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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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FOR the purpose of excepting bicycles from using bikeways
under certain circumstances; defining a certain
term; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to
limiting the current requirement that a bicyclist
shall use a bicycle path or paved shoulder; listing
situations when the limiting requirement is
inapplicable; defining certain terms; requiring the
Department of Transportation to promulgate certain
rules and regulations; clarifying language; and
generally relating to the operation of bicycles and
other vehicles on roadways.
BY adding
Article - Transportation
Sections 21-101 (1-1), (1-2), and (j-3)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(As enacted by Chapter 14 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of 1977)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Sections 21-309(b), 21-604 (a)(2), and 21-1205.1(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(As enacted by Chapter 14 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of 1977)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 21-101 (j-1), (j-2), and (j-3) of
Article — Transportation, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (As enacted by Chapter 14 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of 1977) be and they are hereby added to
read as follows:
Article - Transportation
21-101.
(J-1) "BIKEWAY" MEANS ANY TRAIL, PATH, SIDEWALK,
PART OF THE ROADWAY OR SHOULDER, OR ANY OTHER TRAVELWAY
SO DESIGNATED BY SIGNING, OR SIGNING AND MARKING FOR THE
USE OF BICYCLES. A BIKEWAY INCLUDES A BIKE LANE.
(J-2) "BIKE LANE" MEANS A PORTION OF A ROADWAY WHICH
HAS BEEN DESIGNATED FOR PREFERENTIAL OR EXCLUSIVE USE BY
BICYCLES. IT IS DISTINGUISHED FROM THE PORTION OF THE
ROADWAY FOR MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC BY A PAINT STRIPE,
CURB OR OTHER SIMILAR DEVICE.
(J-3) "SHOULDER" MEANS THAT PORTION OF A HIGHWAY
CONTIGUOUS WITH THE ROADWAY FOR THE ACCOMODATION OF
STOPPED VEHICLES, FOR EMERGENCY USE, AND FOR THE LATERAL
SUPPORT OF THE BASE AND SURFACE COURSE OF THE ROADWAY.
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections
21-309(b), 21-604(a)(2), and 21-1205.1(b) of Article -
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