Ch. 203

LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 2, 1988.

CHAPTER 203

(House Bill 469)

AN ACT concerning

Handicapped Parking - Signs

FOR the purpose of requiring certain signs reserving a space for
parking by handicapped persons to be posted and attached in
a certain manner; and generally relating to the erection and
replacement of certain signs regarding handicapped parking.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation
Section 21-1006(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

21-1006.

(d) (1) (i) Subject to subparagraph (ii) below, each space
reserved for a handicapped person shall be signified by a sign
with the international symbol of access and the words
"handicapped parking" on it.

(ii) All signs erected or replaced after July
1, 1982 which reserve a space for handicapped persons shall be
[in]:

1.  IN conformance with the requirements
of the State manual on uniform traffic control devices[.]; AND

2. A. ATTACHED TO A POST PERMANENTLY
ANCHORED IN THE GROUND; OR

B. PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO A WALL THAT IS
NOT MORE THAN 10 FEET DIRECTLY BEYOND THE FRONT BOUNDARY OF THE

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