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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 494
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Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Volume and 2001 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article - Public Utility Companies
Section 2-110.1 and 2-123
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Volume and 2001 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.
(a) In this section, "public service company" includes an electricity supplier
and a gas supplier as those terms are defined in § 1-101 of this article.
(b) (1) [(i) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, the] THE
costs and expenses of the Commission and the Office of People's Counsel shall be
borne by the public service companies that are subject to the Commission's
jurisdiction.
[(ii)] (2) The costs and expenses shall be assessed as provided in
this section.
[(2) An appropriation for the costs and expenses of the Commission and
the Office of People's Counsel shall be included in the State budget and paid from the
State Treasury.
(3) The State Treasury shall be reimbursed from the money collected
under this section for the costs and expenses of the Commission and the Office of
People's Counsel.]
(3) THE COMMISSION SHALL PAY THE MONEY THAT IT COLLECTS FOR
THE ASSESSMENT UNDER THIS SECTION INTO THE PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION
FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY ESTABLISHED UNDER § 2-110.1 OF THIS SUBTITLE
TO REIMBURSE THE STATE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE COMMISSION AND THE
OFFICE OF PEOPLE'S COUNSEL.
(c) (1) (i) Before each State fiscal year, the Chairman of the Commission
AND THE PEOPLE'S COUNSEL shall estimate the COMMISSION'S Commission's total
costs and expenses OF THE COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE OF THE PEOPLE'S
COUNSEL, including:
1. the compensation and expenses of the Commission, THE
OFFICE OF THE PEOPLE'S COUNSEL, its AND THE officers, agents, and personnel OF
THE COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND PERSONNEL;
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