HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation

Section 22-301(d) and (e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

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

Article - Transportation

22-301.

(d) Every vehicle shall be equipped with brakes acting on
all wheels, except:

(1)  Trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers of a
registered gross weight not exceeding 3,000 pounds, provided
that:

(i) The total weight on and including the

wheels of the trailer or trailers does not exceed 40 percent of

the gross weight of the towing vehicle when connected to the
trailer or trailers; and

(ii) The combination of vehicles, consisting of
the towing vehicle and its total towed load, is capable of
complying with the performance requirements of § 22-302 of this
subtitle;

(2)  TRAILERS, SEMITRAILERS, OR POLE TRAILERS OF A
REGISTERED GROSS WEIGHT EXCEEDING 3,000 POUNDS AND NOT EXCEEDING
10,000 POUNDS THAT:

(I)  HAVE 2 OR MORE AXLES;

(II)  ARE EQUIPPED WITH BRAKES ACTING ON ALL
WHEELS OF AT LEAST 1 AXLE; AND

(III)  AS PART OF A COMBINATION OF VEHICLES,
CONSISTING OF THE TOWING VEHICLE AND THE TOTAL LOAD, IS CAPABLE
OF COMPLYING WITH THE PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS OF § 22-302 OF
THIS SUBTITLE.

[(2)] (3) Any vehicle being towed in driveaway or
towaway operations, provided that the combination of vehicles is
capable of complying with the performance requirements of §
22-302 of this subtitle;

[(3)] (4) Trucks, truck tractors, and special mobile
equipment with three or more axles need not have brakes on the
front wheels, except that, when the vehicles are equipped with at