Ch. 796

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Transportation

Section 23-105(f)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

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

Article - Transportation

24-106.

(a) This section and § 24-106.1 of this title do not
prohibit:

(1)  Dropping sand, SALT, ABRASIVES, CHEMICALS, OR
OTHER MATERIALS to improve traction; [or]

(2)  Spreading water or other substance to clean or
maintain a highway; OR

(3)  DROPPING ASPHALT OR OTHER MATERIALS FOR HIGHWAY,
BRIDGE, STORM DRAIN, OR UTILITY CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR.

24-106.1.

(a)  In this section:

(1)   "Loose material" includes:

(i) Dirt, sand, gravel, wood chips, or other
material that can blow, fall, or spill from a vehicle as a result
of movement or of exposure to air, wind, or weather; and

(ii) Any other kind of material that can blow,
fall, or spill, as specified in rules and regulations adopted by
the Administrator; and

(2)   "Loose material" does not include agricultural
products in their natural state.

(b)  A person may not, in violation of this section, carry
any loose material in any vehicle on or across any highway in
this State.

(c)  A person may not, in violation of this section, load
any loose material for carrying in any vehicle on or across any
highway in this State.

(d)  (1) [The] SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (E)
OF THIS SECTION, THE bed of the vehicle carrying a load of loose
material shall be fully enclosed:

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