HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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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

25-102.

(a) The provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law do not
prevent a local authority, in the reasonable exercise of its
police power, from exercising the following powers as to highways
under its jurisdiction.

(1) Regulating or prohibiting the stopping, standing,
or parking of vehicles;

(2) Regulating traffic by means of police officers or
traffic control devices;

(3) Regulating or prohibiting processions or

assemblies on highways;

(4) Designating particular highways or separate

roadways as one-way highways and requiring that all vehicles on
them move in one specified direction;

(5) Regulating the speed and weight of vehicles in
public parks;

(6) Designating any highway as a through highway or
designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a yield
intersection;

(7) Restricting the use of highways as provided in
Title 24 of this article;

(8) Regulating the operation of bicycles, requiring
them to be registered, and imposing a registration fee;

(9) Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles
or specified types of vehicles at intersections;

(10) Altering speed limits as provided in title 21,
Subtitle 8 of this article;

(11) Regulating through truck traffic and prohibiting
trucks from using any highway or alley that is not designated or
maintained as a part or extension of the State or federal highway
system, provided that local authority has designated an adequate
alternate route for diverted truck traffic;

(12) Adopting any other traffic regulations as

specifically authorized in the Maryland Vehicle Law;