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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0961* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 961 |
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| 8 | 8 | | R5 4lr2268 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 4lr3105 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senators Carozza and Mautz |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Wicomico County – Vehicle Laws – Prohibition on Roadway Solicitations 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person in Wicomico County from standing in a roadway, 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | vehicle; and generally relating to roadway solicitations in Wicomico County. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article – Transportation 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 21–507(c) 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Article – Transportation 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 21–507. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c) In Carroll County, Charles County, Harford County, [and] Washington 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | County, AND WICOMICO COUNTY, a person may not stand in a roadway, median divider, 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | or intersection to solicit money or donations of any kind from the occupant of a vehicle. 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | October 1, 2024. 19 |
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