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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-2011" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="20" subtitle_name="Maryland Energy Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Grant” means a medium–duty or heavy–duty zero–emission vehicle grant issued by the Administration under this section for up to 75% of the incremental cost of a qualified medium–duty or heavy–duty zero–emission vehicle or zero–emission heavy equipment property.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Incremental cost” means the difference in price of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a conventional model vehicle and a zero–emission model that is attributable to the functional features of the vehicle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>conventional heavy equipment property and zero–emission heavy equipment property that is attributable to the functional features of the equipment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Program” means the Medium–Duty and Heavy–Duty Zero–Emission Vehicle Grant Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Qualified medium–duty or heavy–duty zero–emission vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>rated at more than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>powered by electricity that is stored in a battery or produced by a hydrogen fuel cell.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>“Qualified medium–duty or heavy–duty zero–emission vehicle supply equipment” means property in the State that is used for recharging or refueling medium–duty or heavy–duty zero–emission vehicles or zero–emission heavy equipment property.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Zero–emission heavy equipment property” means construction, earthmoving, or industrial heavy equipment, including any attachment for the equipment, that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is mobile; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>does not use an internal combustion engine.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Zero–emission heavy equipment property” includes:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a self–propelled vehicle that is not designed to be driven on a highway; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>industrial electrical generation equipment, industrial lift equipment, industrial material handling equipment, or other similar industrial equipment.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a Medium–Duty and Heavy–Duty Zero–Emission Vehicle Grant Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Program applies only to vehicles and equipment intended for commercial or industrial use.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Administration shall administer the Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027, a person or a unit of local government may apply to the Administration for a grant under the Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For the purpose of calculating the amount of a grant, the Administration may allow an applicant to include reasonable installation costs in the cost of qualified medium–duty or heavy–duty zero–emission vehicle supply equipment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In issuing Program grants, the Administration shall give preference to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>qualified medium–duty or heavy–duty zero–emission vehicles that are:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>expected to be primarily domiciled and operated in the State; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>to be owned or operated by an entity engaged in business activity that impacts public health, the environment, or infrastructure in an overburdened or underserved community, as defined in § 1–701 of the Environment Article; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>zero–emission heavy equipment property that is expected to be used primarily at locations in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Program grants are subject to available funding and § 9–20B–05(j)(4) of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Notwithstanding § 9–20B–05(g) of this title, in each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $10,000,000 from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund for grants for qualified newly manufactured medium–duty or heavy–duty zero–emission vehicles or zero–emission heavy equipment property under the Program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
