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HOUSE BILL 507
M5, M3 2lr1678
By: Delegates Proctor and Korman
Introduced and read first time: January 21, 2022
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Environment – Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure – Environmental 2
Justice Considerations 3
FOR the purpose of requiring certain units of State government to use environmental 4
justice guidelines when selecting communities for the development of electric vehicle 5
charging infrastructure; and generally relating to electric vehicle charging 6
infrastructure. 7
BY adding to 8
Article – Environment 9
Section 1–702 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2013 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Environment 15
1–702. 16
ANY UNIT OF STATE GOVERNMENT THAT DEVELOPS ELECTRIC VE HICLE 17
CHARGING INFRASTRUCT URE OR ADMINISTERS PUBLIC F UNDING FOR THE 18
DEVELOPMENT OF ELECT RIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE SHALL USE 19
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTIC E GUIDELINES WHEN SE LECTING COMMUNITIES FOR THE 20
DEVELOPMENT OF ELECT RIC VEHICLE CH ARGING INFRASTRUCTUR E. 21
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 22
October 1, 2022. 23