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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 654

period that this Act shall take effect contingent on
either of certain bills being enacted into law.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation

Section 27-105

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1977 Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 - Transportation

27-105.

(a) (1) This section applies to any person charged
with a violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law for exceeding,
as to any vehicle or combination of vehicles:

(i) The maximum registered weight 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 these limits, fines shall be imposed as provided
in this section.

(b)  A loading error or tolerance of [1,000] 500 1,000
pounds over a registered or statutory weight limit is
allowed and only weight in excess of this tolerance is a
violation.

(c) (1) For the first 5,000 pounds of a weight
violation over the registered or statutory weight limit of a
vehicle, the fine is the greater of:

(i) [2] 5 cents for each pound of excess
weight; or

(ii) $20 $50.

(2) For a weight violation in excess of 5,000
pounds over the registered or statutory weight limit of a
vehicle, the fine is [6] 12 cents for each additional pound
of excess weight over 5,000 pounds.

(d)  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.