| Synopsis: | Requiring the Public Service Commission, in adopting specified vegetation management regulations, to require that an electric company's vegetation management program comply with the International Society of Arboriculture's Best Management Practices for Utility Pruning of Trees; and prohibiting an electric company from removing a tree on private property unless the tree is hazardous and the private property owner has consented to removal of the hazardous tree. |
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| Analysis: | Fiscal and Policy Note |
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| All Sponsors: | Delegates A. Miller, Frick, Korman, Carr, Dumais, Fraser-Hidalgo, Kelly, S. Robinson, and Tarlau |
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| Additional Facts: | Cross-filed with: SB0747
Bill File Type: Regular
Effective Date(s): October 1, 2015 |
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| Broad Subject(s): | Utility Regulation
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| Narrow Subject(s): | Public Service Commission
Rules and Regulations
Safety -see also- Occupational Safety
Trees
Utilities -see also- High Voltage Lines; Telephones; Water
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| Statutes: | Article - Public Utilities
(7-213) |
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