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Unannotated Code of Maryland (Last Updated: May 16, 2014) |
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BUSINESS REGULATION |
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TITLE 3. AMUSEMENT ATTRACTIONS |
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SUBTITLE 1. DEFINITIONS; GENERAL PROVISIONS |
§ 3-101. Definitions
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(a) In general. -- In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Amusement attraction. --
(1) "Amusement attraction" means:
(i) an amusement ride; or
(ii) a structure that gives amusement, excitement, pleasure, or thrills to people who move around, over, or through the structure without the aid of a moving device integral to the structure.
(2) "Amusement attraction" does not include a structure that is devoted principally to exhibitions related to agriculture, the arts, education, industry, religion, or science.
(c) Amusement owner. -- "Amusement owner" means a person, the State, or a political subdivision of the State that owns an amusement attraction or, if the amusement attraction is leased, the lessee.
(d) Amusement park. -- "Amusement park" means an area that is used principally for 1 or more permanently erected amusement attractions.
(e) Amusement ride. -- "Amusement ride" means a device that is intended to give amusement, excitement, pleasure, or thrills to passengers whom the device carries:
(1) along or around a fixed or restricted course; or
(2) within a defined area.
(f) Carnival. -- "Carnival" means an itinerant enterprise that consists principally of 1 or more temporarily located amusement attractions.
(g) Commissioner. -- "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.
(h) Fair. -- "Fair" means an enterprise that:
(1) is devoted principally to periodic exhibitions related to agriculture, the arts, education, industry, religion, or science; and
(2) has 1 or more amusement attractions operated along with the exhibitions.
(i) Inflatable amusement attraction. -- "Inflatable amusement attraction" means an air-supported amusement attraction that:
(1) incorporates a structural and mechanical system; and
(2) uses a high strength fabric or film that achieves its strength, shape, and stability by tensioning from internal air pressure.