Ch. 99                                     2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing

Chapter 59 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2000
Section 4 and 9

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

Chapter 59 of the Acts of 2000

[SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 14-1315 of
Article - Commercial Law of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed.]

[SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 4 of this Act
shall take effect October 1, 2005.]

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

Approved April 27, 2004.

CHAPTER 99
(Senate Bill 175)

AN ACT concerning

Public Service Commission - Declaratory Judgments

FOR the purpose of providing that certain petitions to challenge the validity or
application of a regulation of the Public Service Commission must be filed
within certain periods; providing for the determination of the application of
certain regulations under certain circumstances; repealing a provision that
allowed a court to determine the validity of a regulation regardless of whether
the petitioner had asked the Commission to do so; providing that a party must
raise an objection to the Commission's decision to act by order rather than by
regulation in a court proceeding of a regulation of the Public Service
Commission shall be filed in accordance with a certain section of law; providing
that certain persons, in seeking to challenge a certain decision of the
Commission to act by order rather than regulation, shall seek judicial review
within a certain time period; prohibiting a party from appealing the
Commission's decision to act by order under certain circumstances; providing for
the application of this Act; providing that a certain order issued before a certain
date in a certain proceeding, that is not the subject of a certain judicial
proceeding, is not invalid or unenforceable as a result of the order meeting a
certain definition; and generally relating to the authority of the Public Service
Commission.

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

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