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Ch. 494
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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CHAPTER 494
(House Bill 135)
AN ACT concerning
Public Service Commission - Orders and Office of the People's Counsel Fund
- Public Utility Regulation Fund and Filing Fees
FOR the purpose of establishing the Public Service Commission and Office of the
People's Counsel Fund; requiring the Fund to be administered by the
Commission; providing that the Fund is a nonlapsing fund; requiring the
Treasurer to hold and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; providing that
the Fund consist of assessments paid by public service companies; requiring the
People's Counsel to estimate certain costs at a certain time; requiring tho
Treasurer to invest the Fund in the same manner as other State funds;
requiring that investments earnings be retained to the credit of the Fund;
requiring expenditures from the Fund be made in accordance with the State
budget; authorizing the Fund to receive funds from any other source; requiring
that moneys in the Fund be used to fund the Commission and the Office of the
People's Counsel; repealing the requirement that costs and expenses of the
Commission and Office of the People's Counsel be paid from the State Treasury;
repealing the requirement that the State Treasury be reimbursed from the
assessments paid by public service companies; requiring public service
companies to make payment to the Public Service Commission and Office of the
People's Counsel Fund; and generally relating to the Public Service Commission
and Office of the People's Counsel Fund a Public Utility Regulation Fund;
providing for the purpose and administration of the Fund; specifying the sources
of the Fund; requiring the Public Service Commission to pay certain moneys to
the General Fund of the State; providing that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing
fund; requiring the Commission to pay certain moneys collected from certain
assessments into the Fund; specifying that the estimate used to determine the
assessment shall include certain expenses and costs of the Office of People's
Counsel; providing that the Commission may charge reasonable and
nondiscriminatory fees for the filing of certain documents with the Commission;
providing for the consideration of certain expenses in determining the amount of
a certain fee; requiring the Commission to waive certain fees for units of State
government; allowing the Commission to waive certain fees if the waiver is in the
public interest; specifying that a document for which a filing fee is required is not
considered filed until the fee has been paid; providing that under certain
circumstances, the Commission may implement certain provisions of law by
either order or regulation as the Commission deems necessary and proper; and
generally relating to the Public Utility Regulation Fund and, Commission filing
fees, and Public Service Commission orders.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Public Utility Companies
Section 2-110 and 3-113
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