Md. Code Ann., State Gov't § 20-301
“Place of public accommodation” defined
Effective Mar 27, 2019Added by Acts 2009, c. 120, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2009. Amended by Acts 2014, c. 474, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2019, c. 8, § 1, eff. March 27, 2019.State of Maryland
- (1) an inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment that provides lodging to transient guests;
- (2) a restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling food or alcoholic beverages for consumption on or off the premises, including a facility located on the premises of a retail establishment or gasoline station;
- (3) a motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium, or other place of exhibition or entertainment;
(4) a retail establishment that:
- (i) is operated by a public or private entity; and
- (ii) offers goods, services, entertainment, recreation, or transportation; or
(5) an establishment:
(i) 1. that is physically located within the premises of any other establishment covered by this subtitle; or
- 2. within the premises of which any other establishment covered by this subtitle is physically located; and
- (ii) that holds itself out as serving patrons of the covered establishment.
In this subtitle, “place of public accommodation” means:
Added by Acts 2009, c. 120, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2009. Amended by Acts 2014, c. 474, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2019, c. 8, § 1, eff. March 27, 2019.