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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-1206" title_number="12" title_name="Building and Material Codes; Other Safety Provisions" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Maryland Swimming Pool and Spa Standards">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall maintain a central automated database in accordance with this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At a minimum, the Department shall include in the database:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Standards;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>local amendments to the Standards;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Electrical Code required under Subtitle 6 of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>local amendments to the Electrical Code; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>information compiled by the Department under paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department may compile and include in the database:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>any information provided by a local jurisdiction on the implementation and interpretation of the Standards by the local jurisdiction; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>interim amendments to the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code including subsequent printings of the most recent edition.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>make information from the database available to a local jurisdiction, State unit, or other interested party;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide each local jurisdiction with the necessary hardware or software to enable the local jurisdiction to access the information in the database; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>coordinate with local swimming pool and spa officials, the State Fire Marshal, and local fire officials in compiling information for the database.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the Department may charge a fee for information provided from the database.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Department may not charge a fee to a State unit or local jurisdiction.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department may not charge a fee to a local jurisdiction for the ongoing maintenance of the database.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Fees collected in accordance with this subsection unexpended at the end of the fiscal year do not revert to the General Fund of the State, but shall be kept in a special fund available to the Department to carry out this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
