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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="2-1305" title_number="2" title_name="Ambient Air Quality Control" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Maryland Commission on Climate Change">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each State agency shall review its planning, regulatory, and fiscal programs to identify and recommend actions to more fully integrate the consideration of Maryland’s greenhouse gas reduction goal and the impacts of climate change.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The review shall include the consideration of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Sea level rise;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Storm surges and flooding;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Increased precipitation and temperature; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Extreme weather events.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each State agency shall identify and recommend specific policy, planning, regulatory, and fiscal changes to existing programs that do not currently support the State’s greenhouse gas reduction efforts or address climate change.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The following State agencies shall report annually on the status of programs that support the State’s greenhouse gas reduction efforts or address climate change, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the Commission and the Governor:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Department;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Department of Agriculture;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Department of General Services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The Department of Housing and Community Development;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The Department of Natural Resources;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The Department of Planning;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>The Department of Transportation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>The Maryland Energy Administration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>The Maryland Insurance Administration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>The Public Service Commission; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report required in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Program descriptions and objectives;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Implementation milestones, whether or not they have been met;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Enhancement opportunities;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Funding;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Challenges;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Estimated greenhouse gas emissions reductions, by program, for the prior calendar year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Any other information that the agency considers relevant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Each State agency, when conducting long–term planning, developing policy, and drafting regulations, shall take into  consideration:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The likely climate impact of the agency’s decisions relative to Maryland’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The likely impact of the agency’s decisions on disproportionately affected communities identified according to the methodology adopted by the Department under § 1–702 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
