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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-506" title_number="12" title_name="Building and Material Codes; Other Safety Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland Building Performance 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 State Fire Prevention Code adopted by the State Fire Prevention Commission under Title 6 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>fire prevention codes adopted by local jurisdictions;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the Electrical Code required under Subtitle 6 of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>local amendments to the Electrical Code;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the Energy Code defined under the Energy Conservation Building Standards Act, Title 7, Subtitle 4 of the Public Utilities Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>local code provisions that are more restrictive than the Energy Code defined under the Energy Conservation Building Standards Act;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>information compiled by the Department under paragraph (2) of this subsection;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>the Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>local amendments to the Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>proposed federal or State legislation of which the Department is aware and that directly affects the construction industry.</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 Building 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 building 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, but shall be kept in a special fund available to the Department to carry out this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A local jurisdiction shall provide to the Department a copy of each amendment to the local jurisdiction’s fire prevention code or Electrical Code within 15 days after the effective date of the amendment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A local jurisdiction shall provide to the Department a copy of each amendment to the local jurisdiction’s energy code that is more restrictive than the Energy Code defined under the Energy Conservation Building Standards Act within 15 days after the effective date of the amendment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
