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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="7-204" title_number="7" title_name="Gas, Electric, and Water Companies" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Electric Generation Facility Planning">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “construction” has the meaning stated in § 7–207 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, at least 30 days before a hearing, a public service company shall provide to each owner of land and each owner of adjacent land, by certified mail, written notice of intent to run a line or similar transmission device over, on, or under the land.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On receipt of an application for the construction of a transmission line under § 7–207 or § 7–208 of this subtitle, the Commission shall provide, or direct the person applying for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide, by certified mail, notice of intent to run a line or similar transmission device over, on, or under the land to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>each owner of land that abuts the property where the construction is planned; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for construction of an overhead transmission line, each owner of land and each owner of adjacent land.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Notice provided under this subsection shall include information regarding:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>any applicable right to file as an intervenor in the proceeding in accordance with § 3–106 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the process for filing as an intervenor in the proceeding, including the method for filing and the location where the filing is required to be submitted; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>contact information for the Commission and the website where the recipient may obtain additional information regarding intervention rights and procedures.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The public service company shall determine the property owners from the current tax assessment records of the political subdivision in which the property is located.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the Commission determines that a person directed to provide notice under subsection (b)(2) of this section has failed to provide notice in accordance with this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>if the failure is willful or deliberate, the public hearing is invalidated and another hearing must take place; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the failure is not willful or deliberate, the Commission may require another hearing to take place.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
