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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 199

CHAPTER 199

(House Bill 940)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Home Rehabilitation Program

FOR the purpose of altering the definition of rehabilitation
to include the provision of utility submetering for
eligibility for loans under the Maryland Home
Rehabilitation Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments
Section 257L(b)(l)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1978 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments
Section 257L(b)(5)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1978 Replacement Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative
Departments

257L.

(b) (1) As used in this section the following terms
have the meanings indicated.

(5) "Rehabilitation" means the repair,
reconstruction, renovation, redevelopment, or improvement of
an existing building to restore it to a decent, safe, and
sanitary condition in accordance with applicable
construction, health, safety, fire, occupancy, and other
codes and standards, to ensure that the building can be
maintained in that condition, and to improve the general
utility and attractiveness of the building. Applicable codes
and standards shall be those in force in the political
subdivision where the building is located. If the political
subdivision lacks codes and standards deemed sufficient by
the Secretary to promote the objects of this section, the
Department may by regulation prescribe codes and standards
which shall apply in that subdivision solely for purposes of