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2106 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 357
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AN ACT concerning
Reserved Parking For Disabled Persons
FOR the purpose of providing that the Motor Vehicle
Administration may issue a permit for a reserved
parking space to a person who has a permanent
physical disability under certain conditions, even
though the applicant is not required to use a
wheelchair; defining when a disability is permanent;
and restructuring,
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 21-1005
Annotated Code of Maryland
(As enacted by Chapter____of the Acts of
the General Assembly of 1977)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 21-1005 of Article
Transportation, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (As
enacted by Chapter____of the Acts of the General Assembly
of 1977) be and it is hereby repealed and reenacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:
Article — Transportation
21-1005.
(A) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A PHYSICAL
DISABILITY IS PERMANENT IF IT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
AT LEAST ONE YEAR.
[(a)](B)(A) [If, because of] A PERSON WHO HAS a
permanent physical disability[, a person is required to
use a wheelchair to move about, the person] may apply to
the Administration, on the form that it requires, for a
permit for one reserved parking space:
(1) To be located at the curb, side, or edge
of the roadway of the highway in front of or near his
dwelling house; and
(2) To provide convenience and safety as the
person enters or leaves his vehicle or that of another.
(C) (B) THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL ISSUE THE
PERMIT:
(1) IF THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO USE A
WHEELCHAIR TO MOVE ABOUT OR IF THE ADMINISTRATION
DETERMINES THAT THE DISABILITY IS SO SEVERE THAT THE
APPLICANT WOULD ENDURE A HARDSHIP OF BE SUBJECT TO A RISK
OF INJURY IF THE APPLICANT SHOULD ENTER OR LEAVE THE
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