706                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 151

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 43 - Health

Section 325D(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 43 - Health

325D.

(c) (1) Except as provided under subsection (d),
the following fixtures or devices shall be installed, as
necessary, in buildings constructed or remodeled after
January 1, 1979:

[(1) Approved water closets, in every building.

(2)] (I) Approved urinals, in every building.

[(3)] (II) Approved sink faucets for private
use, in private residences and in buildings with restrooms
not intended for public use and in hotels, motels and
dormitories.

[(4)] (III) Approved sink faucets for a public
facility, in buildings with restrooms intended for public
use except in hotels, motels and dormitories.

[(5)] (IV) Approved showerheads, in every
building.

(2) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED UNDER SUBSECTION (D),
APPROVED WATER CLOSETS SHALL BE INSTALLED , AS NECESSARY, IN
EVERY BUILDING, AS NECESSARY, CONSTRUCTED OR REMODELED AFTER
FEBRUARY 15, 1980.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved May 1, 1979.