May 27, 1999

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis MD 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed Senate Bill 695.

This bill provides additional time for the Department of Housing and Community
Development and those jurisdictions now using the Southern Building Code to adopt
the new International Building Code.

House Bill 1039, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on
May 13, 1999, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to
sign Senate Bill 695.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening
Governor

Senate Bill 695

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Building Performance Standards - Adoption of State Building

Code Time Limits

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Housing and Community
Development to adopt by regulation the State Building Code as the Maryland
Building Performance Standards; altering the time in which the Maryland
Building Performance Standards shall apply to certain buildings and structures
within certain counties and municipalities; requiring the Department to review
the State Building Code to determine whether certain modifications should be
incorporated into the Maryland Performance Standards; prohibiting the
Department from adopting as part of the Maryland Building Performance
Standards a modification of a building code requirement that is more stringent
than the requirement in the State Building Code; requiring the Department to
notify local jurisdictions of changes in the State Building Code and the impact
the changes will have on the local amendments in each local jurisdiction;
authorizing the Department to compile and include in a central database certain
interim amendments to the State Building Code; defining certain terms; and
generally relating to the incorporation of the State Building Code into the
Maryland Building Performance Standards. altering the time period in which
the Department of Housing and Community Development must incorporate
subsequent versions of the BOCA National Building Code into the Maryland
Building Performance Standards; and altering the date on which the Maryland
Building Performance Standards shall apply to counties or municipalities that