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BY adding to

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 743

Article 43 - Health

Section 822,823,824,825, [[and]] 826, and 827 and

827 to be under the new subtitle "Electrical

Code"                                       

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 3(t) of Article 25 - County
Commissioners, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1973
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 25 — County Commissioners

3.

(t) To make reasonable regulations in regard to
buildings and signs to be erected, constructed, or
reconstructed in the county, and to grant building
permits for the same; to formulate a building code[,] ,
[[AND]] plumbing code, [or electrical code] or electrical
code and to provide for inspections for and enforcement
of such codes and to require reasonable charges for
permits and inspections; to authorize and require the
inspection of all buildings and structures and to
authorize the condemnation thereof as provided under
public general laws, in whole or in part, when dangerous
or insecure, and to require that such buildings and
structures be made safe or be taken down; to require the
inspection and licensing of elevators and to prohibit
their use when unsafe or dangerous or without a license.
ANY ELECTRICAL CODE FORMULATED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL

NOT APPLY TO ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT OR ELECTRICAL

APPLIANCES AND DEVICES USED BY PUBLIC UTILITIES IN

FURNISHING THEIR SERVICES, OR TO WORK PERFORMED BY PUBLIC
UTILITIES OR THEIR AFFILIATED COMPANIES. [; provided,
however, that any electrical code adopted or promulgated
hereunder shall not apply to electrical equipment,
electrical appliances and devices used by public
utilities in furnishing their services or to work
performed by such public utilities or their affiliated
companies.] This subsection shall be applicable in
Washington County and the County Commissioners shall have
the powers provided herein. The powers of the County
Commissioners of Charles County are controlled by the
provisions of the local laws of the county and not [be]