WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 515

(iii) Apply to all vehicles over 10,000 pounds
registered gross vehicle weight that are subject to the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; and

(iv) Apply to vehicles over 10,000 pounds
registered gross vehicle weight that are not subject to the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, if the rule or
regulations adopted by the Motor Vehicle Administration
specifically states that it applies to the vehicle.

(2) The rules or regulations adopted under this
subsection may require that registrants of motor vehicles subject
to this subsection have knowledge of applicable federal and State
motor carrier safety regulations.

(g) Any person driving a vehicle that is subject to the
rules and regulations adopted under this section shall, at all
times when operating the vehicle on a highway in this State,
comply with the rules and regulations adopted under this section.

(h) During regular business hours, a police officer, a
hazardous materials inspector, or a Public Service Commission
inspector may enter the premises and inspect equipment and review
and copy records of motor carriers subject to the rules or
regulations adopted under this section, or § 22-409 of this
article, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, Federal
Hazardous Material Regulations, or Public Service Commission laws
and regulations.

(i) (1) Except as provided for in paragraph (2) of this
subsection regulations adopted under this section for intrastate
motor carrier transportation may not:

(i) Require that a driver be older than 18
years of age;

(ii) Apply the provisions of Sections 391.21,
391.23, 391.31 or 391.35 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations to:

1. A driver who is a regularly employed
driver of a motor carrier for a continuous period that began
before July 1, 1986, if the driver continues to be a regularly
employed driver of the motor carrier; or

2. The motor carrier, with regard to a
driver described under Item 1. of this subparagraph, if the motor
carrier continues to employ the driver;

(iii) Before January 1, 1987, apply the
provisions of Part 391 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations;

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