Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 11-301 - Definitions(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Curfew hours" means the hours between midnight and 5:00 a.m.(c) "Establishment" means a privately owned place of business operated for profit to which the public is invited.(d) "Guardian" means a person who is appointed by a court as a guardian.(e)(1) "Public place" means a place to which the general public has access for a lawful purpose.(2) "Public place" includes:(i) a public street, a sidewalk, an alley, a highway, and a right-of-way of a public street or highway; and(ii) the common areas of a transport facility, a school, a hospital, an apartment building, an office building, a shopping center, a park, a playground, a parking lot, a theater, a restaurant, a bowling alley, a tavern, a cafe, an arcade, and a shop.(f) "Remain" means to: (1) linger unnecessarily in a public place; or(2) fail to leave the premises of an establishment or a public place when asked by a law enforcement officer or an employee of the establishment or public place.Revised and recodified by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 119,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2013.