WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 7

(iv) Apply to vehicles over 10,000 pounds registered gross vehicle
weight that are not subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, if the rule or
regulations adopted by the Motor Vehicle Administration specifically states that it applies
to the vehicle.

(2) The rules or regulations adopted under this subsection may require that
registrants of motor vehicles subject to this subsection have knowledge of applicable
federal and State motor carrier safety regulations.

(g) Any motor carrier operating a vehicle that is subject to the rules and
regulations adopted under this section shall, at all times when operating the vehicle on a
highway in this State, comply with the rules and regulations adopted under this section.

(h) During regular business hours, a police officer, a hazardous materials
inspector, or a Public Service Commission inspector may enter the premises and inspect
equipment and review and copy records of motor carriers subject to the rules or
regulations adopted under this section or § 22-409 of this article, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Regulations, Federal Hazardous Material Regulations, or Public Service
Commission laws and regulations.

(i) (1) Except as provided for in paragraph (2) of this subsection regulations
adopted under this section for intrastate motor carrier transportation may not:

(i) Require that a driver be older than 18 years of age;

(ii) Apply the provisions of § 391.21, § 391.23, § 391.31 or § 391.35 of
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to:

1.       A driver who is a regularly employed driver of a motor
carrier for a continuous period that began before July 1, 1986, if the driver continues to
be a regularly employed driver of the motor carrier; or

2.       The motor carrier, with regard to a driver described under
Item 1 of this subparagraph, if the motor carrier continues to employ the driver;

(iii) Limit a driver's time or hours on duty or require a driver to
maintain a record of duty status if:

1.       The driver operates only within a 100 air mile radius of the
driver's normal work reporting location; and

2.       The driver returns to the driver's normal reporting location
and is released from work within a period of 15 consecutive hours;

(iv) Apply the provisions of Parts 391 and 395 of the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations to a farmer, or an agent or employee of a farmer, who
operates farm equipment or a motor vehicle owned or operated by the farmer in the
transportation of supplies to a farm or the transportation of farm products as defined in
§ 10-601 of the Agriculture Article within 150 air miles of the farmer's farm; or

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