2648                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 524

[(i)] (J) "Local development corporation" means any
corporation or foundation no part of the net earnings of which
inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual,
organized and operated primarily for the purposes of fostering,
encouraging, and assisting community development within the
State.

[(j)] (K) "Local development agency" means any board,
commission, agency, department or authority of any municipality
or county designated by their chief executive officer of such
municipality or county for the purpose of carrying out community
development under this subheading.

[(k)] (L) "Mortgage lender" means a bank, trust company,
savings institution, savings and loan association, national bank
association, mortgage banker, or other financial institution that
maintains an office in this State and engages in making or
originating residential mortgage loans, any insurance company
that is authorized to transact business in this State, and the
Maryland home financing program.

[(l)] (M) "Municipality" means a municipal corporation in
Maryland subject to the provisions of Article 11E of the
Constitution; and it also means the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore. "County" means one of the twenty-three counties of
Maryland.

[(m)] (N) "Person" has the meaning stated in § 518 of
Article 41 for the purpose of providing financial assistance for
an energy conservation project or a solar energy project.

[(n)] (0) "Residential building" means[, for the purpose of
providing financial assistance for an energy conservation project
or a solar energy project,] any single family or multi-family
structure that is used, primarily for human dwelling purposes and
that has a system for heating or cooling, or both.

[(o)] (P) "Residential energy audit" means:

(1)  An inspection or energy audit of a residential
building, or of a dwelling unit in a residential building,
performed for purposes of Title II or VII of the National Energy
Conservation Policy Act, P.L. 95-619; or

(2)  An onsite inspection of a residential building,
or of a dwelling unit in a residential building, which inspection
includes a determination of, and provides information on:

(i) The type, quantity, and rate of energy
consumption of the building or dwelling unit;

(ii) Energy conserving maintenance and
operating procedures which can be employed to reduce the energy
consumption of such building or dwelling unit; and