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Ch. 14
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1248
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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LIMIT FOR WHICH THE VEHICLE OR COMBINATION IS REGISTERED
UNDER THE MARYLAND VEHICLE LAW; OR
(II) ANY STATUTORY WEIGHT LIMIT SET
FORTH IN THE MARYLAND VEHICLE LAW.
(2) ON CONVICTION OF ANY PERSON FOR A
VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE MARYLAND
VEHICLE LAW THAT REGULATE THE WEIGHT OF VEHICLES ON
HIGHWAYS THESE LIMITS, FINES SHALL BE IMPOSED AS
PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.
(B) PERMITTED TOLERANCE.
A LOADING ERROR OR TOLERANCE OF 1,000 POUNDS OVER A
REGISTERED OR STATUTORY WEIGHT LIMIT IS ALLOWED AND ONLY
WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF THIS TOLERANCE IS A VIOLATION.
(C) AMOUNT OF FINES.
(1) FOR THE FIRST 5,000 POUNDS OF A WEIGHT
VIOLATION OVER ITS THE REGISTERED WEIGHT OR OVER ANY
STATUTORY WEIGHT LIMIT OF A VEHICLE, THE FINE IS THE
GREATER OF:
(I) 2 CENTS FOR EACH POUND OF EXCESS
WEIGHT; OR
(II) $20.
(2) FOR A WEIGHT VIOLATION OF A VEHICLE IN
EXCESS OF 5,000 POUNDS OVER ITS THE REGISTERED WEIGHT OR
OVER ANY STATUTORY WEIGHT LIMIT OF A VEHICLE, THE FINE
IS 6 CENTS FOR EACH ADDITIONAL POUND OF EXCESS WEIGHT
OVER 5,000 POUNDS.
(D) FINE NOT TO BE SUSPENDED OR REDUCED; CREDIT.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ON
CONVICTION FOR A VIOLATION, NO FINE MAY BE SUSPENDED OR
REDUCED. HOWEVER, IN COMPUTING THE FINE, A CREDIT FOR
ANY EXCESS WEIGHT CAUSED BY AN ACCUMULATION OF CINDERS,
SNOW, OR ICE SHALL BE GIVEN.
(E) PROCEEDINGS AS TO NONRESIDENTS.
(1) IF THE VEHICLE BEING OPERATED AT THE TIME
THE OFFENSE IS COMMITTED IS REGISTERED OUTSIDE OF THIS
STATE, OR IF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION OR
THE PERSON OPERATING THE VEHICLE IS A NONRESIDENT OF THIS
STATE, FURTHER PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE HAD AS TO THE PERSON
UNDER TITLE 26 OF THIS ARTICLE OR THE VEHICLE SHALL BE
IMPOUNDED UNTIL THE FINE IS PAID OR ACCEPTABLE COLLATERAL
POSED POSTED.
(2) THE IMPOUNDING OF THE VEHICLE DOES NOT
INCLUDE THE CARGO, AND THE CARGO MAY NOT BE HELD.
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