WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 199

report the violation to a certain law enforcement agency;
requiring the report, to the extent possible, to contain
certain information; requiring the law enforcement agency to
conduct an investigation into the identity of the operator
of the vehicle at the time of the violation; requiring the
law enforcement agency to issue a citation to the violator
or a warning to the vehicle's registered owner under certain
circumstances; requiring the warning to contain certain
information; and generally relating to the reporting of, and
the issuance of citations and warnings for, certain
violations of law relating to the overtaking and passing of
school vehicles.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Transportation
Section 21-706
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

Article - Transportation
Section 21-706.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

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 shall stop at
least 20 feet from the rear of the school vehicle, if approaching
the school vehicle from its rear, or at least 20 feet from the
front of the school vehicle, if approaching the school vehicle
from its front.

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

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

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