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to be Section 325D(g)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 43 - Health

Section 325D(f)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 325D(f) of Article 43 - Health, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be
Section(s) 325D(g).

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

Article 43 - Health

325D.

(e) THE STATE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF PRACTICAL
PLUMBING, WITH THE APPROVAL OF [The] THE Secretary shall
promulgate those rules deemed necessary to carry out the
purposes of and to enforce this section, including the
formulation of standards for acceptable fixtures and devices
which reduce water consumption and meet requirements of
safety and sanitation. The standards shall include listings
of acceptable fixtures and devices available commercially.
These rules shall be incorporated into and be part of the
State Plumbing Code.

(F) THE BOARD, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY, MAY
VARY THE STANDARDS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION BY ADOPTING AS
PART OF THE STATE PLUMBING CODE, NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR
WATER CONSERVING FIXTURES, APPLIANCES, OR DEVICES AS
PROMULGATED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL
STANDARDS INSTITUTE.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved April 22, 1980.

CHAPTER 132
(Senate Bill 236)