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2472 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 561
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CHAPTER 561
(House Bill 1493)
AN ACT concerning
Public Service Commission - Electric Company, Gas Company,
and Gas and Electric Company
FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Public Service
Commission from authorizing a gas company, an
electric company, or a gas and electric company to
service any new residential multiple occupancy
building on which construction begins after a
certain date unless that building has an individual
meter for each occupancy unit that is individually
leased or owned; and clarifying language.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 78 — Public Service Commission Law
Section 51
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1975 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 51 of Article 78 - Public Service
Commission Law, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1975
Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:
Article 78 — Public Service Commission Law
51.
[No person shall] (A) A PERSON MAY NOT furnish or
put in use for revenue billing purposes any gas meter or
any electric meter unless it has been authorized by the
Commission. Every gas and electric company shall
maintain in an appropriate place a suitable apparatus,
approved, and stamped or marked by the Commission, for
testing the accuracy of gas and electric meters furnished
by it for use. On the written request of any consumer,
his meter shall be tested thereby, in his presence if he
desires.
(B) THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION MAY NOT
AUTHORIZE A GAS COMPANY; AN ELECTRIC COMPANY, OR A GAS
AND ELECTRIC COMPANY TO SERVICE ANY NEW RESIDENTIAL
MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY BUILDING ON WHICH CONSTRUCTION BEGINS
AFTER JULY 1, 1978 UNLESS THAT BUILDING HAS AN INDIVIDUAL
METER FOR EACH OCCUPANCY UNIT THAT IS INDIVIDUALLY LEASED
OR OWNED.
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