WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1989

points along public streets or highways in said Town and
County, as may be directed by the passenger or passengers
so being transported; provided that nothing in this sub-title
shaJl be construed to include as taxicab a motor vehicle
operated, with the approval of the Public Service Commission
of Maryland, on fixed routes and schedules.

139L. In order to protect the public health, safety and
welfare of the citizens of the Town of Bel Air and other
persons who may use taxicab facilities therein, the Commis-
sioners of Bel Air are hereby authorized and empowered to
enact, amend and repeal ordinances, to fix requirements for
the ownership and operation of taxicabs in Bel Air and to
provide for inspection and licensing of taxicabs, their owners
and operators. The regulation herein provided for the taxi-
cab industry in Bel Air shall be in addition to any regulation
by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of Maryland or the
Public Service Commission of Maryland. Any person, firm
or corporation subject to this sub-title who shall be dissatis-
fied with any ordinance of the Commissioners of Bel Air,
enacted pursuant to the authority herein conferred, may com-
mence any action in the Circuit Court for Harford County
against said Commissioners to vacate and set aside any such
ordinance on the ground that the regulation, practice, act or
service established by such ordinance is unreasonable or un-
lawful. The decision of the Circuit Court shall be appealable
to the Court of Appeals of Maryland by either party, pro-
vided such appeal is entered within twenty days after the
judgment of the Circuit Court is rendered.

139M. Any person, firm or corporation violating any ordi-
nance promulgated under the authority of Section 139L shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine of not more than $250.00 for each offense.
In addition, the Town Commissioners of Bel Air, upon proof
of any violation of any ordinance promulgated under Section
139L, shall have authority to revoke or suspend any license
issued under the authority of Section 139L after according
reasonable opportunity to the licensee to be heard in his, her

or its defense.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any provision,
clause, sentence, phrase, or part of this Act, or the applica-
tion thereof to any person, firm or corporation or circum-
stance, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the
application of such provisions to other persons, firms and
corporations and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.