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<section number="10-317" name="Definitions" law="code" slug="sec-10-317" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_10FITA_DIV25CLENLOPR_S10-317DE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this Division, the following definitions have the following meanings:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Certified General Real Estate Appraiser means an individual who is certified as a certified real estate appraiser for general real estate under Title 16 of the Business Occupations Article of the Maryland Code.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Commercial property has the meaning stated in the Local Government Article, Section 1-1101, of the Annotated Code of Maryland. Commercial property includes any industrial, multi-family rental residential (more than four dwelling units), non-profit, institutional, or agricultural property that meets the eligibility requirements of Subtitle 10, Division 25.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Program or Program means a program that facilitates energy improvements and requires repayment through a surcharge on the owner's property tax bill.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>County designated lender means a person who may be selected by the County or Program Manager to provide funding for the Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>County designated program manager means the Prince George's Financial Services Corporation (trade name "FSC First").</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Department means the Department of Finance.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Director means the Director of the Department or the Director's designee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Energy efficiency and/or renewable energy improvement means any equipment, device, or material that is intended to decrease energy consumption or expand use of renewable energy sources, including:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>Insulation in any wall, roof, floor, foundation, or heating and cooling distribution system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>A storm window or door, multi-glazed window or door, heating-absorbing or heat-reflective glazed and coated window and door system, or additional glazing, reduction in glass area, and other window and door system modification that reduces energy consumption;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>An automated energy control system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="D">
        <text>A heating, ventilating, or air-conditioning and distribution system modification or replacement;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="E">
        <text>Caulking, weather-stripping, and air sealing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="F">
        <text>Replacement or modification of a lightning fixture to reduce the energy use of the lighting system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="G">
        <text>An energy recovery system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="H">
        <text>A day lighting system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="I">
        <text>The installation or upgrade of electrical wiring or outlets to charge a motor vehicle that is fully or partially powered by electricity;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="J">
        <text>A measure that reduces the usage of water or increases the efficiency of water usage;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="K">
        <text>Any measure or system that makes use of or expands a renewable source of energy, including solar water heater, solar thermal electric, solar photovoltaic, wind, biomass, hydroelectric, geothermal electric, geothermal heat pumps, battery storage, anaerobic digestion, tidal energy, wave energy, ocean thermal, fuel cells using renewable fuels, and geothermal direct-use; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="L">
        <text>Any renewable energy system that is a fixture, product, device or interacting group of fixtures products, or devices on the customer's side of the electricity meter that uses at least one renewable energy source to generate electricity. A renewable energy system includes a biomass system, but does not include an incinerator or digester.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Private lender means a lender selected by the property owner to provide loan funds to the property owner for an improvement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Property Owner means a person who owns qualified property.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Qualified property means any commercial real property that meets the eligibility criteria for the Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Renewable energy source means a source of energy that naturally replenishes over a human, not a geological, timeframe that is ultimately derived from solar power, water power, or wind power.</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>Renewable energy source does not include fossil fuels or nuclear.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>A renewable energy source comes from the sun or from thermal inertia of the earth and minimizes the output of toxic materials in the conversions of the energy and includes,:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>Non-hazardous, organic biomass material;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Solar energy equipment</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>Wind energy;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>Geothermal energy;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="v">
          <text>Biogas derived from non-hazardous sources.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>Surcharge means the annual repayment of a loan, including principal, interest, and related charges, that funds an improvement and is collected through the County real property tax billing process.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
