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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 | | *sb0478* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 478 |
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| 8 | 8 | | C5 5lr3075 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 5lr2151 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senators Gallion, Hershey, Ready, Jennings, and Corderman |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 22, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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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 | | Public Utilities – Solar Energy Generating Stations – Local Approval 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving a certificate 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | of public convenience and necessity for a solar energy generating station unless the 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Commission receives written approval for the construction of the generating station 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | from each county or municipal corporation where the generating station is proposed 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | to be located; and generally relating to solar energy generating stations. 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY adding to 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – Public Utilities 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 7–207(i) 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | |
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| 35 | 35 | | Article – Public Utilities 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7–207. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (I) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY O THER PROVISION OF LA W, THE COMMISSION 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | MAY NOT APPROVE A CE RTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECE SSITY FOR 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | A SOLAR ENERGY GENER ATING STATION UNLESS EACH COU NTY OR MUNICIPAL 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | CORPORATION WHERE AN Y PORTION OF THE GEN ERATING STATION IS P ROPOSED 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | TO BE LOCATED HAS GI VEN WRITTEN APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 21 |
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| 44 | 44 | | GENERATING STATION T O THE COMMISSION. 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | October 1, 2025. 24 2 SENATE BILL 478 |
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