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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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Approved May 24, 1983.
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CHAPTER 481
(House Bill 1259)
AN ACT concerning
Vehicle Laws - Arrests
FOR the purpose of altering from mandatory to discretionary the
present providing an exception to the requirement that a
person arrested under certain provisions of law relating to
motor vehicle offenses be taken without delay before a
District Court commissioner in accordance with certain
provisions of law.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 26-202
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1977 Volume and 1982 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Transportation
26-202.
(a) A police officer may arrest without a warrant a person
for a violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law, including any rule
or regulation adopted under it, or for a violation of any traffic
law or ordinance of any local authority of this State, if:
(1) The person has committed or is committing the
violation within the view or presence of the officer, and the
violation is any of the following:
(i) A violation of § 22-409 of this article,
relating to vehicles transporting hazardous materials; or
(ii) A violation of § 24-111 or § 24-111.1 of
this article, relating to the failure or refusal to submit a
vehicle to a weighing or to remove excess weight from it;
(2) The person has committed or is committing the
violation within the view or presence of the officer, and either:
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