Ch. 5                                       2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2) AN AMENDMENT TO A STANDARD OR MODEL CODE DESCRIBED IN
PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION IS NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL SPECIFICALLY
INCORPORATED INTO THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE OF THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION.

(C)     PUBLICATION; PUBLIC HEARING.

(1)      EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (E) OF THIS SECTION, THE
LOCAL GOVERNING BODY OF A COUNTY OR LEGISLATIVE BODY OF A MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION MAY NOT ADOPT A FIRE PREVENTION CODE UNDER THIS SECTION
UNTIL A SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSAL IS PUBLISHED FOR AT LEAST 3 WEEKS IN ONE
OR MORE NEWSPAPERS OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION.

(2)      THE SUMMARY SHALL SPECIFY THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING
ON THE PROPOSAL AND SHALL STATE THAT COPIES OF THE PROPOSAL MAY BE
OBTAINED ON APPLICATION TO:

(I)      FOR A COUNTY FIRE PREVENTION CODE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICER OF THE COUNTY; OR

(II)     FOR A MUNICIPAL FIRE PREVENTION CODE, THE CLERK OF THE
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.

(D)     APPLICATION OF COUNTY CODES WITHIN MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (E) OF THIS SECTION, A FIRE
PREVENTION CODE ADOPTED BY A COUNTY UNDER THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY
WITHIN A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THAT HAS ADOPTED A FIRE PREVENTION CODE
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ADOPTION OF THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE BY
THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.

(E)     FREDERICK COUNTY.

(1)      THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES ONLY TO FREDERICK COUNTY.

(2)      THE SUMMARY OF THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE REQUIRED TO BE
PUBLISHED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN ONE
OR MORE NEWSPAPERS OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY AT LEAST 2
WEEKS BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE BY THE COUNTY.

(3)      A COPY OF THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE PROPOSED FOR ADOPTION
UNDER THIS SECTION MAY BE OBTAINED ON APPLICATION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICER OF THE COUNTY.                                                                                       

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 23A, § 6(a) and former Art. 25, § 11.

In the introductory language of subsection (a) and in subsection (c)(1) of
this section, the general reference to the "local governing body" of each
county is substituted for the former narrow reference to the "county
commissioners" to encompass counties whose governing body is a county

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