PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 225

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 83B - Department of Housing and Community Development

6-404.

(a)     The Department shall:

(1)     Establish and maintain a central automated data base that, at a
minimum, contains:

(i) The Maryland Building Performance Standards;

(ii) Local amendments to the Maryland Building Performance
Standards;

(iii) The State Fire Prevention Code and any amendments to the code
promulgated by the State Fire Prevention Commission;

(iv) Fire codes adopted by counties and municipalities and any
amendments; [and]

(V)     THE ELECTRICAL CODE REQUIRED UNDER ARTICLE 38A §§ 59
AND 60 OF THE CODE;

(VI)   LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO THE ELECTRICAL CODE REQUIRED
UNDER ARTICLE 38A §§ 59 AND 60 OF THE CODE;

(VII)  THE ENERGY CODE REQUIRED UNDER ARTICLE 78, § 54J OF
THE CODE;

(VIII)  LOCAL CODE PROVISIONS THAT ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE
THAN THE ENERGY CODE REQUIRED UNDER ARTICLE 78, § 54J OF THE CODE; AND

[(v)] (IX) Information compiled by the Department under §
6-405(b)(l) of this subtitle;

(2)     Make information from the data base available to any county,
municipality, State unit or other interested party; and

(3)     Purchase or otherwise provide a local jurisdiction with the necessary
hardware or software to enable the local jurisdiction to access the information in the
central automated data base.

(b)     (1) The Department may charge a fee for information provided from the
data base except that a fee may not be charged to State units, counties, or municipalities.
If any fees are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, the fees shall not revert to the
General Fund of the State, but instead shall be maintained as special funds available to
the Department for carrying out the purposes of this subtitle.

(2) The Department may not charge a fee to a county or municipality to
cover or support the ongoing maintenance or upkeep of the data base.

(c)     A local jurisdiction shall furnish to the Department:

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