Md. Code Ann., Hous. & Cmty. Dev. § 6.5-108
Local policies to extend broadband access to underserved areas
Effective Jul 1, 2021Added by Acts 2021, c. 632, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 633, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.State of Maryland
- (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.
Added by Acts 2021, c. 632, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 633, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.