Ch. 493                              MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1101

PAROLE or for such part thereof as to the Board may seem just and fair under
the circumstances. The Board may again parole the returned parolee if, in the
opinion of the Board, he merits such consideration.

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

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 492
(Senate Bill 1180)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments. Section 555 of Article 27 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972
Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Crimes and
Punishments," subheading "Taxicabs," to make this section effective throughout
the State.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That Section 555 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Crimes and
Punishments," subtitle "Crimes and Punishments," subheading "Taxicabs," be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

555.

Any person who engages and accepts transportation in a public taxicab or other
vehicle operated as a common carrier, under any conditions whereby the charge
therefor is not paid in advance, and who wilfully refuses to pay the proper charges
at the conclusion of such transportation, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not more than fifty dollars
for each such offense. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the
owner or operator of any such common carrier from making a special agreement
with the person who engaged and accepted transportation, for the subsequent
payment of the charges due. [This section shall be effective only in Baltimore,
Harford, Frederick, Washington, Allegany, Somerset, and Talbot counties.]

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

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 493

(Senate Bill 1183)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 18, 19 and 20 of
Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume
and 1972 Supplement), title "Human Relations Commission," subtitle
"Discrimination in Employment"; to define "employer" to include any person
employing fifteen or more employees; to define the terms "employee" and