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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 175

FOR the purpose of setting a certain maximum speed limit
on the highways of this State; empowering the State
Highway Administration to alter speed limits under
certain circumstances; and clarifying language.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article 66 1/2 — Vehicle Laws
Section 11-801(b) and (c) , and 11-802
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1970 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 11-801(b) and (c), and 11-802 of
Article 66 1/2 — Vehicle Laws, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be
and they are hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article 66 1/2 - Vehicle Laws

11-801.

(b) Except when a special hazard exists that
requires lower speed for compliance with subsection (a)
of this section, the limits specified in this section or
established as hereinafter authorized [shall be] ARE
maximum lawful speeds, and no person [shall] MAY drive a
vehicle on a highway at a speed in excess of [such] THESE
maximum limits:

(1)    [Thirty] 30 miles per hour on all highways in
business districts of urban areas and on ordinary
highways in residential districts of urban areas;

(2)    [Thirty—five] 35 miles per hour on divided
highways in residential sections of urban areas;

(3)   [Fifty] 50 miles per hour on ordinary highways
in other locations; and

(4)    [Sixty] 55 miles per hour on divided highways
in other locations.

(5) [Seventy] 55 miles per hour on interstate
highways within this State[, except that tractor—trailer
combinations and trucks in excess of 3/4 ton
manufacturers rating shall be limited to a maximum speed
of 60 miles per hour].

(c) In no event [shall] MAY any speed limit be