BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                            1227

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 2, 1978.

CHAPTER 206

(Senate Bill 178)

AN ACT concerning

Harford County - Regulation of Size and Weight of Vehicles

FOR the purpose of authorizing Harford County to promulgate
and enforce rules and regulations as to the maximum
size and weight of motor vehicles, trucks, tractors and
trailers that may be operated on its county roads.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 25 — County Commissioners

Section 25

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1973 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 25 — County Commissioners

25.

(a)    They shall have power to open, alter or close any
public road or roads in their respective counties.

(b)    The county commissioners of the several counties
may promulgate and enforce rules and regulations as to the
maximum size and weight of motor vehicles, trucks, tractors
and trailers that may be operated or used on their
respective county roads. These rules and regulations shall
have a reasonable relationship to the construction, use and
character of the road or roads concerned, and shall be
designed to assure the continued safety and good condition
of any such road or roads. Any violation of any such rule
and regulation is a misdemeanor, subject to a fine of not
more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 60
days. The provisions of this subsection apply only to
Allegany, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick,
Garrett, HARFORD, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, St.
Mary's and Washington counties. A rule or regulation
concerning maximum weight laws on county roads may not be
greater than the maximum set by the public general laws of
Maryland.