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11-1005.

(A)   ANY PERSON WHO, BECAUSE OF A PERMANENT PHYSICAL
HANDICAP, MUST USE A WHEELCHAIR AS A MEANS OF
SELF-TRANSPORTATION, MAY APPLY TO THE ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION FOR A PERMIT ON A
FORM AND ACCORDING TO RULES AND PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED
BY THE ADMINISTRATOR, FOR THE RESERVATION OF ONE
PARKING SPACE AT THE CURB, SIDE, OR EDGE OF THE ROADWAY
OF THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY IN FRONT OR ADJACENT TO HIS
DWELLING HOUSE, FOR PURPOSES OF ALLOWING THE
HANDICAPPED PERSON TO ENTER OR LEAVE WITH RELATIVE
CONVENIENCE AND SAFETY HIS OR ANOTHER PERSONS'S MOTOR
VEHICLE IN WHICH HE IS AN OPERATOR OR PASSENGER.

(B)  UPON ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT, THE HANDICAPPED PERSON
SHALL AFFIX THE PERMIT TO HIS AUTOMOBILE IN A
CONSPICUOUS PLACE.

(C)   AFTER A PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED, THE ADMINISTRATOR
SHALL NOTIFY THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION OF THE
ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT. WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS
NOTIFICATION, THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION SHALL
PLACE AND MAINTAIN, OR CAUSE TO BE PLACED AND
MAINTAINED, A WELL-SECURED, UPRIGHT SIGN OR SIGNS AT THE
APPROPRIATE LOCATION EXCEPT THOSE LOCATIONS IN
BALTIMORE CITY, WHICH INDICATES THE RESERVED SPACE AND
PROHIBITS PARKING OF VEHICLES IN THE RESERVED SPACE. THE
SIGN OR SIGNS SHALL ALSO CONTAIN A CLEAR AND EASILY
RECOGNIZABLE REPRESENTATION OF A WHEEL CHAIR. FURTHER,
THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION SHALL PAINT, OR CAUSE
TO BE PAINTED, A RED LINE, IN AN APPROPRIATE LENGTH TO
COVER THE RESERVED SPACE FOR ONE PASSENGER MOTOR
VEHICLE ON THE CURB, EDGE OR SIDE OF THE ROADWAY WITHIN
THE RESERVED SPACE.

(D)      THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES
ADMINISTRATION MAY PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
AS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS ACTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 465
(Senate Bill 1013)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 59 of Article 77A of
the Annotated Code of Maryland ([[1969 Replacement Volume and 11 1972
Supplement), title "Higher Education," subtitle "Scholarships," to amend the
laws concerning the State scholarship program and the awarding of scholarships
with particular respect to the creating of scholarships for teachers of persons