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The only other changes are in style.

Defined term: "Handicapped individual" § 2-501

(C)  HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUAL.

"HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUAL" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A
MEASURABLE LIMITATION OF MOBILITY CAUSED BY DISEASE, TRAUMA, OR
CONGENITAL DEFECT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection formerly appeared as the
second sentence of Art. 78A, § 51(b).

The only changes are in style.

(D)  PUBLIC BUILDING.

(1)  "PUBLIC BUILDING" MEANS A BUILDING, STRUCTURE, OR
IMPROVED AREA THAT IS:

(I)  OWNED BY THE STATE OR ANY POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE; OR

(II)  CONSTRUCTED FOR LEASE BY THE STATE OR A
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE.

(2)  "PUBLIC BUILDING" INCLUDES:

(I)  AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY CONSTRUCTED WITH
PUBLIC FUNDS OR OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE STATE OR A POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE;

(II)  A PUBLIC MASS TRANSPORTATION
ACCOMMODATION, SUCH AS A TERMINAL OR STATION, THAT IS SUPPORTED
BY PUBLIC FUNDS; AND

(III)  AN IMPROVEMENT OF A PUBLIC AREA USED FOR
GATHERING OR AMUSEMENT, INCLUDING A PUBLIC PARK, RECREATION
CENTER, OR THE LIKE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language derived
without substantive change from the first sentence of
former Art. 78A, § 51(b), except the first phrase of
that sentence, and from former Art. 78A, § 51(h),(i),
and the first clause of the first sentence of (g)(1).

2-502. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS THAT PUBLIC BUILDINGS THAT LACK
FACILITIES FOR HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS:

(1) CREATE A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF DEATH OR INJURY TO
HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS AND OTHERS IN BOTH NORMAL AND EMERGENCY
CONDITIONS; AND