Ch. 768

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(3) IF MORE THAN 1 STATUTORY WEIGHT LIMIT TOLERANCE
APPLIES TO A VEHICLE BEING WEIGHED UNDER THIS SECTION, THE POLICE
OFFICER SHALL GRANT ONLY THE GREATEST APPLICABLE TOLERANCE.

(c)  The operation of a vehicle on any highway in this State
constitutes the consent of the driver and the owner of the
vehicle to the measurement and weighing provided for in this
section.

(d)  The driver of a vehicle shall obey every sign and every
direction of a police officer to stop his vehicle and submit it
to measurement or weighing.

(e)  A sign used to direct vehicles under this section may
be displayed only by a police officer who is assigned to enforce
this title.

25-111.

(g) Any [person driving] MOTOR CARRIER OPERATING a vehicle
that is subject to the rules and regulations adopted under this
section shall, at all times [when operating the vehicle on a
highway in this State], comply with the rules and regulations
adopted under this section.

(i) (1) Except as provided for in paragraph (2) of this
subsection regulations adopted under this section for intrastate
motor carrier transportation may not:

(vi) Apply the medical examination and
certification requirements of Sections 391.41(A), 391.43, and
391.45 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to a
driver who operates routinely within a 100 air mile radius of
the driver's normal work reporting location.

(2) Nothing contained in this subsection limits
regulation of the qualifications or hours of service of a driver
of a vehicle:

(i) In interstate commerce; or

(ii) Transporting hazardous materials OF A TYPE
AND QUANITY QUANTITY REQUIRING PLACARDING UNDER FEDERAL HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS REGULATIONS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s)
24-104.l(k), (1), and (m), respectively of Article
Transportation of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to
be Section(s) 24-104.l(j), (k), and (1), respectively.

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