# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 13. Other Powers of Counties -- Regulatory

### Subtitle 9. Regulation of Building, Housing, and Related Occupations

#### Section 13-915

(a) This section applies to all counties except:

  (1) Baltimore City;

  (2) Baltimore County; and

  (3) to the extent that an area is under the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, Prince George's County.

(b) The provisions of Sec.Sec. 9-105 and 9-106 of this article apply to an act, an ordinance, or a resolution adopted by a commission county under this section.

(c) In accordance with the Maryland Plumbing Act, the governing body of a county may:

  (1) adopt a plumbing code;

  (2) provide for inspections to enforce the code; and

  (3) impose permit and inspection fees.

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Md. Code Ann., Local Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)