Sec. 18. 10 MRSA §1415-E, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1991, c. 824, Pt. A, §15, is further amended to read:

1. Administration. The Department of Economic and Community Development commission is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the standards established in this chapter. In administering these standards, the Department of Economic and Community Development commission shall:

A. Work cooperatively with other state, regional and local agencies interested in or affected by these standards and may, by rules promulgated in accordance with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375, distribute to regional planning councils funds made available for this purpose;

B. Revise the Manual of Accepted Practices to incorporate these mandatory provisions and make this and other relevant publications available to the towns and cities of this State; and

C. Collect data from municipalities and regional planning agencies on the energy construction characteristics of the residential units built after January 1, 1989 and include an analysis of that data in its biennial energy resources plan.

Sec. 19. 10 MRSA §1415-F, as amended by PL 1991, c. 824, Pt. C, §2, is further amended to read:

§1415-F. Manual of Accepted Practices

The commissioner commission shall prepare a Manual of Accepted Practices that consists of building procedures and building materials to enable builders of one-family and 2-family structures to conform to the residential standards in section 1415-C.

Sec. 20. 10 MRSA §1415-G, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. RR, §8 and affected by §18, is further amended to read:

§1415-G. Electric heating systems; subsidized housing