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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 | | *sb0654* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 654 |
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| 8 | 8 | | L5 5lr1945 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Rosapepe |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 25, 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 | | Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission – Raw Water Pipeline Project – 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Audit 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to retain 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | and consult with an independent third–party auditor to conduct an audit of a certain 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | raw water pipeline project; requiring the auditor to consult with the Office of 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Legislative Audits in conducting the audit; and generally relating to audits of 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission projects. 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | That: 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission shall retain and consult 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | with an independent third–party auditor to conduct an audit of the Commission’s raw water 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | pipeline project, Contract No. BF1582E91, that extends from the Rocky Gorge Pumping 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Station on Brooklyn Bridge Road to the Patuxent Water Filtration Plant on Sandy Spring 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Road. 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) In conducting the audit, the third–party auditor shall be required to consult 16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | with the Office of Legislative Audits. 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (c) The audit shall provide: 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) a detailed timeline of the project; 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) the reasons why the project has been delayed past its completion date 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | of March 2023; 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (3) a detailed accounting of the costs associated with the project; and 22 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (4) any other items recommended by the Office of Legislative Audits. 23 2 SENATE BILL 654 |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That o n or before October 1, 2026, 1 |
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| 53 | 53 | | the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission shall report the findings of the audit to 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | the Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee and the House Economic 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Matters Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article. 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | October 1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years and, at the end of September 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | 30, 2027, this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | abrogated and of no further force and effect. 8 |
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