HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(f)  The provisions of this [subtitle] TITLE shall not be
applicable to deliberations of petit juries; grand juries; and
study commissions or committees appointed by the governing bodies
of the county, provided that no committee or commission appointed
by these governing bodies, the membership of which consists
wholly of members of the governing body, shall be deemed to be
study commissions or committees under the provisions of this
section.

(g)  Any person denied the rights and privileges conferred
by this [subtitle] TITLE may proceed to enforce those rights and
privileges by petition for mandamus or injunction, supported by
an affidavit showing good cause, addressed to the circuit court
having jurisdiction of such matters, in the county in which the
rights and privileges were denied. The petition shall be heard
within seven days from the time it is made.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s)
6(e)(8), (9), (10), and (f), and (g), respectively, of Article
76A - Public Information of the Annotated Code of Maryland (As
enacted by Chapter 239 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1974) be transferred to be Section(s) 5-101(e)(8), (9), (10),
(f), and (g), respectively, of Article 24 - Political
Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions of the Annotated Code of
Maryland.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article 78 - Public Service Commission Law

27.

(a) No public service company shall in its utility
operations:

(1)  Sell or render service or furnish any commodity
until its schedules of rates therefor have been duly filed and
published in accordance with § 28(a) of this article.

(2)  Demand or collect a greater or less compensation
for any service or commodity than specified therefor in its
schedules as in force at the time,

(3)  Demand or collect any charge which for any reason
violates any of the provisions of this article,

(4)  Assist, suffer or permit any of the things
prohibited by this section to be done by any means or device,
including but not limited to false billing, false classification,
false weighing, or false report of weight.