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the Governor to appoint a substitute member of the Public Ser-
vice Commission and providing generally for his duties and com-
pensation.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 5A be and it is hereby added to Article 78 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume),
title "Public Service Commission Law," subtitle "Public Service
Commission," to follow immediately after Section 5 thereof, to read
as follows:

5A.

The Governor may appoint a substitute Commissioner, who shall
serve for a term of six years. The qualifications set forth in Section
5 hereof and the provisions for tenure and removal set forth in
Section 6 and Section 8 hereof shall apply to the substitute Com-
missioner, and his compensation shall be as provided in the Annual
Budget. Upon assignment by the Chairman of the Commission,
the substitute Commissioner is authorized to sit in the absence of a
regular Commissioner, and shall, in such instances, have the authority
of a regular Commissioner. He shall also be eligible for designation
by the Governor as the State's representative on the Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Commission.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 517
(House Bill 493)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 11-803 (a)
of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Re-
placement Volume), title "Vehicle Laws," subtitle "Subtitle 11.
Rules of the Road," subheading "Part VIII. Speed Restrictions,"
changing the minimum speed limit which may be imposed on State
roads by local authorities under certain conditions.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 11-803 (a) of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume), title "Vehicle Laws," subtitle
"Subtitle 11. Rules of the Road," subheading "Part VIII. Speed
Restrictions," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments to read as follows:

11-803.

(a) Whenever local authorities in their respective jurisdictions
determine on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation
that the maximum speed permitted under this article is greater or
less than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist
upon a highway or part of a highway, the local authority may de-