WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 654

handles, mirrors, tires, exhaust system, lights, glazing,
windshield wipers, odometer, speedometer, bumpers, properly
aligned wheels, wheels and wheel lugs, fenders, floor pans, hood,
hood catches, [and] fuel system, FRONT SEAT, MOTOR MOUNTS, GEAR
SELECTION INDICATOR FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS, UNIVERSAL
JOINTS, AND SEAT BELTS OR COMBINATION SEAT BELT-SHOULDER HARNESS
IF REQUIRED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT UNDER SECTION 22-412 OR SECTION
22-412.1 OF THIS ARTICLE.

24-104.1.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the
meanings indicated.

(2)  "Automobiles" means all [passenger type vehicles,
including station wagons, minivans, sedans, panel and passenger
vans, and pickup trucks certified as 3/4 ton or less by the
manufacturer] ASSEMBLED MOTOR VEHICLES:

(I)  CAPABLE OF BEING OPERATED ON A HIGHWAY; AND

(II)  AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ARTICLE TO BE
OPERATED ON A HIGHWAY.

(3)  "Saddle-mount and full-mount combinations" means
a truck tractor or unloaded truck towing 1 or more other truck
tractors or unloaded trucks in combination.

(4)  MAXI-CUBE VEHICLE MEANS A NONARTICULATING
STRAIGHT TRUCK, IN COMBINATION WITH A SEMITRAILER WHICH DOES NOT
EXCEED 34 FEET, AND DESIGNED TO BE LOADED AND UNLOADED THROUGH
THE SEMITRAILER.

(j) Except as otherwise provided in this section:

(1)  In a combination of vehicles with a power unit
that is a cargo carrying vehicle, the overall length of the
combination may not exceed 55 feet;

(2)  Any other combination of vehicles may not exceed
55 feet; and

(3)  (i) A truck or truck tractor and semitrailer
combination designed for and engaged exclusively in the
transportation of automobiles, MAXI-CUBE VEHICLES, or motorboats,
MAXI-CUBE VEHICLES, and vehicles operating as saddle-mount and
full-mount combinations may not exceed 65 feet in length.

(ii) No other length requirements may be
applied to the combinations of vehicles described in item (i) of
this paragraph.

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