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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
may not be construed to extend or apply to the salary of the
State's Attorney of Somerset County in office on the
effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act
concerning the salary of the State's Attorney of Somerset
County shall take effect at the beginning of the next
following term of office.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 4, 1982.

CHAPTER 128

(Senate Bill 416)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicles - Required Equipment

FOR the purpose of providing an exception to the equipment
required on certain vehicles.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation

Section 23-104

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1977 Volume and 1981 Supplement)

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

Article - Transportation

23-104.

(a) Every vehicle driven on the highways in this State
shall, WHERE APPLICABLE, have the following equipment,
meeting or exceeding the standards established jointly by
the Administration and the Division: brakes, steering,
suspension, horn, door handles, mirrors, tires, exhaust
system, lights, glazing, windshield wipers, odometer,
speedometer, bumpers, properly aligned wheels, wheels and
wheel lugs, fenders, floor pans, hood, hood catches, and
fuel system.