2116                                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [Ch. 626

50.

EVERY HIGH-RISE BUILDING AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 51
SHALL BE PROTECTED BY A COMPLETE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER
SYSTEM INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCEPTED ENGINEERING
PRACTICES AS APPROVED BY THE AUTHORITY HAVING
JURISDICTION.

51.

(A)    ANY BUILDING PLANNED FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT NOT
UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS OF JULY 1, 1974, SHALL BE
CONSTRUCTED IN CONFORMANCE WITH THIS SUBTITLE, EXCEPT IF
PRIOR APPROVAL OF PLANS HAS BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE
APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. ALL OTHER HIGH-RISE
BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED AFTER JULY 1, 1974, SHALL COMPLY
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(B)    THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE SHALL BE IN
ADDITION TO ANY EXISTING SAFETY FIRE LAWS, AND NOTHING
CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS LIMITING THE
AUTHORITY OF THE STATE FIRE PREVENTION COMMISSION OR
STATE FIRE MARSHAL TO ACT UNDER EXISTING SAFETY FIRE
LAWS. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBTITLE SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 13 OF THIS
ARTICLE.

52.

THE STATE FIRE PREVENTION COMMISSION OR STATE FIRE
MARSHAL AND IN BALTIMORE CITY THE BOARD OF FIRE
COMMISSIONERS AND THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
AUTHORIZED TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBTITLE ONLY WHEN THERE IS CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT ALTERNATE
PROVISIONS WILL PROVIDE EQUIVALENT REASONABLE SAFETY TO
LIFE, AS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 627
(Senate Bill 579)
AN ACT concerning
Bloodsworth Island — Stationary Blinds and Blind Sites