WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 273

requiring the distance between the outside edges of the semitrailer's tires to be
equal to the width of the semitrailer; and generally relating to the width of
semitrailers.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 24-104.2
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume)

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

Article - Transportation

24-104.2.

(a)     Notwithstanding any other provision of this title and subject to subsections
(b), (c), and (d) of this section, a person may operate a semitrailer (single) in combination
with a truck tractor that exceeds 48 feet in length up to a length not to exceed 53 feet.

(b)     (1) A vehicle combination described under subsection (a) of this section
may be operated only on:

(i) Those parts of the national interstate highway system and those
State highways that are designated by the Secretary, after consultation with either the
county executive, the county commissioners, the County Council of Talbot County or
Wicomico County, or the Mayor of Baltimore City, or their designees, as appropriate;

(ii) Except in Baltimore City, a highway, authorized by the Secretary,
that is the shortest practical access route between a highway designated under item (1) of
this subsection and:

1.       A truck terminal;

2.       A port;

3.       A point of origin or destination; or

4.       For a distance not to exceed one-half mile, facilities for food,
fuel, repairs, or rest; or

(iii) In Baltimore City, a street authorized by the Mayor or the Mayor's
designee in conjunction with the Secretary that is the safest practical route between a
highway designated under item (i) of this paragraph and:

1.       A truck terminal;

2.       A port facility;

3.       A point of origin; or

4.       A point of destination.

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