# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 6.5. Office of Statewide Broadband

### Subtitle 1

#### Section 6.5-108

(a) This section does not apply to a county or municipal corporation within the Washington Suburban Sanitary District.

(b) A county or municipal corporation may adopt, by ordinance or resolution, locally appropriate policies to advance progress of infrastructure, equipment, and systems needed to extend broadband access to underserved areas, including:

  (1) expedited consideration of locally imposed permits or approvals customarily applied to comparable projects;

  (2) the waiver or reduction of fees or charges customarily associated with comparable projects;

  (3) using project-based or region-based authority for public-private partnerships of related projects; and

  (4) measures consistent with other county laws, implemented to accelerate deployment of infrastructure and equipment necessary or desirable to promote broadband deployment into underserved areas.

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Md. Code Ann., Hous. & Cmty. Dev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)