Ch. 489                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 5. 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Public Service
Commission shall:

(1)     on or before January 1, 2016, commence a review of the
implementation and the environmental and economic impacts of the renewable
portfolio standard enacted by this Act, including the impacts of Tier 2 renewable
sources;

(2)     in the course of its review, consult with appropriate scientific,
economic, and environmental resources, and with affected communities of interest;

(3)     develop recommendations concerning the continuation of the
renewable portfolio standard for Tier 1 and Tier 2 renewable sources, including the
classification of sources in distinct tiers, any recommended alteration to the tier
system, whether the tiers should be continued, and if so, at what percentages; and

(4)     on or before January 1, 2017, report its recommendations to the
Governor and the General Assembly, subject to § 2-1246 of the State Government
Article.

SECTION 5. 6. 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of this Act
shall take effect January 1, 2006.

SECTION 6. 7. 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except as provided
in Section 5 6 10 of this Act, this Act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

Approved May 26, 2004.

CHAPTER 489
(Senate Bill 917)

AN ACT concerning

Task Force on the Status of Women and Information Technology

FOR the purpose of establishing a Task Force on the Status of Women and
Information Technology; providing for the membership, purposes, and staffing of
the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report to certain persons by a certain
date; providing for the termination of this Act; and generally relating to the Task
Force on the Status of Women and Information Technology.

BY adding to

Article - State Government

Section 9-801 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 8. Task Force on the Status

of Women and Information Technology"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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