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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="3-403" title_number="3" title_name="Amusement Attractions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Operation of Amusement Attractions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An amusement owner shall obtain insurance against liability for injury to an individual that arises out of the use of an amusement attraction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The insurance shall be in the amount of at least:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$350,000 for an amusement ride that operates by mechanical means; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$200,000 for:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>an amusement ride that operates only by human power or gravity, including a water slide or water flume; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>any other amusement attraction.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An amusement owner shall obtain insurance from an insurer or surety that is acceptable to the State Insurance Commissioner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A county where an amusement attraction is located may buy, on behalf of a nonprofit organization, the amount of insurance required under this section for the amusement attraction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A county that merely buys insurance for an amusement owner is immune from liability under § 5–516 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to a nonprofit community service corporation that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is incorporated under Maryland law;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is authorized to collect charges or assessments by a covenant running with the land; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has gross annual revenues of at least $15,000,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A nonprofit community service corporation complies with the insurance requirements of this section for an amusement attraction that the corporation owns and operates if the corporation is self–insured for at least $1,000,000 against liability for injury that arises out of the use of the amusement attraction:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>under regulations that the State Insurance Commissioner adopts; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>until the State Insurance Commissioner adopts regulations, with the approval of the State Insurance Commissioner, if the corporation is authorized by a covenant running with the land to collect a payment or charge based on the value of real property.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A nonprofit community service corporation that elects to self–insure shall submit periodically in writing to the State Insurance Commissioner the conditions of self–insurance.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The conditions of self–insurance must:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be approved by the State Insurance Commissioner; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>conform with the conditions of comprehensive liability insurance policies available in the private market.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
