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any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such
unsafe condition as to endanger any person, or which does not con-
tain those parts or is not at all times equipped with lamps and other
equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required in this
subtitle or which is equipped in any manner in violation of this sub-
title, or for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any
act required under this subtitle.

(b)    Nothing contained in this subtitle shall be construed to pro-
hibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not
inconsistent with the provision of this subtitle.

(c)    The provisions of this subtitle with respect to equipment on
vehicles shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road, machin-
ery, road rollers, or farm tractors except as herein made applicable.

§ 12-102. Authority of commissioner.

(a)    The commissioner shall approve or disapprove any lighting
device or other motor vehicle safety equipment components and/or
assemblies, of a type on which approval is specifically required in this
subtitle, within a reasonable time after approval has been requested.
The approvals may be based upon certificates of approval furnished
to the commissioner by the American Association of Motor Vehicle
Administrators.

(b)    The commissioner may set up the procedure to be followed
when request for approval of any lighting device or other motor
vehicle safety equipment component and/or assembly is submitted.
The procedure may provide for submission of such devices, compo-
nents, and/or assemblies to the American Association of Motor Vehi-
cle Administrators in lieu of submission of the device, component,
and/or assembly to the commissioner.

(c)    The commissioner shall maintain and publish lists of all these
devices, components, and/or assemblies which have been approved
by him under authority contained in this subtitle.

§ 12-103. Continued effectiveness of certain provisions of former
Article 66½.

By providing as to any requirement under this subtitle an effec-
tive date subsequent to the effective date of this entire article, and
by repealing former Article 66½ as the same was previously in effect,
it was not intended to repeal or suspend the operation and effective-
ness of any similar or identical requirement which had been in effect
under the former Article 66½. The commissioner may prescribe
those requirements in effect under former Article 66½ which shall
continue to be required until the later effective date of a similar or
identical requirement under this subtitle.

§ 12-104. Unlawful to remove or alter safety device or equipment.

No person shall wilfully or intentionally remove or alter any safety
device or equipment which has been placed upon any motor vehicle,
trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer in compliance with any law, rule,
regulation, or requirement of any officer or agency of the United
States or of this State, if it is intended that the vehicle be operated
upon the highways of this State, unless such removal or alteration is
permitted by rule or regulation promulgated by the commissioner.