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Maryland Code, Business Regulation § 3-101

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)(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” 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” means an area that is used principally for 1 or more permanently erected amusement attractions.

(e) “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” means an itinerant enterprise that consists principally of 1 or more temporarily located amusement attractions.

(g) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.

(h) “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” 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.

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