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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 539
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(1998 Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article - Public Utility Companies
Section 10-112; 10-301 and 10-302 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 3.
Passenger for Hire Services"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article—Public Utility Companies
Section 10-501 and 10-502
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Volume and 1999 Supplement)
(As enacted by Section 1 of this Act)
BY repealing
Article—Public Utility Companies
Section 13-206
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Volume and 1999 Supplement)
Preamble
WHEREAS, For hire driving services represent a major component of the
State's economy; with nearly 4,000 licensed taxicabs, over 1,100 sedans, 400
limousines, 1,200 vans, and 1,800 buses generating more than 2,500 jobs and $46.5
million in annual job related earnings; and
WHEREAS, For hire driving services are critical to many citizens of the State,
including the elderly, members of families with low income, and the physically
challenged, as well as to many sectors of the State's economy, including tourism, BWI
Airport, and hospital organ transports; and
WHEREAS, Motor vehicles for hire include taxicabs, sedans, limousines, vans,
and any other motor vehicles for hire designed to carry 15 or fewer individuals
including the driver; and
WHEREAS, Maryland's taxicabs alone transport an estimated 15 million
passengers per year, or 60,000 passengers per week, in 24-hour service; and
WHEREAS, A significant portion of the sedan services operating in Maryland
appear to be doing so without proper documentation or otherwise contrary to law; and
WHEREAS, Illegal operation of sedan and taxicab services puts the public,
including both Maryland citizens and tourists, at risk; and
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