MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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CONTAINED IN THE STRUCTURE.

(H) "MOBILE HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS
ACT" MEANS THE NATIONAL MOBILE HOME CONSTRUCTION AND
SAFETY STANDARDS ACT OF 1974, 42 USC § 5401 ET SEQ.

[(h)] (I) "Secretary" means Secretary of the
Department of Economic and Community Development.

[ (i)] (J) "Site" means the entire tract,
subdivision or parcel of land on which an industrialized
building OR MOBILE HOME is installed.

266EE-3.

(a) The Department shall[, from time to time,
promulgate] ADOPT rules and regulations prescribing
standards to which industrialized buildings [and mobile
homes] must comply for protection against the hazards
[thereof] OF INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDINGS to safety, health
and property[. The] AND MAY ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS
GOVERNING ALL ASPECTS OF THE ENFORCEMENT, INSPECTION AND
CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBHEADING.
WITH RESPECT TO INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDINGS, THE Department
shall adopt [for industrialized buildings,] the Building
Officials Conference of America basic code with such
exceptions or modifications which, after adequate public
notice and public hearing, it deems appropriate to meet
the needs and judgments of Maryland.

(c) The Department shall have printed and keep in
pamphlet form, all rules and regulations prescribing
standards for industrialized buildings [and mobile
homes]. Such pamphlets shall be furnished, on request,
at cost, to members of the public.

266EE-4.

(a) The Department [shall], through its own
personnel or by an approved testing facility [and/or] OF
qualified local enforcement agency personnel designated
by it to act as its agents, SHALL determine whether OR
NOT a proposed industrialized building [or mobile home]
meets the standards contained in the Department's
regulations. [Such] THE determination shall include not
only the evaluation and testing of the INDUSTRIALIZED
building [or mobile home], but also the quality control
system at the factory of origin and at the building site.
The Department shall maintain a program of adequate
inspection and upon favorable determination, the
Department shall certify the INDUSTRIALIZED building [or
mobile home] for the prescribed area. If a problem
arises which is limited to a particular locality in the
State, the Department shall, if practicable, hold a
public hearing in that locality. If the Secretary
determines, after public hearing, that the standards for
industrialized buildings [or mobile homes] prescribed by
statute, rule or regulation of another state are at least