HR-53: Directs the La. State Uniform Construction Code Council to study and recommend changes to the state uniform construction code
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Gisclair
Enrolled, Signed By The Speaker Of The House And Taken By The Clerk Of The House To The Secretary Of State In Accordance With The Rules Of The House. on 06/22/2011
HCR-181: Urges and requests the adoption of a rehabilitation subcode pilot program within the state uniform construction code for participating downtown development districts
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffery Arnold
Taken By The Clerk Of The House And Presented To The Secretary Of State In Accordance With The Rules Of The House. on 06/21/2011
You have voted HCR-181: Urges and requests the adoption of a rehabilitation subcode pilot program within the state uniform construction code for participating downtown development districts.
Manufactured Homes - Sprinkler System Requirement - Opt-Out Provisions for [SB-581]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing local jurisdictions to adopt a local amendment to allow manufactured homes to opt-out of sprinkler requirements if the local jurisdiction has adopted a local amendment to the Maryland Building Performance Standards that allows buildings and structures to opt-out of sprinkler requirements; providing that a local amendment adopted by a local jurisdiction under the Act prevails if there is a conflict with the International Building Code; etc.
SB-581: Manufactured Homes - Sprinkler System Requirement - Opt-Out Provisions for
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 03/28/2011
Housing - Maryland Building Performance Standards - Accessibility Standards [HB-981]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Disabilities ]
Altering a prohibition on the Department of Housing and Community Development against adopting, as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a modification that is more stringent than the International Building Code; requiring the Department to adopt as a modification of the Maryland Building Performance Standards a requirement that a single family dwelling unit in a development of six or more single family dwelling units have at least one entrance that meets specified accessibility standards; etc.
HB-981: Housing - Maryland Building Performance Standards - Accessibility Standards
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lafferty
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/21/2011
Building Codes - International Green Construction Code [HB-972]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt by regulation the International Green Construction Code; authorizing local jurisdictions to adopt and make local amendments to the International Green Construction Code; defining the term "International Green Construction Code"; and making the Act effective March 1, 2012.
HB-972: Building Codes - International Green Construction Code
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
Building Codes - Department of Housing and Community Development - Plumbing and [HB-969]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, rather than the State Board of Plumbing and the State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors, to adopt a State Plumbing Code and a State Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Code; altering a specified provision authorizing the State Board of Plumbing to adopt enforcement regulations; requiring the Department to adopt specified international plumbing, fuel gas, and mechanical codes; etc.
HB-969: Building Codes - Department of Housing and Community Development - Plumbing and
Sponsored by: Rep. Leroy Myers
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/24/2011
Local Governments - Real Property - Healthy Properties and Urban Renewal [HB-931]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a local government to take specified actions within 12 months after acquiring the real property to comply with specified nuisance laws and, with regard to any building, either ensure that the building satisfies specified building code laws or demolish the building, or sell the real property to individuals who have a beneficial record of real property ownership or tenancy or to corporations or organizations that are dedicated to urban renewal.
HB-931: Local Governments - Real Property - Healthy Properties and Urban Renewal
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/23/2011
Manufactured Homes - Sprinkler System Requirement - Opt-Out Provisions for [HB-711]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing local jurisdictions to adopt a local amendment to allow manufactured homes to opt-out of sprinkler requirements if the local jurisdiction has adopted a local amendment to the Maryland Building Performance Standards that allows buildings and structures to opt-out of sprinkler requirements; providing that a local amendment adopted by a local jurisdiction under the Act prevails if there is a conflict with the International Building Code; etc.
HB-711: Manufactured Homes - Sprinkler System Requirement - Opt-Out Provisions for
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/14/2011