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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 | | *sb0753* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 753 |
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| 8 | 8 | | C5 5lr2100 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Kramer |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 27, 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 | | Offshore Wind Turbines and Accessory Installations – Aircraft Detection 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Lighting Systems 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring that any wind turbine and accessory installation associated 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | with a qualified offshore wind project or an offshore wind transmission project be 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | installed with a certain aircraft detection lighting system; and generally relating to 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | offshore wind turbines and accessory installations. 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | |
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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 7–218 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 | | 7–218. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | INDICATED. 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) “AIRCRAFT DETECTION LI GHTING SYSTEM ” MEANS A 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | SENSOR–BASED SYSTEM DESIGNE D TO: 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (I) DETECT AN AIRCRAFT A PPROACHING AN OBSTRU CTION OR 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | GROUP OF OBSTRUCTION S; AND 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 SENATE BILL 753 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (II) AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVA TE OBSTRUCTION LIGHT S UNTIL 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | THE AIRCRAFT HAS DEPARTE D THE AREA. 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | |
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| 53 | 53 | | (3) “OFFSHORE WIND TRANSMI SSION PROJECT ” HAS THE MEANING 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | STATED IN § 7–701 OF THIS TITLE. 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | |
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| 56 | 56 | | (4) “QUALIFIED OFFSHORE WI ND PROJECT ” HAS THE MEANING 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | STATED IN § 7–701 OF THIS TITLE. 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (B) BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2025, ANY WIND TURBINE AND ACCESSORY 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | INSTALLATION CONSTRUCTED IN CONNE CTION WITH A QUALIFI ED OFFSHORE WIND 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | PROJECT OR AN OFFSHORE WIND TRANSM ISSION PROJECT SHALL INCLUDE THE 9 |
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| 62 | 62 | | INSTALLATION OF AN AIRCRAFT DETECTIO N LIGHTING SYSTEM AP PROVED BY THE 10 |
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| 63 | 63 | | FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION . 11 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (C) A PERSON THAT OWNS OR OPERATES A QUALIFIED OFFSHORE WIND 12 |
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| 66 | 66 | | PROJECT OR AN OFFSHORE WIND TRANSM ISSION PROJECT CONSTRUCTED BEFORE 13 |
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| 67 | 67 | | OCTOBER 1, 2025, THAT IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN AIRCRAFT DET ECTION 14 |
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| 68 | 68 | | LIGHTING SYSTEM APPR OVED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 15 |
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| 69 | 69 | | SHALL: 16 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (1) ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2025, SUBMIT AN APPLICATIO N TO 17 |
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| 72 | 72 | | THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FOR AP PROVAL TO INSTALL ON EACH 18 |
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| 73 | 73 | | WIND TURBINE AND ANY ACCESSORY INSTAL LATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE 19 |
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| 74 | 74 | | PROJECT AN AIRCRAFT DETECTIO N LIGHTING SYSTEM ; AND 20 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (2) COMMENCE INSTALLATIO N OF THE AIRCRAFT DE TECTION 21 |
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| 77 | 77 | | LIGHTING SYSTEM ON EACH WIND TURBINE AND ANY ACCESSORY INSTALLATI ON 22 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE FEDERAL AVIATION 23 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ADMINISTRATION APPROV ES AND CERTIFIES THE SYSTEM. 24 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (D) THE COMMISSION SHALL ADOPT REGULATI ONS TO CARRY OUT THIS 25 |
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| 82 | 82 | | SECTION. 26 |
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| 84 | 84 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 27 |
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| 85 | 85 | | October 1, 2025. 28 |
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