Ch. 543                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(3) An electric company may not require an eligible customer-generator
whose solar-electric generating system OR WIND ELECTRIC GENERATING SYSTEM
meets the standards of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection to:

(i) install additional controls;

(ii) perform or pay for additional tests; or

(iii) purchase additional liability insurance.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2004.

Approved May 26, 2004.

CHAPTER 543
(House Bill 1304)

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - Impact Fees - Exceptions

FOR the purpose of authorizing the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to
waive, defer, or provide for the amortization of building impact fees under
certain circumstances; limiting to a certain amount the total amount of building
impact fees the county may waive, defer, or amortize in any fiscal year;
providing for the termination of this Act; and generally relating to impact fees
on new construction in St. Mary's County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 25 — County Commissioners
Section 10D-1

Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

Article 25 - County Commissioners

10D-1.

(a)     The County Commissioners of St. Mary's County may raise the building
permit fees up to two percent of the cost of any new construction of any living units
built in St. Mary's County, or prebuilt and brought into St. Mary's County; the
building permit fees shall be set by the County Commissioners in December of each
year.

(b)     (1) Subject to [paragraph] PARAGRAPHS (2) AND (3) of this subsection,
the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County may require every person, firm,

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