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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 2-6 Water-for-All Program – Overview.">
  <section prefix="§" num="2-6" heading="Water-for-All Program – Overview.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Rules and regulations.">Subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, the DPW Director and the Finance Director shall adopt and enforce rules and regulations to administer a Water-for-All Discount Program in conformance with &lt;cite data-path="|24"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Eligibility criteria.">
      <para num="(1)">Each residential- and tenant-water-utility customer whose household income in a calendar year is less than 200% of the federal government’s official poverty income guidelines, as published annually by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is eligible for the Water-for-All Discount Program.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Residential- and tenant-water-utility customers are not required to be citizens or permanent residents of the United States in order to be eligible for the Water-for-All Discount Program.</para>
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    <para num="(c)" heading="Informing customers  of Program.">The DPW Director or Finance Director, as the case may be, shall inform each residential- and tenant-water-utility customer of the availability of and eligibility criteria for the Water-for-All Discount Program in each bill and in each notice provided under &lt;cite data-path="|24|§4-3|(d)"&gt;§ 4-3(d) {“Cut-off for non-payment: Notice”} of this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-336</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Text Conformed 02/23/21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">By authority of Ordinance 20-431, Section 5, the Director of Legislative Reference, in consultation with the Law Department, has conformed subsection (a) to refer expressly to and reflect the requirements of the recently-enacted Administrative Procedure Act that, effective January 15, 2021, governs the proposal, adoption, and publication of administrative rules and regulations.</annotation>
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