumbing codes in Charles
County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 10 of Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Supplement), title "County Commissioners", subtitle "General
Provisions", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, and that a new Section 10E be and it is hereby added to the
said Article and subtitle of the Code, to follow immediately after
Section 10D thereof, and all to read as follows:

10.

The County Commissioners of Cecil County [and Charles County]
are hereby authorized to adopt and to amend from time to time a
building code to provide for the construction, maintenance and
repair of any and all buildings and structures, located or to be
located in the said [counties] county to provide for the appointment
of inspectors for the enforcement thereof, and to provide penalties
for the violation of said building code. Said building code may incor-
porate by reference any code or part thereof proposed by any gov-
ernmental agency or any trade or professional association for gen-
eral distribution in printed form as a standard model on any subject
relating to construction, maintaining or repairing buildings or struc-
tures, provided that subsequent amendments to any such model or
standard code, shall not be effective until specifically incorporated
into such building code. [In Charles County the County Commis-
sioners are authorized to impose a fee for any permit issued under
the building code at a cost not to exceed one dollar per thousand