Maryland Code, STATE GOVERNMENT 9-2011
Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE GOVERNMENT 9-2011
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(2) “Grant” means a medium-duty or heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle grant issued by the Administration under this section for up to 20% of the cost of a qualified medium-duty or heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle, qualified medium-duty or heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle supply equipment, or zero-emission heavy equipment property.
(3) “Program” means the Medium-Duty and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Grant Program.
(4) “Qualified medium-duty or heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is:
(i) rated at more than 8,500 pounds unloaded gross weight; and
(ii) powered by electricity that is stored in a battery or produced by a hydrogen fuel cell.
(5) “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.
(6) (i) “Zero-emission heavy equipment property” means construction, earthmoving, or industrial heavy equipment, including any attachment for the equipment, that:
1. is mobile; and
2. does not use an internal combustion engine.
(ii) “Zero-emission heavy equipment property” includes:
1. a self-propelled vehicle that is not designed to be driven on a highway; and
2. industrial electrical generation equipment, industrial lift equipment, industrial material handling equipment, or other similar industrial equipment.
(b) (1) There is a Medium-Duty and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Grant Program.
(2) The Administration shall administer the Program.
(c) (1) 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.
(2) 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.
(d) Program grants are subject to available funding and § 9-20B-05(j)(4) of this title.
(e) (1) 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 $1,000,000 from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund for grants for qualified medium-duty or heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles under the Program.
(2) 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 $750,000 from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund for grants for zero-emission heavy equipment property under the Program.