(a) Definitions. In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
(1) "Installer" means the person who installs street lighting in a development at the direction of the Department of Public Works.
(2) "Street lighting" means the components necessary to provide lighting to public or private roads or streets, and includes poles, cables, wiring, transformers, and fixtures.
(b) Street lighting – Installation. Street lighting shall be provided in a development and shall be of a design submitted by a developer and approved by the Office. Street lighting shall be placed in a location approved by the Department of Public Works at the expense of the developer. The Department of Public Works shall be responsible for arranging for the purchase, construction, and installation of street lighting in a development.
(c) Same – Purchase, construction, and installation fees. A developer shall pay a fee in the amount of the estimated costs of the purchase, construction, and installation of street lighting approved for a development, based on the installer's rates and charges in effect at the time of payment in accordance with the Public Utilities Article, §§ 4-201 et seq., of the State Code, and the fee shall include the County's overhead and administrative costs. The fee paid by a developer in accordance with this section shall be placed into the Developer Street Light Special Fund and used in accordance with § 4-11-120 of this Code.
(d) Same – Energy and maintenance fees. A developer shall pay a fee in the amount of the estimated costs for two years of energy and maintenance for street lighting, based on rates and charges in effect at the time of payment in accordance with the Public Utilities Article, §§ 4-201 et seq. of the State Code.
(e) Same – Timing of payment. The Department of Public Works shall provide a developer with the amount of the fees required to be paid in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) and payment shall be made by the developer at the time that a public works agreement is executed.
(Bill No. 104-13)