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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 333

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

13-402.

(c) Registration under this subtitle is not required
for:

(8) NEW VEHICLES DISPLAYING A SHUTTLE PERMIT
ISSUED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

13-625.

(b) Any transporter may apply to the Administration
for:

(1) Registration of its business; [and]

(2) On registration, the issuance of as many

special, transporter registration plates as the

Administration authorizes; AND

(3) A CONVOY PERMIT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION
(H) OF THIS SECTION.

(H) (1) IN THIS SECTION "CONVOY PERMIT" MEANS A PERMIT
TO MOVE ON A HIGHWAY VEHICLES WHICH ARE:

(I) NEW: AND

(II) TRAVELING IN A CONVOY IN WHICH THE
FIRST AND LAST VEHICLES BEAR TRANSPORTER REGISTRATION PLATES
ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION.

(2) THE ADMINISTRATION MAY ISSUE A CONVOY PERMIT
TO A TRANSPORTER.

(3) THE CONVOY PERMIT SHALL:

(I) BE LIMITED AS TO DURATION;

(II) ALLOW TRAVEL BETWEEN TWO POINTS NOT
MORE THAN 10 MILES APART.

(4) (I) THE DRIVER OF THE FIRST VEHICLE OF A
CONVOY CONTAINING VEHICLES OPERATING UNDER A CONVOY PERMIT
SHALL CARRY THE CONVOY PERMIT IN THE FIRST VEHICLE.

(II) THE DRIVER OF ANY VEHICLE OPERATING
UNDER A CONVOY PERMIT SHALL:

1. DRIVE WITH THE VEHICLE'S

HEADLIGHTS ON; AND