Ch. 639

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Section 5-1101

Annotated Code of   Maryland

(1983 Replacement   Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article- Natural   Resources

Section 5-1102

Annotated Code of   Maryland

(1983 Replacement   Volume and 1988 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, The purpose of this Act is to encourage the owners
of land to make their land available to the public for jogging
and marathon racing by limiting the owners' liability for persons
who enter on the land for that purpose; now, therefore,

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

Article - Natural Resources

5-1101.

(a)   In this subtitle the following words have the meanings
indicated.

(b)   "Charge" means price or fee asked for services,
entertainment, recreation performed, or products offered for sale
on land or in return for invitation or permission to enter or go
upon land.

(c)   "Educational purpose" includes any of the following or
any combination of the following: Nature study, farm visitations
for purposes of learning about the farming operation, practice
judging of livestock, dairy cattle, poultry, other animals,
agronomy crops, horticultural crops, or other farm products,
organized visits to farms by school children, 4-H clubs, FFA
clubs and others as part of their educational programs, and
viewing historical, archaeological, or scientific sites.

(d)   "Land" means land, roads, water, watercourses, private
ways and buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when
attached to realty.

(e)   "Owner" means the possessor of a fee interest, tenant,
lessee, or person who possesses the premises.

(f)   "Recreational purpose" includes the following or any
combination of the following: Hunting, fishing, swimming,

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