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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 30-4 Program administration – Rules and regulations.">
  <section prefix="§" num="30-4" heading="Program administration – Rules and regulations.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Adoption.">Subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, the Finance Director, in consultation with the Program Administrator and the Baltimore City Office of Sustainability, shall adopt rules and regulations to carry out this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Contents.">These rules and regulations shall:<para num="(1)">clearly delineate the respective roles and responsibilities of property owners, clean energy lenders, the Program Administrator, and the Finance Director; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">include:<para num="(i)">methodologies for determining the eligibility of commercial properties, property owners, and energy improvements;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">minimum underwriting standards for clean energy lenders;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the documentation required on the Administrator’s request to demonstrate that the energy savings generated by an energy efficiency project exceed a property owner’s obligations under a clean energy loan financing agreement;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">efficient application intake, processing, and transaction closing procedures;</para>
        <para num="(v)">terms and provisions to be included in a Notice of Surcharge Levy to be recorded by the clean energy lender or the Program Administrator in the Land Records of Baltimore City;</para>
        <para num="(vi)">required data management services that conform to City practices;</para>
        <para num="(vii)">Program outreach strategies; and</para>
        <para num="(viii)">annual program participation and performance reporting requirements.</para>
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    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-533</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Text Conformed 02/25/21</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 this section 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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