2013 Maryland Code
PUBLIC UTILITIES

• § 1-101 - Definitions
• § 2-101 - Established; purpose
• § 2-102 - Membership
• § 2-103 - Chairman
• § 2-104 - Executive Secretary
• § 2-105 - Executive Director
• § 2-106 - General Counsel
• § 2-107 - Compensation
• § 2-108 - Office; meetings; seal; staff
• § 2-109 - Records
• § 2-110 - Commission expenses
• § 2-111 - Fees
• § 2-112 - Jurisdiction; general powers
• § 2-113 - Supervisory and regulatory power
• § 2-114 - Plant inspection
• § 2-115 - Investigations
• § 2-116 - Legislation
• § 2-117 - Enforcement power
• § 2-118 - Long-range service plans
• § 2-119 - Interstate commerce
• § 2-120 - Joint action
• § 2-121 - Regulations
• § 2-122 - Reports
• § 2-123 - Fees
• § 2-201 - "Residential and noncommercial users" defined
• § 2-202 - Appointment
• § 2-203 - Staff
• § 2-204 - Duties
• § 2-205 - Powers
• § 2-206 - Budget shortfall
• § 2-301 - "Relative" defined
• § 2-302 - Scope of subtitle
• § 2-303 - Relationship with public service company
• § 2-304 - Holding incompatible position
• § 2-305 - Soliciting appointment
• § 2-306 - Activities after service
• § 2-307 - Accepting gifts
• § 2-308 - Offering gifts
• § 2-309 - Divulging information
• § 2-310 - Violating article
• § 3-101 - Commission proceedings generally
• § 3-102 - Complaint; commencement of proceedings
• § 3-103 - Service of process or documents
• § 3-104 - Proceedings
• § 3-105 - Proceedings -- Priority
• § 3-106 - Proceedings -- Intervention
• § 3-107 - Parties -- Rights
• § 3-108 - Parties -- Ex parte contact
• § 3-109 - Subpoenas
• § 3-110 - Witnesses
• § 3-111 - Official record; evidence
• § 3-112 - Burden of proof
• § 3-113 - Decisions; orders
• § 3-114 - Rehearing
• § 3-201 - Challenge to validity of regulations
• § 3-202 - Right to judicial review of orders and decisions
• § 3-203 - Scope of review
• § 3-204 - Proceedings for review
• § 3-205 - Stay of enforcement
• § 3-206 - Time of trial
• § 3-207 - Existing record and transcript
• § 3-208 - Evidence
• § 3-209 - Appeal to Court of Special Appeals
• § 4-101 - "Just and reasonable rate" defined
• § 4-102 - Commission power to regulate rates
• § 4-103 - Commission power to regulate rates -- Limitations
• § 4-201 - Rates charged
• § 4-202 - Tariffs
• § 4-203 - New and changed rates; notice
• § 4-204 - Effective date of proposed rate; suspension
• § 4-205 - Temporary rates
• § 4-206 - Rate base -- Valuation
• § 4-207 - "Make whole" rate proceedings
• § 4-208 - Cost allocation manual
• § 4-209 - Allocation of costs of relocating utilities underground
• § 4-210 - Infrastructure replacement surcharge.
• § 4-301 - Telephone companies -- Alternative form of regulation
• § 4-302 - Common carriers
• § 4-303 - Rates for piloted vessels
• § 4-304 - Interjurisdictional sewage disposal rates
• § 4-305 - Interjurisdictional water -- In general
• § 4-306 - Interjurisdictional water -- Municipal service in Talbot County
• § 4-401 - Sliding scale
• § 4-402 - Fuel rates -- In general
• § 4-403 - Fuel rates -- Large electric companies
• § 4-501 - Services and compensation
• § 4-502 - Excessive rates -- Recovery prohibited
• § 4-503 - Rate discrimination
• § 5-101 - Regulation of services
• § 5-102 - Tickets, rates, and routes
• § 5-103 - Franchises
• § 5-104 - Required finding; effect of authorization
• § 5-105 - Security deposits from elderly subscribers
• § 5-106 - Licenses and permits
• § 5-201 - Franchises
• § 5-202 - Actions affecting franchises
• § 5-203 - Securities
• § 5-204 - Construction of water and sewage disposal systems
• § 5-205 - Controlling interests in water and sewage disposal companies
• § 5-301 - In general
• § 5-302 - Reports and other documents
• § 5-303 - Standards of service
• § 5-304 - Accidents
• § 5-401 - Scope of subtitle
• § 5-402 - Limitations
• § 5-403 - Gas companies
• § 5-404 - Oil pipeline corporations
• § 5-405 - Railroad companies -- In general
• § 5-406 - Railroad companies -- Change in location or grade
• § 5-407 - Railroad companies -- Public way
• § 5-408 - Railroad companies -- Private way
• § 5-409 - Electric or cable operated railroads
• § 5-410 - Telephone and telegraph companies
• § 5-411 - Water companies
• § 6-101 - Prior approval
• § 6-102 - Issuance of stocks, bonds, and other indebtedness
• § 6-103 - Limitations on capitalization
• § 6-104 - Void transactions
• § 6-105 - Acquisition by affiliate of influence over public utility without prior authorization prohibited
• § 6-201 - Definitions
• § 6-202 - Classification of public service companies
• § 6-203 - Record keeping requirements
• § 6-204 - Conformity to federal requirements
• § 6-205 - Annual report; other information
• § 6-206 - Annual report -- Form and filing
• § 6-207 - Annual report -- Contents -- In general
• § 6-208 - Annual report -- Related entities
• § 6-209 - Annual report -- Officers and directors
• § 6-210 - Annual report -- Debt holdings
• § 7-101 - Scope
• § 7-102 - Gas companies -- Powers
• § 7-103 - Electric companies -- Powers
• § 7-104 - Electric cooperatives
• § 7-105 - Water companies -- Powers
• § 7-106 - Sale of electric plant or gas plant [Effective October 1, 2013].
• § 7-107 - Charges for water service -- Garrett County [Effective October 1, 2013].
• § 7-201 - Electric companies -- Long-range plans
• § 7-202 - Electric companies -- Power plant sites
• § 7-203 - Electric companies -- Environmental surcharge
• § 7-204 - Electric companies -- Lines and transmission devices
• § 7-205 - Electric companies -- Modification of power plant
• § 7-206 - Electric companies -- Clean Air Act modifications
• § 7-207 - Generating stations or transmission lines -- General certification procedure
• § 7-208 - Generating stations or transmission lines -- Joint construction of station and associated lines.
• § 7-209 - Alternatives to construction of transmission lines
• § 7-210 - Municipal electric plants
• § 7-211 - Energy efficiency programs
• § 7-212 - Regulations governing purchase of liquid-immersed distribution transformers; life-cycle cost methodology for transformers used for installation outside State.
• § 7-213 - Service quality and reliability.
• § 7-214 - Contact voltage risk zones -- Surveys and mitigation.
• § 7-301 - Meters -- Authorization by Commission
• § 7-302 - Meters -- Inspection
• § 7-303 - Submetering -- Apartment house and commercial building
• § 7-304 - Energy allocation equipment -- Apartments
• § 7-305 - Customer billing
• § 7-306 - Net energy metering
• § 7-307 - Termination of service to low income customers.
• § 7-308 - Natural gas vehicles
• § 7-401 - Definitions
• § 7-402 - Scope of subtitle
• § 7-403 - Certificate of compliance with Energy Code
• § 7-404 - Waiver
• § 7-405 - Duties of electric company
• § 7-406 - Duties and liabilities of builder to purchaser
• § 7-407 - Penalties
• § 7-408 - Short title
• § 7-501 - Definitions
• § 7-502 - Exemptions for small rural electric cooperatives
• § 7-503
• § 7-504 - Purpose of subtitle
• § 7-505 - Transition to a restructured electric industry
• § 7-506 - Distribution services
• § 7-507 - Licenses to supply electricity
• § 7-508 - Transfer of assets
• § 7-509 - Electric company's authority to regulate
• § 7-510 - Phased implementation of customer choice
• § 7-511 - Competitive billing and metering
• § 7-512 - Previously unregulated electric companies
• § 7-513 - Transition costs
• § 7-514 - Investigations of anticompetitive conduct
• § 7-515 - Interstate competition
• § 7-516 - Transition procedures
• § 7-517 - Short title
• § 7-518, 7-519
• § 7-520 - Definitions
• § 7-521 - Applicability
• § 7-522 - Filing rate stabilization plan
• § 7-523 - Deferrals
• § 7-524 - Tariffs implementing rate stabilization plan; application for qualified rate order
• § 7-525 - Recovery of actual cost of deferred expenses
• § 7-526 - Application for qualified rate order
• § 7-527 - Order to include costs and recovery time period
• § 7-528 - Effectiveness and irrevocability; review
• § 7-529 - Time limit for Commission's decision
• § 7-530 - Qualified rate stabilization charges -- Imposition and collection are nonbypassable
• § 7-531 - Commission to establish procedures and time frames for review
• § 7-532 - Termination, expiration, and extension of orders
• § 7-533 - Retiring and refunding bonds
• § 7-534 - Modified or additional qualified rate orders
• § 7-535 - Bond not debt, liability, or pledge of State or governmental unit
• § 7-536 - Permissible provisions of order
• § 7-537 - Rate stabilization property
• § 7-538 - Exemption from taxes and charges
• § 7-539 - Status of agreement as sale
• § 7-540 - Interest of assignee or pledgee not subject to setoff, counterclaim, surcharge, or defense; order effective despite bankruptcy
• § 7-541 - Required statements in electric bills
• § 7-542 - Liens or assignments of rate stabilization property
• § 7-543 - Successors to perform and satisfy obligations
• § 7-544 - Assignees or financing parties not considered public service company or electric supplier
• § 7-545, 7-546
• § 7-547 - Scope of part
• § 7-548 - Rate stabilization plans and recovery of costs
• § 7-549 - Recovery of actual costs of carrying costs and expenses
• § 7-601 - "Consumer" and "customer" defined
• § 7-602 - Legislative findings; purpose of subtitle
• § 7-603 - Licensing; authority of Commission
• § 7-604 - Consumer protection orders or regulations
• § 7-605 - Construction of subtitle; dispute resolution
• § 7-606 - Regulations
• § 7-607 - Short title
• § 7-704 - 1. Application for offshore wind project.
• § 7-701 - Definitions.
• § 7-702 - Intent and findings
• § 7-703 - Renewable energy portfolio standard.
• § 7-705 - Compliance; failure to comply [Amendment subject to abrogation] . (Abrogation of amendment effective December 31, 2018.)
• § 7-706 - Recovery of costs or compliance fees; waiver
• § 7-707 - Maryland Renewable Energy Fund.
• § 7-708 - Renewable electricity trading system
• § 7-709 - Renewable energy credits
• § 7-710 - Administration fee
• § 7-711 - Power to investigate and examine
• § 7-712 - Reporting
• § 7-713 - Regulations
• § 8-101 - Scope of subtitle
• § 8-102 - Formation
• § 8-103 - Construction of lines and fixtures -- In general
• § 8-104 - Construction of lines and fixtures -- Liability for damages
• § 8-105 - Construction of lines and fixtures -- Suit for damages brought by owner or possessor of land
• § 8-106 - Construction of lines and fixtures -- Easement for facilities
• § 8-107 - Timber damage to lines
• § 8-108 - Duty to transmit telegrams; liability for damages
• § 8-201 - Telephone lifeline service
• § 8-202 - Charges for directory assistance [Effective until October 1, 2013].
• § 8-203 - Local measured rates
• § 8-204 - Telephone solicitation; automated dialing
• § 8-205 - Telephone solicitation; caller identification blocking
• § 8-206 - Distribution of telephone directories.
• § 8-301 - Scope of subtitle
• § 8-302 - Calls to operator at pay phone
• § 8-303 - Telegrams to show times sent and received
• § 8-401 - Definitions
• § 8-402 - Scope of subtitle
• § 8-403 - Authorization -- Reseller
• § 8-404 - Authorization -- Change in customer service
• § 8-405 - Unauthorized changes in service
• § 8-406 - Notice requirements
• § 8-407 - Hold orders
• § 8-408 - Regulations
• § 8-409 - Failure to comply with subtitle; penalties
• § 8-501 - In general
• § 8-601 - "Voice over Internet Protocol Service" defined
• § 8-602 - Jurisdiction of Commission; construction of subtitle; notification
• § 9-101 - Common carriers -- Interchange of passengers
• § 9-102 - Common carriers -- Compensation for transportation over same line
• § 9-103 - Common carriers -- Tariff schedules
• § 9-201 - Permits for common carriers [Amendment subject to abrogation]
• § 9-202 - Permits -- Standard for issuance
• § 9-203 - Permits -- Terms, conditions, and duration
• § 9-204 - Permits -- Denial, suspension, and revocation
• § 9-205 - Routes and schedules
• § 9-206 - Smoking on motor carriers
• § 9-207 - Public motor carriers
• § 9-208 - Motor coach owned and operated by not-for-profit entity
• § 9-301 - "Maryland railroad company" defined
• § 9-302 - Scope of subtitle
• § 9-303 - Powers
• § 9-304 - Crossings -- Streams
• § 9-305 - Crossings -- Other railroads
• § 9-306 - Crossings -- Highways
• § 9-307 - Abandonment by unfinished railroad
• § 9-308 - Owning or obtaining interests in other transportation companies
• § 9-309 - Liability for injuries to livestock and damages from fire
• § 9-310 - Use of crossing or connecting tracks
• § 9-311 - Protection of highway crossing -- In general
• § 9-312 - Protection of highway crossing -- Reflectors at safety gates
• § 9-313 - Protection of highway crossing -- Warning signs
• § 9-401 - Meeting anticipated demand
• § 9-402 - Freight cars from other railroad companies
• § 9-403 - Switch connections and sidetracks
• § 10-101 - Definitions
• § 10-102 - Scope of subtitle
• § 10-103 - For-hire driver's license -- Required
• § 10-104 - For-hire driver's license -- Application
• § 10-105 - For-hire driver's license -- Denial; hearing; judicial review
• § 10-106 - For-hire driver's license -- Term and renewal
• § 10-107 - Temporary license and badge
• § 10-108 - Display of license
• § 10-109 - Toll charges
• § 10-110 - License hearing officer
• § 10-111 - Funding
• § 10-112 - For-Hire Driving Services Enforcement Fund
• § 10-201 - Applicability of subtitle
• § 10-202 - Permit -- Required
• § 10-203 - Permit -- Standard for issuance
• § 10-204 - Permit -- Term; suspension; revocation
• § 10-205 - Permit -- Assignment
• § 10-206 - Display of identification
• § 10-207 - General liability and property insurance
• § 10-208 - Duties of taxicab driver
• § 10-209 - Taxicab operation
• § 10-210 - Charges for service
• § 10-301 - Fixed charge by zone
• § 10-401 - Operation of motor vehicle for hire
• § 10-402 - Civil penalty
• § 11-101 - Liquefied natural gas
• § 11-102 - Liquefied petroleum gas
• § 11-201 - Definitions
• § 11-202 - Implementation of federal laws; certifications and reports; extent of authority
• § 11-203 - Regulatory safety standards and practices; inspections; facility operation and maintenance
• § 11-204 - Reporting to Commission by pipeline operators; duties of Commission
• § 11-205 - Reports
• § 11-206 - Inspection fees
• § 11-207 - Injunctive relief
• § 11-208 - Violation; civil penalties
• § 12-101 - Definitions
• § 12-102 - Legislative intent
• § 12-103 - Scope of subtitle
• § 12-104, 12-105
• § 12-106 - Authority established.
• § 12-107 - Membership.
• § 12-108 - Chair.
• § 12-109 - Quorum; meetings; compensation and reimbursement.
• § 12-110 - Powers.
• § 12-111 - Funding.
• § 12-112 - Enforcement.
• § 12-113 - Hearing procedure.
• § 12-114 - Annual reports.
• § 12-115, 12-116
• § 12-117 - Fund established.
• § 12-118, 12-119
• § 12-120 - Effect of subtitle
• § 12-121 - Emergency excavation or demolition
• § 12-122 - One-call system registration and certification requirements; owner-contractor information exchange system
• § 12-123 - Owner-member of one-call system.
• § 12-124 - Notice to one-call system.
• § 12-125 - Repeat notification.
• § 12-126 - Marking requirements.
• § 12-127 - Excavation after notice that facilities marked or not in vicinity.
• § 12-128 - Reimbursement of political subdivision, municipal corporation, or governmental entities.
• § 12-129, 12-130
• § 12-131 - Designer initiating ticket request.
• § 12-132, 12-133
• § 12-134 - Injunctive actions
• § 12-135 - Civil penalties
• § 12-201 to 12-203 - Excavation near underground lines and structures in Montgomery County
• § 12-301 - Definitions
• § 12-302 - Legislative findings; declaration of intent
• § 12-303 - Scope of subtitle
• § 12-304 - Authority of Commission
• § 12-305 - Regulations
• § 12-306 - Proceedings for conversion authorized
• § 12-307 - Initiation of proceedings for conversion
• § 12-308 - Filing of petition; execution of certificate; presentation
• § 12-309 - Resolution of intent to order conversion
• § 12-310 - Investigation and report on petition
• § 12-311 - Agreement between political subdivision and service provider
• § 12-312 - Resolution ordering conversion
• § 12-313 - Responsibility for costs
• § 12-314 - Notice to landowners of responsibility for costs
• § 12-315 - Consequences of failure to comply
• § 12-316 - Competitive bidding requirements
• § 12-317 - Bond issue; tax levy to pay bonds
• § 13-101 - Public Service Commission violations
• § 13-201 - Civil penalties
• § 13-202 - Public service companies; safety violations
• § 13-203 - Violation of safe service requirement
• § 13-204 - Ethics violation by personnel of Commission or People's Counsel
• § 13-205 - Failure to file annual report or provide information to Commission
• § 13-206 - Taxicab violations
• § 13-207 - Void transactions
• § 13-208 - Cease and desist orders
• § 16-101 - Definitions
• § 17-101 - Established
• § 17-102 - Membership
• § 17-103 - Appointment procedures
• § 17-104 - Removal of commissioners
• § 17-105 - Officers
• § 17-106 - Meetings; minutes.
• § 17-107 - Compensation; benefits; staff
• § 17-201 - Incorporation; judgments; previous acts
• § 17-202 - Capital and operating budgets
• § 17-203 - Approval of new administration building or addition
• § 17-204 - Contracts with federal, State, county, or municipal authorities
• § 17-205 - Products and technologies
• § 17-206 - Projects
• § 17-301 - Definitions.
• § 17-302 - When payments on written contracts made
• § 17-303 - Interest on unpaid contracts; rate
• § 17-304 - Liability of Commission for payment of interest
• § 17-401 - Audit; financial statement; public information
• § 17-402 - Discrimination prohibited.
• § 17-403 - Regulations -- Generally
• § 17-404 - Regulations -- Gas fixtures, devices, and connections
• § 17-405 - Regulations -- Publicly owned watershed property
• § 17-406 - Additional regulations
• § 17-407 - Payment for property damage caused by sanitary sewer backup or water main break
• § 17-408 - Composting facilities
• § 17-501 - Boundaries.
• § 18-101 - "Secretary" defined.
• § 18-102 - Effect of subtitle
• § 18-103 - Applicability of State Personnel and Pensions Article to Commission.
• § 18-104 - Employment of personnel; expenditures; reimbursement
• § 18-105 - Regulations
• § 18-106 - General duty and authority to manage employees
• § 18-107 - Merit system.
• § 18-108 - Position classifications
• § 18-109, 118-110 - Administration of examinations; notice of examinations
• § 18-111 - Competitive selection processes for appointment of veterans
• § 18-112, 18-113 - Inspection of examinations; establishment of eligible lists; appointments
• § 18-114 - Compensation for services
• § 18-115 - Leave time -- Annual
• § 18-116 - Leave time -- Sick.
• § 18-117 - Payment to beneficiary for salary and unused annual leave
• § 18-118 - Pension or retirement plan
• § 18-119 - Transfers of employees
• § 18-120 - Separations from merit system generally
• § 18-121 - Temporary separations -- Suspensions
• § 18-122 - Temporary separations -- Layoffs.
• § 18-123 - Permanent separations -- Removal
• § 18-124 - Permanent separations -- Resignations
• § 18-125 - Whistleblower protections
• § 18-126 - Prohibited acts
• § 18-201 - Applicability of rights and designation of bargaining units.
• § 18-202 - Employee organization as exclusive representative of bargaining unit
• § 18-203 - Labor relations administrator
• § 18-204 - Submission of constitution and bylaws to labor relations administrator
• § 18-205 - Election of exclusive representative.
• § 18-206 - Dispute over eligibility of employee in bargaining unit.
• § 18-207 - Collective bargaining -- Requirements
• § 18-208 - Mediation-arbitration
• § 18-209 - Provisions of collective bargaining agreement
• § 18-210 - Funding of collective bargaining agreements
• § 18-211 - Impairment of rights and responsibilities of Commission prohibited.
• § 18-212 - Prohibited activities by Commission
• § 18-213 - Prohibited activities of employee organization
• § 18-214 - Rights of Commission employees
• § 18-215 - Strike
• § 18-216 - Unfair labor practice
• § 18-217 - Expression of personal view, argument, opinion, or statement
• § 19-101 - "Board" defined
• § 19-102 - Application of Maryland Public Ethics Law
• § 19-103 - Conflicts of interest
• § 19-104 - Attempt to influence prohibited.
• § 19-105 - Ex parte communications
• § 19-106 - Administration of oaths.
• § 19-107 - Judicial review and enforcement of orders.
• § 19-108 - Injunctive relief and fines
• § 20-101 - Definitions
• § 20-102 - Scope of subtitle
• § 20-103 - Compliance required
• § 20-104 - Design and construction of system -- In general
• § 20-105 - Methods of source selection
• § 20-106 - Nondiscrimination policy.
• § 20-201 - Definitions.
• § 20-202 - Office of Small, Local, and Minority Business Enterprise
• § 20-203 - Minority business enterprise utilization program -- Design/build and construction contracts.
• § 20-204 - Minority business enterprise utilization program -- Goods and services.
• § 20-205 - Certification programs
• § 20-206 - Subcontractor participation goals
• § 20-207 - Reports.
• § 20-208 - Termination of subtitle
• § 20-301 - "Program" defined
• § 20-302 - Authorized.
• § 20-303 - Purpose.
• § 20-304 - Eligibility.
• § 21-101 - Acquisition of property
• § 21-102 - Condemnation -- Land used for cemetery purposes
• § 21-103 - Disposition of property
• § 21-104 - High performance buildings
• § 21-201 - Water supply, sanitary sewer, or stormwater management project
• § 21-202 - Purpose of subtitle
• § 21-203 - Scope of subtitle.
• § 21-204 - Authority to acquire land
• § 21-205 - Written declaration of taking
• § 21-206 - Payment of estimated fair market value
• § 21-207 - Institution of condemnation proceedings
• § 21-301 - Zoning map applications
• § 21-401 - "Urban renewal authority" defined
• § 21-402 - Cooperation between Commission and urban renewal authority.
• § 21-403 - Payment for urban renewal projects
• § 22-101 - "Bond" defined
• § 22-102 - Sanitary district bonds
• § 22-103 - Bonds -- Maximum amount issued.
• § 22-104 - Guarantee.
• § 22-105 - Destroyed, lost, or mutilated bonds
• § 22-106 - Repayment of bonds.
• § 22-107 - Current Bond Fund.
• § 22-108 - Distribution of funds
• § 22-109 - Performance of acts required
• § 22-110 - Anticipation loans.
• § 22-111 - Water service charge
• § 22-112 - Bond payment
• § 22-113 - Negotiable bond anticipation notes.
• § 22-114 - Refunding bonds -- Authority to issue.
• § 22-115 - Refunding bonds -- Repayment
• § 22-201 - Construction, application, and purpose of subtitle
• § 22-202 - Issuance and sale of bonds
• § 22-203 - Negotiability.
• § 22-204 - Manner and price of sale [Effective until October 1, 2013].
• § 22-205 - Proceeds.
• § 22-206 - Security.
• § 22-207 - Revenue refunding bonds
• § 22-208 - Other provisions not applicable
• § 22-209 - Trust agreements to secure bonds
• § 22-210 - Tax exemption; exclusion of interest from gross income
• § 23-101 - Commission water, sewer, and drainage systems
• § 23-102 - Private or municipal water and sewer systems in the sanitary district.
• § 23-103 - Acquisition of private or municipal water or sewer system -- Generally.
• § 23-104 - Acquisition of private water or sewer system.
• § 23-105 - Acquisition of municipal water or sewer system
• § 23-201 - Construction of subdivision lines in sanitary district
• § 23-202 - Service connections -- In general
• § 23-203 - Construction of service connections
• § 23-204 - Extension of service to new developments in Prince George's County.
• § 23-301 - Definitions.
• § 23-302 - Designation of branch of county government
• § 23-303 - Content of Program
• § 23-304 - Submission of Program and recommendations
• § 23-305 - Public hearings
• § 23-306 - Review; written comment by Commission
• § 23-307 - Approval or disapproval of certain major projects
• § 23-308 - Sources of funding
• § 23-309 - Liability resulting from change
• § 23-310 - Reimbursement; right, title, and interest
• § 23-311 - Notification of final action
• § 23-312 - Adoption of Program; amendments to Program
• § 23-313 - Reports.
• § 23-314 - Extensions.
• § 23-315 - Prince George's County -- Sanitary sewer service outside approved areas.
• § 23-316 - Cooperative effort
• § 24-101 - Construction in sanitary district or areas of Prince George's County not in sanitary district.
• § 24-102 - Private or semipublic water supply or sewer system in sanitary district or areas of Prince George's County not in sanitary district.
• § 24-103 - Hookup to Commission water or sewer service line
• § 24-104 - Water supply or sewage collection and disposal system
• § 24-105 - Plumbing installation in Prince George's County
• § 24-106 - Plumber/gasfitter's licenses
• § 24-202 - Notice requirements [Effective October 1, 2013].
• § 25-101 - Nonuniform conditions for service
• § 25-102 - Applicability of other laws or regulations
• § 25-103 - Ad valorem tax -- Areas without tax.
• § 25-104 - Modification of rate, charge, tax, or assessment -- Notice and hearing.
• § 25-105 - Appeals to Public Service Commission
• § 25-106 - Refunds.
• § 25-201 - "Sewer" defined
• § 25-202 - Declaration of benefit
• § 25-203 - Classification of property
• § 25-204 - Benefit charge
• § 25-205 - Exemption or suspension of benefit charge
• § 25-206 - Connection to nonabutting water main or sewer
• § 25-207 - Remote area connection
• § 25-208 - Acquisition of system
• § 25-209 - Connection benefit charge
• § 25-210 - Replacement or enlargement of water main or sewer
• § 25-211 - Extinguishment or redemption
• § 25-212 - Property acquired for public use
• § 25-213 - Omissions and mistakes
• § 25-214 - Collection of benefit charge
• § 25-301 - Connection charges generally
• § 25-302 - Separate classes -- Unimproved area
• § 25-303 - Separate classes -- Other areas
• § 25-304 - Connection as part of a lateral line
• § 25-305 - Compliance with requirements for regulations
• § 25-401 - Definitions.
• § 25-402 - Imposition of system development charge
• § 25-403 - Amount of system development charge [Effective until July 1, 2013]. [Amendment subject to abrogation].
• § 25-404 - System development charge fund
• § 25-405 - Construction of facilities
• § 25-501 - Service rates generally
• § 25-502 - Service rates for water
• § 25-503 - Service rates for sewer usage.
• § 25-504 - Billing.
• § 25-505 - Acquisition of property
• § 25-506 - Service to charitable institutions
• § 25-507 - Charges to State and local governments
• § 25-508 - Prince George's County Ombudsman; interruption of services
• § 26-101 - Authority to furnish water for corrective institution of District of Columbia and Anne Arundel County
• § 26-102 - Additional powers of the Commission
• § 26-103 - Tampering with system
• § 26-201 - Authority to furnish water for Howard County
• § 26-202 - Contracts.
• § 26-203 - Maintenance and operation of system
• § 26-204 - Regulations.
• § 26-205 - Tampering with system
• § 26-206 - Disposal of sewage in Patuxent River drainage area.
• § 27-101 - Powers and duties of Commission.
• § 27-102 - Special right of entry procedures
• § 27-103 - Effect of §§ 27-101 and 27-102
• § 27-104 - Submission of system repair plans
• § 27-105 - Reimbursement -- Relocation or removal of Commission facilities.
• § 27-106 - Contractors -- Notice required
• § 27-107 - Removal of obstructions
• § 27-108 - Other public utilities construction
• § 28-101 - Exemption from roadside tree planting or care fees
• § 28-201 - Commission police force
• § 28-301 - Drinking water testing. [Effective October 1, 2013].
• § 29-101 - Commission infractions -- Generally [Effective until October 1, 2013].
• § 29-102 - Commission infractions -- Watershed regulations [Effective until October 1, 2013].
• § 29-103 - Violation of Commission Pretreatment Program
• § 29-104 - Penalties -- Enforcement by injunction
• § 29-105 - Unlawful use of Commission property
• § 29-106 - Leaving dead animals or fecal matter unburied
• § 29-107 - Criminal penalties