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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 579

registration fee based upon gross shipping weight of the
chassis and battery as certified by the manufacturer,
with gross weight limitations for the vehicle and load,
as follows:

Chassis Height                                 Maximum Gross

in Pounds                                        Weight Limit                  Fee

Over 3/4 ton up to   2,500 10,000                        $25.00

2,501 to 4,200                                       25,000                          30.00

4,201 to 5,000                                       30,000                          40.00

5,001 to 6,000                                        34,000                          45.00

6,001 to 7,500                                       38,000                          55.00

7,501 [and over] TO 9,000                45,000                          70.00

9,001 AND OVER                                        55,000                         140.00

The privilege of registering as a farm truck shall
be available only to Class E motor vehicles within a
chassis weight of more than 3/4 ton, as enumerated
hereinabove. Except as particularly provided otherwise,
the provisions of law as to Class E, pneumatic tire motor
vehicles in general shall apply also to Class E,
pneumatic tire farm trucks. The term "farmer" as used
in. this subsection means any person or corporation
engaged in raising, growing, and producing farm products
on a farm of not less than three acres in area, and
provided that the term "farmer" as used herein shall
include any person or corporation engaged in the rearing
and management of at least 25 hives of bees for the
pollination of orchards and farm crops and for the
commercial production of honey, whether or not located on
a farm of not less than three acres. "Farm products"
include food for consumption by humans or livestock,
tobacco, shrubbery, flowers and plants, seed, livestock
and livestock products, poultry and poultry products,
products of the farm wood lot, and fibers. To be
eligible for a farm truck license, the truck must be
owned by a farmer and must be used solely in the business
of the farm and farm home, in hauling farm products and
the labor, the supplies, the equipment and other material
necessary to the operation of the farm and the farm home.
A farm truck shall not be used for hire, nor shall it be
used by the owner in any business other than his farm
operations as defined herein.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Sections 3-808(d) and 3-809(c) be and they are hereby
added to Article 66 1/2 — Vehicle Laws, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume and 1975
Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 66 1/2 - Vehicle Laws

3-808.

(D)        (1)        REGISTRATION FEES FOR FARM [[TRUCKS OR

TRACTION ENGINES]] TRUCK TRACTORS BEING OPERATED BY
FARMERS USED FOR PROPELLING, SUPPORTING OR DRAWING A
TRAILER OR SEMITRAILER WITH GROSS WEIGHT LIMITS FOR