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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 17-203 Noncommercial speech allowed wherever commercial speech allowed.">
  <section prefix="§" num="17-203" heading="Noncommercial speech allowed wherever commercial speech allowed.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="“Commercial speech” defined.">In this section, “commercial speech” means:<para num="(1)">speech that proposes a commercial transaction; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">expression related solely to the economic interests of the speaker and its audience.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Equitable treatment.">To avoid favoring commercial speech over noncommercial speech or favoring the expression of any particular noncommercial message over any other noncommercial message, noncommercial speech is allowed wherever commercial speech is allowed under this Code.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord.18-216</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
