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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 822

certain vehicles; authorizing a police officer to
require certain vehicles to stop and ^v submit to
inspection; specifying what may be inspected; providing
that operation of certain vehicle on a Maryland highway
constitutes consent of the driver and the owner to the
inspection; requiring the driver of a certain vehicle
to obey certain signs; specifying who is authorized to
display certain signs; defining a certain term;
exempting certain vehicles from certain rules and
regulations; and generally relating to motor carrier
safety inspection.

BY adding to

Article - Transportation

Section 25-111

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

25-111.

(A)  IN THIS SECTION "POLICE OFFICER" MEANS:

(1)  ANY UNIFORMED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; AND
OR

(2)  ANY CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE MARYLAND STATE
POLICE ASSIGNED TO ENFORCE ANY RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED
UNDER THIS SECTION, BUT ONLY WHILE ACTING UNDER WRITTEN
AUTHORIZATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MARYLAND STATE
POLICE.

(B) (1) A POLICE OFFICER MAY REQUIRE THE DRIVER OF ANY
VEHICLE THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED
UNDER THIS SECTION TO STOP AND SUBMIT TO AN INSPECTION:

(I)  ALL APPLICABLE DRIVER RECORDS,
INCLUDING DRIVER'S LICENSE, DRIVER HOURS OF SERVICE RECORD
AND CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; AND

(II)  ALL LOAD MANIFESTS, INCLUDING BILLS
OF LADING OR OTHER SHIPPING DOCUMENTS; AND

(2) A POLICE OFFICER WHO STOPS THE RIVER OF A
VEHICLE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION MAY CONDUCT A SAFETY
INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE.