2004 Regular Session
UTILITIES -see also- HIGH VOLTAGE LINES; TELEPHONES; WATER
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 55
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Electric Industry - Aggregation - Counties and Municipal Corporations
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Lee
- Entitled
- Crimes - Unauthorized Computer Access for Sabotage of State Government or Public Utilities
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Montgomery
- Entitled
- Electric Companies - Special Medical Equipment Program List
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim, Cardin, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Telephone Companies - Billing for Unaffiliated Entity
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Doory
- Entitled
- Telecommunications Service - Charges for Directory Assistance
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Lee, Stern, Goldwater, Barkley, Dumais, Feldman, Gaines, Gutierrez, Hennessy, Kaiser, Kelley, Madaleno, McComas, Menes, Montgomery, Niemann, Pendergrass, Petzold, Quinter, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Crimes - Unauthorized Computer Access for Sabotage of State Government or Public Utilities
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Weir, Impallaria, Jennings, and Minnick
- Entitled
- Water and Sewer - Lots - Sewer Connections
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Frederick County Delegation
- Entitled
- Frederick County - Participation in the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Frederick County Delegation
- Entitled
- Frederick County - Electric Generating Stations - Zoning Restrictions
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker and the Minority Leader (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Edwards, Aumann, Bartlett, Barve, Bates, Boschert, Boteler, Boutin, Burns, Cane, V. Clagett, Costa, Cryor, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, Frush, Glassman, Goldwater, Hammen, Hogan, Holmes, Hubbard, Kelly, Krebs, Leopold, Malone, Marriott, McComas, McConkey, McHale, McIntosh, Miller, Mitchell, Moe, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, O'Donnell, Owings, Parker, Parrott, Ross, Rudolph, Sossi, Stern, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, Weir, Weldon, and Wood
- Entitled
- Brownfields Redevelopment Reform Act
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stern, Cryor, Feldman, and Taylor
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Competition in the Residential Electricity Supply Market
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources)
- Entitled
- Environmental Trust Fund - Extension of Environmental Surcharge
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 555
Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker and Minority Leader (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Amedori, Aumann, Bates, Costa, Cryor, Dwyer, Eckardt, Edwards, Elmore, Frank, Glassman, Haddaway, Hubbard, Jennings, Kelly, Krebs, Malone, McComas, McConkey, McIntosh, Minnick, O'Donnell, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, Weir, Weldon, Wood, and Owings
- Entitled
- Water Pollution - Nutrients - State Waters - Chesapeake Bay Watershed - Restoration
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Education Funding - Tax Limitation Exception PG 403-04
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates G. Clagett, Barkley, DeBoy, Edwards, Griffith, James, Leopold, Love, Madaleno, Montgomery, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Public Service Companies - Transfer of Franchise
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates G. Clagett, Barkley, DeBoy, Edwards, Griffith, James, Leopold, Love, Madaleno, Montgomery, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Examination of Accounts, Books, and Records
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stern, Benson, Bobo, Carter, G. Clagett, Cryor, Dumais, Edwards, Elliott, Frush, Fulton, Harrison, Howard, Hurson, Kelly, Kirk, Krysiak, Lee, McHale, McIntosh, Moe, Montgomery, Owings, Petzold, Simmons, Stull, Taylor, F. Turner, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Electric Companies - Standard Offer Service - Residential Customers
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montgomery, Bobo, Bronrott, Hubbard, and McMillan
- Entitled
- Tax Credits - Purchase of Maryland-Mined Coal - Repeal
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Gordon, Hixson, Goodwin, Healey, Heller, Kaiser, and Ross
- Entitled
- Tax Incentives and Benefits - Credits and Subtraction Modifications
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Sewer Usage Charges PG/MC 118-04
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- St. Mary's County Delegation
- Entitled
- St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission - Membership
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Elmore, Boschert, Cane, Costa, King, Leopold, McConkey, Ramirez, Smigiel, Sophocleus, and Sossi
- Entitled
- Electric Utility Regulation - Standard Offer Service - Total Rates
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Stern
- Entitled
- Telecommunications Services - Competition - Enforcement
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Gordon, Hammen, McHale, and Paige
- Entitled
- Land Value and Incentive Taxation Act
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, and Montgomery
- Entitled
- Air Quality - Limits on Emissions from Coal-Fired Generating Units
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Washington County Delegation
- Entitled
- Washington County - Adequate Public Facilities
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Washington County Delegation
- Entitled
- Washington County Water and Sewer Infrastructure Commission
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates O'Donnell and Owings
- Entitled
- Calvert County - Conversion of a Nonprofit Organization to a Sanitary District
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Walkup, Barve, Cardin, Feldman, Franchot, Haddaway, Hubbard, Kaiser, McMillan, Montgomery, Petzold, Smigiel, Sossi, Taylor, Trueschler, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Electric Companies - Net Energy Metering - Wind Electric Generating Facilities
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker and Delegates D. Davis, Petzold, Hubbard, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Doory, Dumais, Frush, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Heller, Hixson, Hurson, Jones, Kaiser, King, Krysiak, Lee, Madaleno, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Ross, Simmons, Vaughn, Walkup, Feldman, Gordon, Love, Mandel, Murray, Niemann, Stern, Taylor, Burns, Haddaway, Harrison, and Kirk
- Entitled
- Electricity Regulation - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Credit Trading - Maryland Renewable Energy Fund
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Krysiak and Doory
- Entitled
- Electric Universal Service Program Fund - Extension
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Ways and Means Committee and Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Energy Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled
- Energy - Taxes - Extension and Expansion of Credit for Renewable Energy
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means and Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Green
- Entitled
- Electric Industry - Aggregation - Counties and Municipal Corporations
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Brinkley
- Entitled
- Electric Utilities - Overhead Transmission Lines - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Planning)
- Entitled
- Priority Funding Areas - Funding of Sewerage and Water Supply Systems
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision)
- Entitled
- Code Revision - Miscellaneous Provisions
- Committee
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Senate: Senate Rules
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Hollinger
- Entitled
- Telephone Companies - Billing for Unaffiliated Entity
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Service Commission)
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Declaratory Judgments
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Service Commission)
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Astle, Brinkley, Brochin, Currie, Della, Dyson, Greenip, Hafer, Harris, Hollinger, Hooper, Jacobs, Jimeno, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Lawlah, Middleton, Munson, Schrader, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Brownfields Redevelopment Reform Act
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Haines, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Water Pollution - State Waters - The Bay Restoration Fund
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jones, Conway, Currie, Exum, Forehand, Giannetti, Gladden, Hughes, Kelley, and McFadden
- Entitled
- Public Service Companies - Customer Accounts
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier and Middleton
- Entitled
- Electric Companies and Gas Companies - Use of Trade Names and Trademarks
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 447
Status as of April 2, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Mooney and Brinkley
- Entitled
- Frederick County - Participation in the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Teitelbaum, Dyson, Exum, Frosh, Giannetti, Gladden, and Pinsky
- Entitled
- Public Utilities - Electric Company Reimbursement to Ratepayers for Power Outages
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2004
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means and Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Giannetti
- Entitled
- Utilities - Underground Conversion - Pilot Program
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Frosh
- Entitled
- Energy-Saving Investment Program
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 655
Status as of February 11, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Frosh
- Entitled
- Voluntary Cleanup Program and Brownfields Revitalization Incentive Program - Procedures and Requirements
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pinsky
- Entitled
- Revenue Enhancement Act
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin, Astle, Colburn, Della, Forehand, Gladden, Hooper, Klausmeier, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Electric Utility Regulation - Standard Offer Service - Total Rates
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Hughes
- Entitled
- Gas and Electric Companies - Service Termination
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Miller, Astle, Currie, DeGrange, Lawlah, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Property Tax Exemption - Property Used to Generate Electricity, Steam, or Hot or Chilled Water
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Astle, Britt, Brochin, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hogan, Jones, Kelley, McFadden, Pinsky, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Electricity Regulation - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Credit Trading - Maryland Renewable Energy Fund
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kramer and Hogan
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Laytonsville Public Water Project
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
