Ch. 768

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 768

(House Bill 1599)

AN ACT concerning

Transportation - Vehicle Laws

FOR the purpose of amending certain provisions of the Maryland
Vehicle Law to comport with federal law, clarify language,
and eliminate obsolete requirements; requiring a police
officer to grant only the greatest applicable weight limit
tolerance under certain circumstances; limiting the distance
that certain trucks or vehicle combinations may travel on
certain highways for certain purposes; repealing a
restriction on the operation of certain vehicle combinations
on a certain highway; reducing the distance that a certain
vehicle load may extend beyond the vehicle the rear of an
automobile transporter; altering certain requirements
relating to the display of warning flags required under
certain circumstances; altering provisions of law to require
a shipper or motor carrier of hazardous materials to comply
with certain provisions of law; altering a provision of law
relating to the application of certain regulations; altering
certain requirements relating to the driving in this State
by a nonresident of a vehicle registered in another State;
defining a certain term; and generally relating to the
Maryland Vehicle Law.

BY adding to

Article - Transportation

Section 11-134.2

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation

Section 13-402.1(a), 22-409, 24-102(c)(4), 24-105(c),
24-107(f), 24-111, and 25-lll(g), (i)(l)(vi) and (2)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article - Transportation

Section 24-104.l(j)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

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