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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 | | *hb0897* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 897 |
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| 8 | 8 | | R2 5lr1498 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Moon |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 30, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Environment and Transportation |
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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 | | Maryland Department of Transportation – Electric Vehicle Charging 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Infrastructure Expansion – Plans and Programs 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation, in consultation 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | with the Maryland Energy Administration, to make certain estimations and 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | determinations regarding electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | infrastructure; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Maryland Energy 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Administration, to develop plans and implement programs to increase the electric 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | vehicle charging infrastructure in the State; and generally relating to electric 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | vehicles and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | BY adding to 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Article – Transportation 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 2–114 13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 14 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17 |
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| 37 | 37 | | |
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| 38 | 38 | | Article – Transportation 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2–114. 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) THE DEPARTMENT , IN CONSULTATION WITH THE MARYLAND ENERGY 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ADMINISTRATION , SHALL: 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF ELECTR IC VEHICLES IN OPERATION 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | IN THE STATE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF § 2–1205(C)(2) OF THE 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE; AND 24 2 HOUSE BILL 897 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) ESTIMATE THE NUMBER AND DETERMINE THE DENSITY AND 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | LOCATION OF PUBLIC A ND PRIVATE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STA TIONS 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | NECESSARY TO CONVENI ENTLY SUSTAIN THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES E STIMATED 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | UNDER ITEM (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION . 4 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (B) THE DEPARTMENT , IN CONSULTATION WITH THE MARYLAND ENERGY 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ADMINISTRATION : 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (1) SHALL DEVELOP PLANS AND IM PLEMENT PROGRAMS TO 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | INCREASE THE ELECTRI C VEHICLE CHARGING I NFRASTRUCTURE NECESS ARY TO 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF § 2–1205(C)(2) OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE AND 9 |
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| 62 | 62 | | SUPPORT THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES E STIMATED UNDER SUBSE CTION (A)(1) OF 10 |
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| 63 | 63 | | THIS SECTION; AND 11 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (2) MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PLANS AND 12 |
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| 66 | 66 | | PROGRAMS DEVELOPED U NDER ITEM (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION . 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 14 |
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| 69 | 69 | | October 1, 2025. 15 |
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