§ 21-507. Actions prohibited relating to pedestrians
West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: July 1, 2022
Effective: July 1, 2022
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-507
§ 21-507. Actions prohibited relating to pedestrians
(a) Except for the occupant of a disabled vehicle who seeks the aid of another vehicle, a person may not stand in a roadway to solicit a ride, employment, or business from the occupant of any vehicle.
(b) A person may not stand on or near a highway to solicit any other person to watch or guard any vehicle while it is parked or about to be parked on a highway.
(c) In Carroll County, Charles County, Harford County, and Washington County, a person may not stand in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations of any kind from the occupant of a vehicle.
1. Rights-of-way, roadway surfaces, roadway subgrades, shoulders, median dividers, drainage facilities and structures, related stormwater management facilities and structures, roadway cuts, roadway fills, guardrails, bridges, highway grade separation structures, railroad grade separations, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, and other structures forming an integral part of a street, road, or highway, including bicycle and walking paths; and
1. Rights-of-way, roadway surfaces, roadway subgrades, shoulders, median dividers, drainage facilities and structures, related stormwater management facilities and structures, roadway cuts, roadway fills, guardrails, bridges, highway grade separation structures, railroad grade separations, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, and other structures forming an integral part of a street, road, or highway, including bicycle and walking paths; and
(4)(i) The governing body of a county or the governing body of a municipal corporation in a county may, by appropriate resolution or ordinance, enact a permit program to allow individuals who are at least 18 years old and representatives of qualified organizations who are at least 18 years old to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle by standing in a roadway, median divider, or intersection in the county or municipal corporation.
(h)(1) The County Council of Baltimore County or the governing body of a municipal corporation in Baltimore County, by appropriate resolution or ordinance, may enact a permit program to allow a person to stand in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle.
(i) In Howard County, a person may not stand in a State highway or the highway right-of-way to solicit money or donations of any kind from the occupant of a vehicle.
(3) The county or a municipal corporation in the county may by ordinance enact a permit program to allow a person to stand in a roadway, a median divider, or an intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle if the solicitation occurs completely in the county or municipal corporation.
(iii) The name, address, and telephone number of a contact person of the employing or sponsoring person, agency, or entity on whose behalf the solicitation is to be made, who will be able to provide additional information to the county, municipal corporation, or the designee of the county or municipal corporation.
Credits
Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 2001, c. 585, § 1, eff. June 1, 2001; Acts 2002, c. 253, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2003, c. 219, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, c. 463, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Acts 2004, c. 25, § 1, eff. April 13, 2004; Acts 2004, c. 125, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Acts 2004, c. 156, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2005, c. 93, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2005; Act 2005, c. 311, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2005; Acts 2006, c. 473, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2006; Acts 2007, c. 537, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2008, c. 436, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Acts 2008, c. 437, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Acts 2009, c. 669, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, c. 695, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, c. 698, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2009; Acts 2011, c. 376, § 1, eff. July 1, 2011; Acts 2011, c. 586, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Acts 2012, c. 104, § 1, eff. June 1, 2012; Acts 2012, c. 392, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2013, c. 118, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Acts 2022, c. 443, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-507, MD TRANS § 21-507
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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