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*hb0450*
HOUSE BILL 450
R2 5lr1706
By: Delegates Guyton, Attar, Forbes, Griffith, Kaufman, Lehman, Miller, Pasteur,
Patterson, Pena–Melnyk, Ruth, Schindler, Spiegel, Taveras, Taylor, and
Wolek
Introduced and read first time: January 16, 2025
Assigned to: Appropriations and Environment and Transportation
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 4, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Maryland Transit Administration – Disability Reduced Fare Program – Renewal 2
for Permanently Disabled Individuals 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to automatically renew 4
the Disability Reduced Fare Program certification of an enrollee who is permanently 5
disabled; and generally relating to the Disability Reduced Fare Program. 6
BY adding to 7
Article – Transportation 8
Section 7–718 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13
Article – Transportation 14
7–718. 15
(A) THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW THE 16
DISABILITY REDUCED FARE PROGRAM CERTIFICATION OF AN ENROLLEE WHO IS 17
PERMANENTLY DISABLED . 18 2 HOUSE BILL 450
(B) THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING A 1
PROCESS TO CARRY OUT THIS SECTI ON. 2
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 3
October 1, 2025. 4
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.