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(3)  Any transfer if accompanied by a signed statement by the purchaser or
transferee that the sale or transfer is made for the purpose of dismantling or
rebuilding the vehicle;

(4)   Transfers between spouses, and transfers between parents and their
children and children and their parents.

(5)  Sales or transfers of used motor vehicles which are not to be titled or
registered, or both, in this State; or

(6)   Sales or transfers of used motor vehicles by the State, a county, or
municipality within the State, or any agency thereof.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 596
(House Bill 1032)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 14-106(c) of Article
66-1/2 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume and
1972 Supplement), title "Vehicle Laws," subtitle "14. Size, Weight and Load,"
to allow steel strapping or logistic webbing of synthetic fibers which meets
certain specifications to be used in lieu of chains in fastening loads consisting of
logs, lumber, pipe or similar materials to a vehicle.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 14-106(c) of Article 66-1/2 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Vehicle
Laws," subtitle "14. Size, Weight and Load," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

14-106.

(c) No vehicle used for the transportation of logs, poles, unfinished or
unfabricated lumber, pipe, steel, or other materials of like kind, size, shape, or
characteristic shall be operated on any highway unless the load thereof is entirely
enclosed within the sides and ends of the body of the vehicle or is securely fastened
to the vehicle at both the front and the rear by two separate common coil B.B.
chains, the links of which shall not be less than 3/8th inch in diameter for loads of
three tons or less. All loads in excess of three tons shall be secured in like manner
by chains as provided herein, the links of which shall not be less than 1/2 inch in
diameter. Wire rope not less than 5/16th of an inch in diameter OR STEEL
STRAPPING OR LOGISTIC WEBBING OF SYNTHETIC FIBERS
EQUIPPED WITH AN APPROPRIATE FASTENING DEVICE AND AT
LEAST EQUIVALENT IN TENSILE STRENGTH may be used in lieu of the
chains. The chains and wire rope shall bind both the vehicle and the load securely,
shall be fastened with a load binder of standard make, and the chains shall not be
repaired or replaced by any links or material other than the size, strength, and
material specified herein.