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Ch. 110 2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 2005.
Approved April 26, 2005.
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CHAPTER 110
(Senate Bill 73)
AN ACT concerning
Electric Generation - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity -
Construction and Public Notice
FOR the purpose of altering the definition of construction for certain purposes
concerning electric generating stations and transmission lines; altering certain
provisions on notification and comment concerning an application for a
certificate of public convenience and necessity for an electric generating station
or transmission line; and generally relating to electric generation and the
authority of the Public Service Commission.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Public Utility Companies
Section 7-207(a) and (d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Volume and 2004 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Public Utility Companies
7-207.
(a) (1) In this section and § 7-208 of this subtitle, "construction" means:
(I) the clearing of land, excavation, or other action that affects the
natural environment of a site or route of a bulk power supply facility ANY PHYSICAL
CHANGE AT A SITE. INCLUDING FABRICATION, ERECTION, INSTALLATION, OR
DEMOLITION; OR
(II) THE ENTRY INTO A BINDING AGREEMENT OR CONTRACTUAL
OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT EXCLUSIVELY FOR USE IN CONSTRUCTION
IN THE STATE OR TO UNDERTAKE A PROGRAM OF ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION IN THE
STATE WHICH CANNOT BE CANCELED OR MODIFIED WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL LOSS
TO THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF THE PROPOSED GENERATING STATION.
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