HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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AT ALL TIMES DURING BUSINESS HOURS PERSONNEL WHO ARE
CERTIFIED TO ADMINISTER CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION
(CPR).

(B) THIS SECTION MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED AS CREATING ANY
CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR ANY PERSON.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 6, 1980.

CHAPTER 364

(House Bill 20)

AN ACT concerning

Public Service Commission - Telephone Charges

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Public Service Commission
from authorizing any mandatory telephone company
charges based on a measured time period unit rate for
local messages; and providing an exception for computer
data transmissions after a certain date.

BY adding to

Article 78 - Public Service Commission Law

Section 68(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1975 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 78 - Public Service Commission Law

68.

(D)(1) THE COMMISSION MAY NOT AUTHORIZE ANY MANDATORY
TELEPHONE COMPANY CHARGES BASED ON A MEASURED TIME PERIOD
UNIT RATE FOR LOCAL MESSAGES EXCEPT FOR COMPUTER DATA
TRANSMISSIONS AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS
SUBSECTION.

(2) AFTER JUNE 30, 1981, FOR COMPUTER DATA
TRANSMISSIONS, THE COMMISSION MAY AUTHORIZE MANDATORY
TELEPHONE COMPANY CHARGES BASED ON A COST-JUSTIFIED MEASURED
TIME PERIOD UNIT RATE FOR LOCAL MESSAGES