WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 200

(F) EACH SALE OR TRANSFER OF A REGULATED FIREARM IN VIOLATION OF
THIS SECTION SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Superintendent of
the Maryland State Police shall submit a report to the Legislative Policy Committee on or
before January 1, 1994, on the implementation of the 7-day waiting period under Article
27, § 442 of the Code, including:

(1)     the number of applications to purchase or transfer a firearm that were
submitted in 1993 under Article 27, § 442 of the Code;

(2)     the number of applications that were approved or disapproved by the
State Police in 1993: and

(3)     the amount of time that it took for the State Police to make a
determination as to whether to approve or disapprove any such application.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved May 11, 1993.

CHAPTER 200
(Senate Bill 337)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Building Performance Standards

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development
to adopt the BOCA National Building Code as the Maryland Building Performance
Standards; providing that the Standards shall apply to all buildings and structures
within the State on or after certain dates; authorizing local jurisdictions to adopt
amendments to the Standards subject to a certain limitation; providing that if a local
amendment conflicts with the Standards the local amendment shall prevail;
requiring local jurisdictions to implement and enforce the Standards as of certain
dates and setting forth minimum activities that local jurisdictions must implement
and enforce; authorizing local jurisdictions to charge fees necessary to cover the cost
of implementation and enforcement; providing that the Act does not abrogate
existing zoning power or related authority of counties and municipalities and does
not alter or abrogate the authority of certain State boards or the Commissioner of
Labor and Industry; providing that the Department, after complying with certain
procedures, shall determine whether modifications to the BOCA National Building
Code should be incorporated into the Standards; making certain provisions of this
Act subject to a certain funding contingency; requiring the Department to establish
and maintain a central automated data base containing certain items; authorizing
the Department to charge fees for information from the data base except in certain
cases; requiring a local jurisdiction to furnish the Department with certain items on
or before certain dates; establishing certain duties and powers of the Department;

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