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HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               2485

cost of each unit's electrical consumption. IF THE OWNER,
OPERATOR, OR MANAGER OF AN APARTMENT HOUSE, OFFICE BUILDING,
OR SHOPPING CENTER INSTALLS SUBMETERING EQUIPMENT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE BULK
METERED SERVICE, THE OWNER, OPERATOR, OR MANAGER MAY NOT
IMPOSE UPON ANY UNIT ANY UTILITY COST EXCEPT CHARGES
AUTHORIZED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND ACTUALLY
IMPOSED BY THE UTILITY UPON THE OWNER, OPERATOR, OR MANAGER,
WHICH CHARGES HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED AMONG THE UNITS IN THE
SHOPPING CENTER IN PROPORTION TO THE ACTUAL USAGE OF
KILOWATT HOURS BY THE UNIT. HOWEVER, AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE
CHARGE NOT TO EXCEED $1 PER UNIT PER MONTH MAY BE COLLECTED
TO COVER ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND BILLING. Except in units
constructed, managed, operated, developed, or subsidized by
a local housing authority as established under Article 44A,
if, during the term of any lease or agreement which includes
the cost of electricity consumed for the unit, the owner,
operator, or manager elects to install submeters, the owner,
operator, or manager shall determine the amount of electric
costs saved and pass this amount on to the occupant of the
unit as a reduction in rent or payment.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 637

(House Bill 699)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City Zoo

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt
in the amount of $700,000, the proceeds to be used for
a grant to Baltimore City the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore for the renovation, restoration,
rehabilitation, repair, alteration, and improvement of
the Baltimore City Zoo, subject to the condition that
Baltimore City or the Baltimore Zoological Society or
both provide at least the same amount as an equal and a
matching fund of a certain kind for the same purpose by
a certain date; and providing generally for the issue
and sale of bonds evidencing the loan.

Preamble

WHEREAS, The General Assembly recognizes the
contributions of the Baltimore City Zoo to the citizens of
the State of Maryland; and