WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 238

CHAPTER 238
(Senate Bill 425)

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County - Taxicab License Applicants - Criminal Record Background

Checks

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Public Service Commission, a county, or a municipal
corporation Montgomery County or a municipal corporation in Montgomery County
to obtain a criminal record background check on an applicant for a taxicab license
from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or from the Federal Bureau
of Investigation through the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services;
requiring a license applicant to submit fingerprint cards to the Department under
certain circumstances; requiring the license applicant Montgomery County to pay a
certain fee and cost under certain circumstances; requiring the Criminal Justice
Information System Central Repository of the Department to take certain action
and to make a certain report; requiring certain entities to destroy certain records
under certain circumstances; providing for the applicability of this Act; specifying an
effective date; and generally relating to criminal record background checks of
applicants for taxicab licenses in Montgomery County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, BY adding to
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 754B 754C
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

754B.

[(a) Subject to the provisions of §§ 742 through 755 of this article, the Public
Service Commission or a county or municipal corporation may request a criminal
background record chock on an applicant for a taxicab driver's license from the Criminal
Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and
Correctional Services.]

754C.

(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO IN THIS SECTION, "TAXICAB LICENSE" MEANS:

(1) AN APPLICATION BY AN INDIVIDUAL FOR A LICENSE THAT WOULD
ALLOW A VEHICLE TO BE OPERATED AS A TAXICAB WITHIN A COUNTY OR

MUNICIPAL—CORPORATION—MONTGOMERY COUNTY OR A MUNICIPAL

CORPORATION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY?

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