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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 402

CHAPTER 402

(House Bill 328)

AN ACT concerning

Howard County - Authority to Preserve

Highways - Bridges and Culverts

FOR the purpose of authorizing Howard County certain local
authorities to regulate the weight and speed of vehicles
passing over certain bridges and culverts without approval

of the State Highway Administration under certain

circumstances; requiring certain local authorities when
imposing a restriction on certain bridges and culverts to
submit to the State Highway Administration a statement that
a structural analysis has shown the necessity for the
restriction; specifying the information to be included in
the required statement; and repealing the requirement for
the submittal of an engineering analysis.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Transportation
Section 24-206(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1977 Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation
Section 24-206(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1977 Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

24-206.

(a)  The State Highway Administration or a local authority
may regulate the weight and speed of any vehicle passing over any
bridge or culvert under its jurisdiction, by placing and
maintaining signs at each end of the bridge or culvert as
provided in this section.

(b)  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this
subsection, a local authority may not impose any restriction
under this section without approval of the State Highway
Administration.