HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    2085

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(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 § 21-1411 OR § 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;

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27-101.

(e) Any person who is convicted of a violation of any of
the provisions of § 21-1411 of this article ("Transportation of
dangerous substances") is subject to:

(1)  For a first offense, a fine of not more than

[$500] $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than [6 months] 1

YEAR or both; and

(2)  For any subsequent offense, a fine of not more
than [$1,000] $2,000 or imprisonment for not more than [1
year] 2 YEARS or both.

SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act

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

CHAPTER 591

(House Bill 1703)
AN ACT concerning

Capital Stock Savings and Loan Associations -

Conversion to Bank

FOR the purpose of authorizing a capital stock savings and loan

association to convert to a banking institution commercial
bank under certain circumstances; providing procedures for
conversions; requiring review and approval of applications
to convert by the Bank Commissioner; providing for
preliminary approval by the Bank Commissioner subject to