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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-507" 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 may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>develop a voluntary forum that may be used, on request of a local jurisdiction, to resolve conflicts that involve the Standards; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall notify each local jurisdiction of each change to the International Building Code and the impact the change will have on the local amendments in that local jurisdiction;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in conjunction with the Maryland Building Officials Association and other interested organizations, shall provide training for local building officials on the Standards and certify the participation of local building officials in the training;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>on request, shall provide a local jurisdiction with technical assistance to implement and enforce the Standards; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>on request by a local jurisdiction and in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, shall provide guidance for the implementation and enforcement of the Standards in relation to any religious observance, practice, or belief.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
