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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0352* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 352 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E4 4lr1522 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 4lr0908 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Watson |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 15, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Maryland Building Performance Standards – Apartment Building Height 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Allowances – Study and Alterations 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to establish a workgroup 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | to study and make recommendations relating to maximum height restrictions for 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | apartment buildings with a single–exit stairway; requiring the Department to adopt 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | certain regulations by a certain date; and generally relating to maximum height 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | restrictions for apartment buildings with single–exit stairways. 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | That: 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) The Maryland Department of Labor shall establish a workgroup to study the 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | maximum height restriction in each state for apartment buildings with a single–exit 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | stairway. 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) The study shall: 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) analyze the maximum height restrictions in each state for an 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | apartment building with a single–exit stairway; and 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) on or before July 1, 2026, make recommendations to increase the 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | maximum height restriction for an apartment building with a single–exit stairway in the 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | State. 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (c) On or before June 1, 2027, the Maryland Department of Labor shall adopt 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | regulations to modify the maximum height restriction for an apartment building with a 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | single–exit stairway in the Maryland Building Performance Standards based on the 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | recommendations of the workgroup. 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 SENATE BILL 352 |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Ac t shall take effect July 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 1, 2024. It shall remain effective for a period of 3 years and, at the end of June 30, 2027, 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | of no further force and effect. 4 |
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