Section 3-101 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-101. Definitions.
 

(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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 89, § 65; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; 2009, ch. 21; 2009, ch. 60, § 5.]