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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="27-102" title_number="27" title_name="Highways and Streets" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In Montgomery County and Prince George’s County, the county executive and county council may adopt regulations concerning the Commission’s entry into or use of a public roadway for which a permit is required.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The regulations adopted under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall be adopted after consultation with the Commission;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may include provisions for the review and approval of the required permits to be issued by the Commission under § 27–108 of this title for the construction or location of pipes, conduits, tracks, lines, poles, or facilities of a public utility in the public roadways of the county;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>subject to reasonable provisions for control by the county of the construction, disturbing, or repair of the public roadway, may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be administered so as to constitute a taking of a franchise right that a public service company or a utility company has in a public roadway; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>divest the Commission of its right to use a public roadway for the installation of a Commission facility;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>subject to this title, may not prohibit the installation in a public roadway of a facility being constructed by the Commission to provide service to the sanitary district in the other county; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>may not be inconsistent with this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The review and approval procedures authorized by subsection (b)(2) of this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may require review and approval by the county before the Commission issues the permit; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may not result in any cost to the Commission or to the public utility.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A permit issued by the Commission under § 27–108 of this title is not effective unless the appropriate county approves the permit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall give a county advance notice of the date, time, and extent to which the Commission plans to cut into a public roadway, sidewalk, or other public property of the county; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if required by a regulation adopted under this section, shall:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>submit a copy of proposed construction plans to the county before construction begins; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>apply for and obtain a permit from the county at no cost to the Commission.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The county shall promptly process the Commission’s permit application.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The issuance of a permit under this section constitutes approval of the Commission’s proposed construction as specified in the permit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If the construction under this section is an emergency, the Commission shall notify the appropriate county as soon as practicable after the cut.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>On prior notice, the county may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>make all necessary final repairs to restore property to a condition satisfactory to the county; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>charge all costs for the final repairs to the Commission or to the public utility that made the entry on the property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
