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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="20-305" title_number="20" title_name="Human Relations" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Discrimination in Places of Public Accommodation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “reasonable accommodation” means to make a place of public accommodation suitable for access, use, and patronage by an individual with a disability without:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>danger to the individual’s health or safety; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>undue hardship or expense to the person making the accommodation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subtitle does not require structural changes, modifications, or additions to buildings or vehicles, except as required by this section or as otherwise required by law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any building constructed, modified, or altered in compliance with, or in accordance with a waiver from, the Maryland Accessibility Code under § 12–202 of the Public Safety Article is not subject to this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a structural change or modification or the provision of special equipment is necessary to accommodate an individual with a disability, the accommodation shall be a reasonable accommodation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a private motor coach transportation carrier may not be required to expend more than $2,500 per operating vehicle to make a reasonable accommodation to comply with this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At least 10% of the total operating fleet of any private motor coach transportation carrier doing business in the State shall comply with this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
