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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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24-111. WEIGHING AND MEASURING VEHICLES.
(A) "POLICE OFFICER" DEFINED.
IN THIS SECTION, "POLICE OFFICER" MEANS:
(1) ANY UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICER; AND
(2) ANY CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE MARYLAND
STATE POLICE ASSIGNED TO ENFORCE THIS SUBTITLE, BUT ONLY
WHILE ACTING UNDER WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE.
(B) AUTHORITY OF POLICE OFFICERS; METHODS OF
WEIGHING.
(1) IF A POLICE OFFICER HAS REASON TO
BELIEVE THAT THE SIZE OR WEIGHT OF A VEHICLE BEING
DRIVEN ON A HIGHWAY VIOLATES THIS SUBTITLE, THE POLICE
OFFICER MAY REQUIRE THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE TO STOP AND
SUBMIT THE VEHICLE TO A MEASUREMENT OR WEIGHING.
(2) THE WEIGHING AUTHORIZED BY THIS
SUBSECTION:
(I) MAY BE DONE WITH EITHER PORTABLE OR
STATIONARY SCALES; AND
(II) IN EITHER CASE, SHALL BE DONE BY METHODS
ESTABLISHED BY EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES AND ADOPTED BY RULE OR REGULATION OF THE
MARYLAND STATE POLICE.
(C) IMPLIED CONSENT OF DRIVER AND OWNER.
THE OPERATION OF A VEHICLE ON ANY HIGHWAY IN THIS
STATE CONSTITUTES THE CONSENT OF THE DRIVER AND THE OWNER
OF THE VEHICLE TO THE MEASUREMENT AND WEIGHING PROVIDED
FOR IN THIS SECTION.
(D) DUTY OF DRIVER.
THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE SHALL OBEY EVERY SIGN AND
EVERY DIRECTION OF A POLICE OFFICER TO STOP HIS VEHICLE
AND SUBMIT IT TO MEASUREMENT OR WEIGHING.
(E) SIGNS TO BE DISPLAYED ONLY BY CERTAIN POLICE
OFFICERS.
A SIGN USED TO DIRECT VEHICLES UNDER THIS SECTION
MAY BE DISPLAYED ONLY BY A POLICE OFFICER WHO IS ASSIGNED
TO ENFORCE THIS TITLE.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from Art. 66 1/2,
§14-111(a), (b), and (e).
Throughout this section, the term "vehicle" is
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