Ch. 39                                     1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 39
(House Bill 165)

AN ACT concerning

Public Service Commission - Electric and Gas Meter Testing Equipment

FOR the purpose of repealing the requirement that the Public Service Commission stamp
or mark equipment which has been approved by the Commission for testing the
accuracy of electric or gas meters; and generally relating to the regulatory powers of
the Public Service Commission.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 78 - Public Service Commission Law
Section 51(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 78 - Public Service Commission Law

51.

(a) A person may not furnish or put in use for revenue billing purposes any gas
meter or any electric meter unless it has been authorized by the Commission. Every gas
and electric company shall maintain in an appropriate place a suitable apparatus,
approved[, and stamped or marked] by the Commission, for testing the accuracy of gas
and electric meters furnished by it for use. On the written request of any consumer, his
meter shall be tested thereby, in his presence if he desires.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved April 9, 1996.

CHAPTER 40
(House Bill 203)

AN ACT concerning

Town of Betterton (Kent County)
Urban Renewal Authority for Slum Clearance

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Town of Betterton, Kent County, to undertake and
carry out certain urban renewal projects for slum clearance and redevelopment;
prohibiting any land or property from being taken under this Act without just

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