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§ 4-501. Rate schedules required before selling or furnishing commodities or rendering services

West's Annotated Code of MarylandPublic UtilitiesEffective: October 1, 2010

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Public Utilities (Refs & Annos)
Division I. Public Services and Utilities [Titles 1-15] (Refs & Annos)
Title 4. Rate Regulation (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Prohibitions (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2010
MD Code, Public Utilities, § 4-501
Formerly cited as MD PUBLIC UTIL COMP § 4-501
§ 4-501. Rate schedules required before selling or furnishing commodities or rendering services
Currentness
In general
(a) In its utility operations, a public service company may not:
(1) sell, render services, or furnish a commodity until the public service company files and publishes its rate schedules in accordance with § 4-202 of this title; or
(2) demand or collect:
(i) compensation that differs from compensation specified in its rate schedules that are in force at the time of the demand or collection; or
(ii) a charge that violates this division.
Assistance in prohibited activities
(b) A person may not assist, allow, or attempt to assist or allow the actions prohibited under this section by any means, including false billing, false classification, false weighing, or false report of weight, even if a public service company or its personnel consents to or connives with the prohibited action.

Credits

Added by Acts 1998, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1998. Amended by Acts 2010, c. 52, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010.
Formerly Art. 78, § 27.
MD Code, Public Utilities, § 4-501, MD PUBLIC UTIL § 4-501
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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