J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1195

CHAPTER 670
(House Bill 496)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 66A
of Article 89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replace-
ment Volume), title "State Roads," subtitle "Duties and Powers,"
to provide that tires having anti-skid patterns especially designed
to give effective traction on snow or ice covered streets and high-
ways may be used on emergency snow routes.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 66A of Article 89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume), title "State Roads," subtitle "Duties
and Powers," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

66A.

The State Roads Commission, after securing the approval of the
members of the governing body of the county affected, is hereby
authorized to designate such State highways as it deems appropriate
as "emergency snow routes" and such highways when so designated
shall be appropriately signed. After the highways have been desig-
nated and signed, and a snow emergency declared as hereinafter
prescribed, it shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle to travel or
attempt to travel upon such highway unless it is equipped with
chains or unless both driving wheels are equipped with snow tires.
For the purpose of this section snow tires shall mean those tires
which are normally designated by the manufacturer as snow tires
or such tires as may be approved by the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles as meeting the standards of effectiveness required of nor-
mally designated snow tires or tires which have anti-skid patterns cut
into the treaded surfaces to form bars, buttons or blocks especially
designed to give effective traction on snow or ice covered streets and
highways, and shall be in a good state of repair. It shall also be un-
lawful to park a vehicle on such a highway during the period of
the emergency and the State Police or the police of any county or
municipality of this State are hereby authorized to have any such
vehicle so parked towed from said highway.

The Superintendent of the State Police or his representative shall
have the authority to call such emergency for the State highways so
designated as a whole or for such State highways in the State as he
deems necessary which emergency shall continue in force and effect
until the Superintendent or his representative shall declare it no
longer necessary.

Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this
section or the rules and regulations made pursuant hereto shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be fined a
minimum of $10.00 or a maximum of $25.00.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.