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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

and to change the rate schedule for taxicabs,
respectively; to repeal Sections 12-1322 (b),
12-1325, 12-1345 and 12-1347 of said Code, Title
and Subtitle, and to enact new Sections 12-1322
(b), 12-1325, 12-1345 and 12-1347 in lieu
thereof, to stand in the place of the sections
repealed, to provide for the filing of
certificates of inspection, to provide for the
filing of accident reports, to set standards for
the refusal to issue taxicab licenses, and to
provide for an appeal from decisions relating to
this Subtitle, respectively; to add new Sections
12-1316A, 12-1322 (c), 12-1324A [[and]], 12-1350
and 12-1351 to said Code, Title and Subtitle, to
follow immediately after Sections 12—1316,
12-1322 (b), 12-1323 and 12-1349 thereof,
respectively, to fix limits on the age of
vehicles which may to operated as taxicabs, to
provide for forfeiture of taxicab licenses as the
result of failure to undergo required
inspections, to provide for transportation of
non—paying passengers, and to set insurance
requirements, respectively; to provide penalties
for the violation thereof; and matters generally
related thereto.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL
OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND, That Sections
12-1301, 12-1303 and 12-1346 of the Anne Arundel
County Code (1967 Edition and Supplements), Title 12,
"Licenses, Permits and Franchises", Subtitle 13,
"Taxicabs", be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows;

Section 12-1301. Applicability of subtitle.

Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to
include as a taxicab a motor vehicle operated with the
approval of the state public service commission on
fixed routes and schedules; and provided further, that
the subsequent provisions of this [chapter] SUBTITLE
shall not apply to taxicabs regularly operating in
Baltimore City and operating occasionally in the
county, if such taxicabs are subject to regulations as
to rates and practices by the public service
commission and the City of Baltimore prior to and at
the time of any operation in the county; and provided
further, that nothing in this subtitle shall be
construed to apply to taxicabs operating in the sixth
district of the county and subject to the regulations