Part II. Definitions
Library | Maine Administrative Code |
Edition | 2023 |
Currency | Current through 2023-52, December 27, 2023 |
Year | 2023 |
A.
- "Public conveyance" means any vehicle or any other means of
transport operated on land, water or in the air, which in fact caters to, or
offers its goods, facilities or services to, or solicits or accepts patronage
from the general public. "Public conveyance" includes any person who is the
owner, lessee, operator, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent or employee
or any public conveyance. As defined in 14553 (7) of the Act, "person" includes
one or more individuals, partnerships associations, organizations
corporations, municipal corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees
in bankruptcy, receivers and other legal representatives, and includes the
State and all agencies thereof.
B.
- "Accessible" means able to be entered, exited, and used
safely, efficiently, and as independently as possible by persons with physical
or mental disabilities.
C.
- "Separate service" means a conveyance that is available for
the special use of persons with physical or mental disabilities and that uses
vehicle(s) separate from the public conveyance available for use by all
persons.
D.
- "Bus" means intra-city or commuter transportation by bus or
van which regularly serves the general public on a fixed route without
restrictions on trip purpose.
E.
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(1) As in the Maine Human Rights Act, Title 5
M.R.S.A., §4551,
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(2) The Commission interprets the term
"unlawful public accommodations discrimination" as defined in the Act and as
applied to discrimination on the basis of physical or mental disability in
public conveyances, to encompass three concepts
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