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(ii) A Type II school vehicle, as defined in
this subtitle,

(b) "School vehicle" does not include a privately owned
vehicle while it is carrying members of its owner's household and
not operated for compensation.

21-706.

(a)  If a school vehicle is stopping or has stopped on a
roadway and is operating the alternately flashing warning lights
specified in § 22-228 of this article, the driver of any other
vehicle meeting or overtaking the school vehicle:

(1)  Shall stop [10] AT LEAST 20 feet from the rear of
the school vehicle, if approaching the school vehicle from its
rear, or [10] AT LEAST 20 feet from the front of the school
vehicle, if approaching the school vehicle from its front; and

(2)  May not proceed until the school vehicle resumes
motion or the alternately flashing warning lights are
deactivated.

(b)  This section does not apply to the driver of a vehicle:

(1)  In Baltimore City;

(2)  In an incorporated city or town that, according
to the most recent federal decennial census, has a population of
more than 100,000 people; or

(3)  On a divided highway, if the school vehicle is on
a different roadway.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall

take effect July 1, 1986.
Approved May 13, 1986.

CHAPTER 475

(House Bill 607)

AN ACT concerning

Commercial Law - Checks

FOR the purpose of permitting the holder of a dishonored check or

other instrument to recover a certain fee from the maker or
drawer under certain conditions; providing for a certain
procedure for recovery; providing that this Act shall not