Ch. 311

LAWS OF MARYLAND

standards are actually adequately enforced by the other state, he
may provide by regulation that industrialized buildings approved
by the other states shall be entitled to certification by the
Department.

(b)  Any person or firm manufacturing industrialized
buildings to be sold or offered for sale to first users in
Maryland must agree that the Department has the right to conduct
unannounced inspections at the manufacturing site to review any
or all aspects of the manufacturer's quality control program.

(1)  The cost of two such inspections may be charged
to the manufacturer in accordance with a fee schedule established
by the Department. In addition, the total travel costs on
published air fare, or equivalent rate, between Baltimore and the
location of the factory, plus necessary supplemental surface
transportation and reimbursement for food and lodging consistent
with allowances for Maryland State employees may be charged to
the manufacturer.

(2)  The Department is authorized to establish a
program of training and accreditation of local enforcement agency
personnel in order to enable them to be most effective in
inspection of industrialized buildings or mobile homes and to
promote the possibility of reciprocal reliance between building
personnel in Maryland and between Maryland and other states. In
those jurisdictions which employ accredited local enforcement
agency personnel, the function of on-site inspection of the
installation or assembly of industrialized buildings shall be
reserved to said jurisdictions with appropriate appeal procedures
from their decisions.

(c)   (1) Industrialized buildings certified by the
Department for sale in Maryland shall bear the insignia furnished
by the Department. An industrialized building manufactured after
June 30, 1977 may not be sold, offered for sale, or installed in
Maryland unless it bears the [insigne] INSIGNIA furnished by the
Department.

(2)  Any industrialized building bearing an [insigne]
INSIGNIA shall be acceptable in all localities as complying with
the requirements of this subheading and shall be acceptable as
meeting the requirements of safety to life, health, and property
imposed by any ordinance or law of any local governing body of
this State without further investigation or inspection if the
units are erected or installed in accordance with all conditions
of the certification.

(3)  Any industrialized building which does not carry
the [insigne] INSIGNIA of the Department and which, by reason of
date of manufacture, may lawfully be sold or installed is subject
to control of any local governing body in this State within whose
jurisdiction it is to be installed. When such a building is

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