Terms Used In Maryland Code, PUBLIC SAFETY 9-205

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if there is clear evidence that an exception will not adversely affect the fire safety of a building or its occupants, the State Fire Marshal or a local authority with jurisdiction over the enforcement of fire and building codes may grant an exception to:

(1) a requirement of a State or local fire and building code if a sprinkler system is installed in a building as required by this subtitle; or

(2) the sprinkler system requirement of this subtitle if, on or before June 30, 1990:

(i) the local authority gave approval to a construction plan for a dormitory, hotel, lodging or rooming house, multifamily residential unit, or town house; and

(ii) the approved plan did not include the installation of a sprinkler system as required by this subtitle.

(b) The State Fire Marshal or a local authority may not grant an exception under this section to a smoke detector requirement.

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