MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                           2383

Article 66 1/2 - Vehicle Laws

Section 14-102(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1970 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 14-102 (a) of Article 66 1/2 -
Vehicle Laws, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970
Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 66 1/2 — Vehicle Laws

14-102.

(a) No vehicle, other than farm equipment and
implements of husbandry, in excess of 96 inches in width,
exclusive of approved safety equipment, including the
load thereof, except traction engines and any load of
forage crops in connection with harvesting operations
where the distance of hauling is less than 5 miles on
highways of the State, shall be operated on any highway
in this State, and no traction engine in excess of 100
inches in width, exclusive of approved safety equipment,
shall be operated on any highway, without the special
permission of the State Highway Administration in the
case of a road under its jurisdiction, or the permission
of the city authorities in the case of a city street, or
the permission of the county authorities in the case of a
county highway. [Provided, however, that] HOWEVER,
nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent
the operation upon any street or highway in this State,
of a motor vehicle loaded with tobacco hogsheads OR SOD
and having an overall width when loaded not in excess of
103 inches, exclusive of approved safety equipment.
[Providing further that] FURTHER, nothing in this
subsection shall be construed to prevent the operation
upon any street or highway in this State of farm
equipment, implements of husbandry, or motor vehicles
transporting farm equipment or implements of husbandry.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved April 22, 1975.

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