ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 101

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2003.

Approved April 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 101
(Senate Bill 547)

AN ACT concerning

Small Rural Electric Cooperatives - Reporting, Compliance, and Exemption

FOR the purpose of authorizing certain small rural electric cooperatives to satisfy
certain requirements for reporting certain information to the Public Service
Commission by submitting copies of certain reports submitted to certain other
units; authorizing the submission of certain estimates prepared using certain
formulas for certain purposes; exempting certain small rural electric
cooperatives from a certain planning requirement; providing to certain small
rural electric cooperatives an alternative method for complying with a certain
testing requirement; and generally relating to the Public Service Commission
and small rural electric cooperatives.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Public Utility Companies

Section 2-110(c), 2-118, 6-205, 7-201, 7-203, and 7-301
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article — Public Utility Companies
Section 7-502(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Volume and 2002 Supplement)

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

Article - Public Utility Companies

2-110.

(c) (1) (i) Before each State fiscal year, the Chairman of the Commission
shall estimate the Commission's total costs and expenses, including:

1. the compensation and expenses of the Commission, its
officers, agents, and personnel;

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