WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 291

CHAPTER 291
(House Bill 567)

AN ACT concerning

Calvert County - Vehicle Laws - Applicability to Private Roads

FOR the purpose of altering the scope of certain vehicle laws to include driving a motor
vehicle, in Calvert County, on a private road or driveway.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 21-101.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

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

Article - Transportation

21-101.1.

(a)     The provisions of this title relating to the driving of vehicles refer only to the
driving of vehicles on highways, except:

(1)     As provided in subsection (b) of this section; and

(2)     Where a different or additional place specifically is provided for.

(b)     (1) A person may not drive a motor vehicle in violation of any provision of
this title on any private property that is used by the public in general, OR, IN CALVERT
COUNTY, ON ANY PRIVATE ROAD LOCATED WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION
OR COMMUNITY.

(2)     A person may not drive a motor vehicle in violation of any provision of
this title on any property that is owned by or under the control of this State or any of its
political subdivisions, county boards of education, or community colleges and that is open
to vehicular traffic and used by the public in general.

(3)     Any person who violates any provision of this subsection is in violation of
the law to the same extent and is subject to the same penalty as if the motor vehicle were
driven on a highway.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

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