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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="8-752" title_number="8" title_name="Highways" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Regulation of Outdoor Advertising">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to any applicable provisions of this section, a municipal corporation or a county that owns or operates a transit system or in which a transit system operates or a transit operator may enter into an agreement to construct, operate, and maintain bus passenger shelters on a State right-of-way.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An agreement under this section may allow commercial advertising signs to be displayed on bus passenger shelters consistent with applicable State, local, and federal law.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A municipal corporation shall apply to the Administration for a permit to erect bus passenger shelters on State rights-of-way located within the municipal corporation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A county shall apply to the Administration for a permit to erect bus passenger shelters on State rights-of-way located within the county but not within a municipal corporation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>With the concurrence of the municipal corporation, a county shall apply to the Administration for a permit to erect bus passenger shelters on State rights-of-way that are located within a municipal corporation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A transit operator shall apply to the Administration for a permit to erect bus passenger shelters:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>On State rights-of-way located within a municipal corporation, with the concurrence of the municipal corporation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On State rights-of-way located within an unincorporated area, with the concurrence of the county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On receipt of an application for a permit to erect a bus passenger shelter, the Administration may issue a permit under § 8-646 of this title after determining that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The location, design, and construction of the bus passenger shelter do not interfere with vehicular or pedestrian safety; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The construction of the bus passenger shelter, including any commercial advertising signs displayed on the bus passenger shelter, conforms with applicable State, local, and federal law.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A permit for a bus passenger shelter shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Include a provision requiring continued compliance with the requirements under paragraph (1) of this subsection;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Include a provision that the State is not responsible to any party to an agreement under this section for any costs resulting from enforcement of the permit; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Serve as an agreement with the State as may be required under applicable federal regulation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Administration may not unreasonably withhold approval of a permit under this subsection to a municipal corporation, county, or transit operator that has complied with the provisions of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the Administration may enter into agreements to construct, operate, and maintain bus passenger shelters at fixed-route bus stops used by the Maryland Transit Administration.</text>
  </level>
</section>
