HARRY HUGHES, Governor

2055

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

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Departments

266DD-3.

(C) "ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT" HAS THE MEANING
STATED UNDER § 13-102 OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES ARTICLE.

(E) "INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT" HAS THE
MEANING STATED UNDER § 13-102 OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES
ARTICLE.

(L) "SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT" HAS THE MEANING STATED
UNDER § 13-102 OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES ARTICLE.

(A)  "COMMERCIAL BUILDING" MEANS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR AN ENERGY CONSERVATION
PROJECT OR A SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT IN A COMMERCIAL BUILDING,
ANY BUILDING, OTHER THAN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, THAT IS
USED PRIMARILY TO CARRY ON A BUSINESS (INCLUDING ANY
NONPROFIT BUSINESS) AND IS NOT USED PRIMARILY FOR THE
MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION OF RAW MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.

(B)  "COMMERCIAL ENERGY AUDIT" MEANS;

(1)  AN ENERGY AUDIT PERFORMED FOR PURPOSES OF
TITLE VII OF THE NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICY ACT,
P.L. 95-619; OR

(2)  AN ONSITE INSPECTION OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING
WHICH INSPECTION INCLUDES A DETERMINATION OF, AND PROVIDES
INFORMATION ON:

(I)  THE TYPE, QUANTITY, AND RATE OF ENERGY
CONSUMPTION OF THE BUILDING;

(II)  APPROPRIATE ENERGY CONSERVING
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION PROCEDURES THAT CAN BE EMPLOYED TO
REDUCE THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF SUCH BUILDING; AND

(III)  THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING APPROPRIATE
ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECTS, A SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT, OR
BOTH, AND THE SAVINGS IN ENERGY COSTS THAT ARE LIKELY TO
RESULT FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECTS.

(E) "ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT" MEANS

(1) WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, THE
PURCHASE OR INSTALLATION OF:

(I) CAULKING AND WEATHER STRIPPING;