WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 212

Article 78 - Public Service Commission Law

54B.

(c) (1) The Public Service Commission shall impose an environmental
surcharge per kilowatt hour of electric energy generated within Maryland and shall
authorize the electric companies to add the full amount of the surcharge to customers'
bills. To the extent that the surcharge is not collected from customers, the surcharge shall
be deemed a cost of generation and shall be allowed and computed as such, together with
other allowable expenses, for rate-making purposes. Revenues from the surcharge shall
be collected by the Comptroller and placed into the special fund known as the
Environmental Trust Fund. The Secretary of Natural Resources annually shall coordinate
the preparation of a budget required to carry out the provisions of the power plant siting
and research program, as set forth in the Natural Resources Article. Upon approval of
the budget by the General Assembly, the Public Service Commission shall establish the
amount of the surcharge per kilowatt hour for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, and
for each subsequent fiscal year.

(2)     Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subtitle, the amount of the
surcharge for each account may not exceed the lesser of 0.15 mill per kilowatt hour or
$1,000 per month and the surcharge may not continue beyond fiscal year [1995] 2000.

(3)     The Comptroller shall maintain the method of collection of the
surcharge from the companies and the collections shall accrue to the Fund. The
Department shall credit against the amount required to be paid into the Environmental
Trust Fund by each electric company an amount equal to 1 1/2% of the total surcharge
attributed to each company on the basis of the electricity generated within Maryland.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved May 11, 1993.

CHAPTER 212
(Senate Bill 119)

AN ACT concerning

State Fire Marshal - Notification of Exposure to Contagious Disease or Human

Immunodeficiency Virus

FOR the purpose of authorizing requiring certain health care providers to inform certain
persons of the possible contact exposure to a contagious disease or virus of a sworn
member of the State Fire Marshal's office under certain conditions; defining certain
terms; requiring the notification of certain persons of the results of a certain test;
requiring certain medical care facilities to develop certain written procedures;
providing that certain facilities and individuals may not be held liable in certain
causes of action under certain circumstances; requiring the State Fire Marshals
Office to provide sworn members with certain education and equipment; requiring

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