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and attractions; empowering the Commissioner of
Labor and Industry to administer and enforce the
provisions relating to amusement rides and
attractions, to prescribe rules and regulations, to
inspect all amusement rides and attractions located
on amusement parks, fairs, and carnivals, and to
order the cessation of operation of any amusement
ride or attraction not in compliance with provisions
relating to amusement rides and attractions;
providing for civil penalties; establishing the
Amusement Ride Advisory Board; and relating
generally to amusement rides.

BY adding to

Article 39 — Division of Labor and Industry

Section 65 through 81, inclusive, to be under the

new subtitle "Amusement Park Safety"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE II ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Sections 65 through 81, inclusive, to
be under the new subtitle "Amusement Park Safety" be and
they are hereby added to Article 89 — Division of Labor
and Industry, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article 89 — Division of Labor and Industry

AMUSEMENT PARK SAFETY

65.

(A)    IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED:

(B)    (1) "AMUSEMENT ATTRACTION" MEANS ANY
BUILDING OR STRUCTURE AROUND, OVER OR THROUGH WHICH
PEOPLE MAY MOVE OR WALK, WITHOUT THE AID OF ANY MOVING
DEVICE INTEGRAL TO THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, THAT
PROVIDES AMUSEMENT, PLEASURE, THRILLS, OR EXCITEMENT.

(2) "AMUSEMENT ATTRACTION" DOES NOT INCLUDE
ANY ENTERPRISE PRINCIPALLY DEVOTED TO THE EXHIBITION OF
PRODUCTS OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, EDUCATION, SCIENCE,
RELIGION, OR THE ARTS.

(C)    "AMUSEMENT PARK" MEANS A TRACT OR AREA USED
PRINCIPALLY AS A LOCATION FOR PERMANENT AMUSEMENT
STRUCTURES OR RIDES.

(D)    "AMUSEMENT RIDE" MEANS ANY DEVICE THAT CARRIES
OR CONVEYS PASSENGERS ALONG, AROUND, OR OVER A FIXED OR
RESTRICTED ROUTE OR COURSE OR WITHIN A DEFINED AREA, FOR
THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ITS PASSENGERS AMUSEMENT, PLEASURE,