Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 06 - MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.06.01 - Free Speech Activities on Maryland Transit Administration Premises › Section 11.06.01.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Administration" means the Maryland
				Transit Administration of the Department of Transportation established pursuant
				to Transportation Article, §
										7-201, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(2) "Administrator"
				means the Maryland Transit Administrator, whose office is established pursuant
				to Transportation Article, §
										7-202, Annotated Code
				of Maryland, or the Administrator's designee.
(3) "Authorized" means acting under or
				pursuant to a written contract, permit, or other evidence of right issued by
				the MTA.
(4) "Bus" means a motor
				vehicle that is designed and used to carry people, is operated by the MTA on a
				fixed route and predetermined schedule, or is operated under contract to MTA by
				an authorized private carrier.
(5)
				"Commercial speech" means expression related solely to the economic interests
				of the speaker and its audience. Commercial speech does not include
				transactions related to any free speech activity as defined herein.
(6) "Department" means the Maryland
				Department of Transportation established pursuant to Transportation Article,
				§
										2-101, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(7) "Emergency" means
				those conditions or situations resulting from fire, flood, riot, unusual
				congested conditions, weather, labor strikes or walkouts, outages of power or
				public services, catastrophe, emergency security measures, or other causes
				determined by the Governor, the Secretary of the Maryland Department of
				Transportation, the Administrator, the MTA Chief of Police, or the MTA Manager
				of Safety and Risk Management to endanger the health, safety, or welfare of
				persons using MTA services or MTA employees on or upon MTA facilities and
				equipment, or the MTA facilities and equipment themselves.
(8) "Free area" means those portions of MTA
				facilities open to the general public during such time the facility is open to
				the general public, but does not include the portion of any area of a MTA
				facility beyond or inside the turnstile or fare gates and any area within 15
				feet of an escalator, elevator, tracks, emergency exit, stairway, fare gate,
				kiosk, ticket vending machine, money changer, information center, main terminal
				entrance, locations where transit patrons are in line, or bus stop or
				shelter.
(9) "Free speech activity"
				means any manner of organized exercise of rights and privileges that deal with
				political, religious, or social matters and are noncommercial.
(10) "Group of individuals" means three or
				more individuals.
(11) "Light Rail"
				means the light rail line owned and operated by MTA in Baltimore County,
				Baltimore City, and Anne Arundel County.
(12) "MARC" means commuter rail service
				operated under contract to the Maryland Transit Administration.
(13) "Metro" means the heavy rail subway line
				operated by MTA in Baltimore County and Baltimore City.
(14) "MTA" means the Maryland Transit
				Administration of the Department of Transportation established pursuant to
				Transportation Article, §
										7-201, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(15) "MTA facility" or
				"MTA facilities" mean all property owned, leased, operated, or controlled,
				whether by ownership or easement, by the MTA in connection with its operation
				of transit service, and includes any one or more or combination of tracks,
				rights-of-way, bridges, tunnels, subways, rolling stock, stations, terminals,
				parking areas, equipment, fixtures, buildings, structures, other real or
				personal property, and services incidental to or used or designed for use in
				connection with the rendering of transit service by any means, including rail,
				bus, motor vehicle, or other mode of transportation.
(16) "MTA service" means transportation by
				means of transit vehicles or through transit facilities of persons and their
				packages in service operated by MTA, or by an entity under contract to
				MTA.
(17) "Persons" means any
				individual, organization, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association,
				or joint stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, committee,
				assignee, or other representative of them.
(18) "Solicit or solicitation" means
				requesting transit patrons give alms, funds, donations, contributions,
				signatures, personal information, or other information for a non-MTA
				purpose.
(19) "Transit patron"
				means a person in and upon any MTA facility or equipment for the purpose of
				using available public transportation service.
(20) "Transit vehicle" means a mobile device
				used in rendering transit service.