Ch. 5                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND

(c)  (1) "Hazardous materials" means a substance or material
in a quantity or form that the United States Secretary of
Transportation designates may pose an unreasonable risk to health
and safety of individuals or to property when transported in
commerce.

(2) "Hazardous materials" [include] INCLUDES any
grouping or classification of materials, that the United States
Secretary of Transportation designates as a hazardous material,
including:

(i) Explosives;

(ii) Radioactive materials;

(iii) Etiologic agents;

(iv) Flammable liquids or solids;

(v) Combustible liquids or solids;

(vi) Poisons;

(vii) Oxidizing or corrosive materials; and

(viii) Compressed gases.

(d)   "Highway" has the same meaning as provided in § 11-127
of the Transportation Article.

(e)   "Motor carrier" means a common carrier by motor
vehicle, contract carrier by motor vehicle, and private carrier
by motor vehicle that carries a hazardous material in commerce.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Enactment of identical subtitles by different
acts and incorrect word usage in § 3-1201 of the
Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article.

Occurred: Chs. 760 and 761 and Chs. 762 and 763, Acts
of 1988. Corrections to the subtitle by the Michie
Company in the 1988 Cumulative Supplement to the 1984
Replacement Volume of the Courts and Judicial
Proceedings Article are validated by this Act.

3-1204.

This subtitle does not affect any liability or immunity of a
paid fire company, a paid rescue squad, or the personnel of a
paid fire company or paid rescue squad under § 5-309.1 of [the
Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article] THIS ARTICLE.

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