Ch. 192

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(II) DEALS ONLY IN CLASS E (TRUCK) VEHICLES
OVER 10,000 POUNDS MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT WITH A GROSS WEIGHT LIMIT
OF 10,000 POUNDS OR MORE, AS DEFINED IN § 13-916 OF THIS ARTICLE.

(f) A manufacturer or distributor, or a person who is
acting for a partnership or corporation that is owned or
controlled by or under common, control with a manufacturer or
distributor, may not sell a new vehicle to a retail buyer.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, it shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 29, 1987.

CHAPTER 192

(Senate Bill 1030)

AN ACT concerning

Transportation - Motor Carrier Road Tax

FOR the purpose of altering the method of calculating the amount
of motor fuel consumed by motor carriers within the State
for purposes of a road tax; altering a provision of law to
authorize a special fuel seller or user to seek a certain
deduction from the road tax, and to file a certain combined
report; providing for a determination, for a certain
purpose, of the amount of fuel consumed by a motor carrier
who fails to file certain reports; extending the period
during which certain records are required to be maintained;
repealing a provision of law relating to the joint filing of
certain reports; repealing a provision of law requiring the
fees and conditions for the issuance of certain permits to
be established by regulation; altering a provision of law to
require a motor carrier to obtain a vehicle identification
marker from the Comptroller according to a certain schedule;
exempting certain vehicles from the road tax; altering a
provision of law requiring identification markers for
specific motor carrier vehicles; altering the period of time
relating to refunds and credits; repealing a provision of
law that establishes the penalty for certain violations
relating to the identification and registration of certain
vehicles; clarifying language,; making stylistic changes; and
generally relating to the motor carrier road tax.

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