1416                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 332

EACH PERMIT APPLICATION TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY SUFFICIENT
INFORMATION FOR THE LOCAL JURISDICTION TO DETERMINE THE
NECESSARY ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES REEDED ORDER THE
GUIDELINES.

(C) (1) THERE IS AN ADVISORY COMMISSION ON ENERGY
UTILIZATION IN BUILDINGS.

(2)    THE SECRETARY SHALL APPOINT 15 MEMBERS OF
THE ADVISORY COMMISSION. THE MEMBERS SHALL SERVE WITHOUT
COMPENSATION.

(3)    MEMBERS APPOINTED SHALL BE BROADLY
REPRESENTATIVE AND SHALL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM
BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, ARCHITECTURAL AND
ENGINEERING PROFESSIONS, PUBLIC UTILITIES, THE RESIDENTIAL
OR COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, LEGISLATIVE BODIES OF
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

(4)    THE ADVISORY COMMISSION SHALL MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SECRETARY REGARDING THE PROMULGATION
OF THE STATEWIDE ENERGY UTILIZATION STANDARD GUIDELINES AND

ITS THEIR ENFORCEMENT APPLICATION.

(D) (1) ENFORCEMENT OF THE STATE STANDARD

GUIDELINES SHALL BE BY EACH LOCAL JURISDICTION, WHICH SHALL

REQUIRE EACH PERMIT APPLICATION TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY

WITH THE STATE STANDARD. ----COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION BY AN

ENGINEER OR ARCHITECT REGISTERED IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND

MAY BE DEEMED BY A LOCAL JURISDICTION TO CONSTITUTE

SUFFICIENT COMPLIANCE UNDER THIS SECTION.

(2) (D) DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE TRAINING
TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ON THE APPLICATION OF THE STATE
STANDARD GUIDELINES. TRAINING MAY INCLUDE PROGRAMS
DEVELOPED BY AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

(E) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT DO NOT APPLY TO
APPLICATIONS FOR BUILDING OR ZONING PERMITS MADE BEFORE
JANUARY 1, 1979.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 2, 1978.

CHAPTER 333
(House Bill 376)
AN ACT concerning

Landlord and Tenant — Validity of Written Leases