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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb1549* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 1549 |
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| 8 | 8 | | L6 5lr3620 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Conaway |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 25, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Departments of Public Works – Water Main Breaks – Publication Requirement 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Public Works for each county in which a 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | water main breaks or leaks to publish certain information on the department’s 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | website; requiring each department to update certain information within a certain 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | time frame; and generally relating to water main breaks and leaks. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | BY adding to 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Article – Local Government 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 1–1321 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2013 Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Article – Local Government 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 1–1321. 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (A) THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR EACH COUNTY IN WHICH A 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | WATER MAIN B REAK OR LEAK OCCURS SHALL PUBLISH ON THE DEPARTMENT ’S 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | WEBSITE THE FOLLOWIN G INFORMATION : 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) THE DATE THE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE BREAK OR 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LEAK; 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE W ITH ANY LEGAL AND RE GULATORY 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | REQUIREMENTS BY THE RELEVANT WATER UTILITY; 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 1549 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (3) THE DATE OF REPAIR ; AND 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (4) THE ESTIMATED WATER LOSS. 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (B) EACH DEPARTMENT SHALL UPDATE ANY INF ORMATION PUBLISHED O N 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ITS WEBSITE UNDER SU BSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER ANY 4 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ACTION TAKEN IN RELA TION TO A WATER MAIN BREA K OR LEAK. 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | October 1, 2025. 7 |
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