MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

2027

(i) "Transit service" means the transportation of
persons and their packages and baggage in regular route,
special or charter service by means of transit facilities
between points within the District, or in any county
contiguous to the District as permitted in this article,
and includes the transportation of newspapers, express
and mail between such points but does not include taxicab
service. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY COMPANY VAN POOL.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 2(j) be and it is hereby added to Article 64B -
Metropolitan Transit District, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) to
read as follows:

Article 64B — Metropolitan Transit District

2.

(J) (1) "COMPANY VAN POOL" MEANS ANY NONPROFIT
COMMUTER SERVICE PROVIDED BY OR ORGANIZED BY AN EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATION OR BY A COMPANY [[ON A NONPROFIT BASIS]] OR
A GROUP OF COMPANIES FOR ITS EMPLOYEES AND WHICH:

(I)    TRANSPORTS EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING
THE DRIVER, [[PRIMARILY]] EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN THEIR HOMES
AND THEIR EMPLOYER'S PLACE OF BUSINESS;

(II)   IS AVAILABLE ON A
NONDISCRIMINATORY BASIS TO ALL OF THE [[COMPANY'S]]
EMPLOYEES OF THE COMPANY OR GROUP OF COMPANIES:

(III)  DOES NOT REQUIRE PARTICIPATION OF
ANY EMPLOYEE AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT; AND

(IV)   USES MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING A
SEATING CAPACITY OF NO MORE THAN 15 PERSONS EACH AS THE
SOLE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION ACROSS LAND.

(2) IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY COMPANY WHICH
PROVIDES COMMUTER SERVICE FOR ANOTHER COMPANY'S EMPLOYEES
UNDER A CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT WITH THAT COMPANY.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Sections 1-113.1 and 3—812 be and they are hereby added
to Article 66 1/2 — Vehicle Laws, of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)
to read as follows:

Article 66 1/2 - Vehicle Laws

1-113.1.

(A) "COMPANY VAN POOL" MEANS ANY NONPROFIT
COMMUTER SERVICE PROVIDED BY OR ORGANIZED BY AN EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATION OR BY A COMPANY [[ON A NONPROFIT BASIS]] OR
A GROUP OF COMPANIES FOR ITS EMPLOYEES AND WHICH: