Bill No. 4-14
Concerning: Street and Roads – County Street Lights
Revised: 2/26/2014 Draft No. 2
Introduced: January 28, 2014
Enacted: April 22, 2014
Executive: May 1, 2014
Effective: July 31, 2014
Sunset Date: None
Ch. 7 , Laws of Mont. Co. 2014
County Council
For Montgomery County, Maryland
By: Councilmembers Berliner, Floreen, and Riemer, Council Vice President Leventhal, and Councilmembers Elrich, Andrews, and Navarro
AN ACT to:
(1) require any contract that the County enters into for the maintenance of street lights to be with a company that [[specializes in]] commits to installing LED lights; and
(2) generally amend County law regarding streets and roads and environmental sustainability.
By adding
Montgomery County Code
Chapter 49, Streets and Roads
Section 49-19A
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bill.
The County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland approves the following Act:
Sec. 1. Section 49-19A is added as follows:
49-19A. Energy-efficient street lights.
(a) Definitions. In this Section, the following words have the meanings indicated:
Director means the Director of the Department of Transportation.
Light–emitting diode light or LED light means a semiconductor device that produces visible light when an electrical current is passed through it.
(b) When any contract to maintain street lights owned by the County in effect on January 21, 2014, expires, any later maintenance contract must be with a company that [[specializes in, and]] commits to install[[,]] LED lights or another energy-efficient technology that the Director finds is equivalent or superior to LED lights.
Approved: