Sec. 10. 10 MRSA §1415-E, as amended by PL 2003, c. 644, §3, is further amended to read:

§1415-E. Administration of standards

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 adopted in accordance with Title 5, chapter 375, distribute to regional planning councils funds made available for this purpose.

Sec. 11. 10 MRSA §1415-G, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. RR, §8, is further amended to read:

§1415-G. Electric heating systems; subsidized

housing

1. Residential construction, remodeling and renovation. Except as provided in this section, during the construction, remodeling or renovation of a multifamily residential building structure, a person may not install electric space heating equipment as the primary heating system if that construction, remodeling or renovation is funded in whole or in part by public funds, guarantees or bond proceeds. For purposes of this section, "multifamily residential building structure" means a residential structure with more than one dwelling unit.

2. Waiver. After written petition from a building owner, the commissioner commission shall grant a waiver from subsection 1 if the building design conforms to the residential standards set forth in subsection 3 or 4. A waiver granted by the commissioner commission under this subsection must be in writing and state the commissioner's commission's reason for granting the waiver.

3. Residential standards; electric heat. If the commissioner commission grants a waiver under subsection 2, the building owner shall renovate the building or construct a new building so that the entire building conforms to the minimum