PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 3

(2) Any civilian employee of the [Maryland] DEPARTMENT OF State
Police or of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Force assigned to enforce this
title or any rule or regulation adopted under this title, but only while acting under written
authorization of the [Superintendent] SECRETARY of the [Maryland] State Police.

(b) (2) A civilian employee of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police
Force shall have the authority stated in paragraph (1) of this subsection only if the
individual is:

(i) Acting under the immediate direction and control of a uniformed
police officer; and

(ii) Certified by the DEPARTMENT OF [Maryland] State Police to
enforce this title and any rule or regulation adopted under it.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Subsections (a) and (b)(2) of this section are amended to reflect the
establishment of the Department of State Police as a principal department of
State government by Chs. 165 and 166, Acts of 1994, to reflect the status of the
head of the Department as a Secretary of a principal department of State
government, and to delete surplus language.

22-228.

(f) (1) In this subsection, "loading zone" means an area on or adjacent to a
highway, but not on its roadway:

(i) That has been designated for the purpose of receiving or
discharging passengers by a school vehicle; and

(ii) Whose location has been approved by either the superintendent of
schools in the local school system in which the loading is located, the DEPARTMENT OF
[Maryland] State Police, or the local police department, in cooperation with the State
Highway Administration where applicable.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Subsection (f)(1) of this section is amended to reflect the establishment of the
Department of State Police as a principal department of State government by
Chs. 165 and 166, Acts of 1994 and to delete surplus language.

22-405.4.

(a)     A person may not drive any motor vehicle weighing 73,000 pounds or more
unless the rear axle of the tractor is equipped with original first line tires or with recaps
approved by the Administrator and the DEPARTMENT OF State Police.

(b)     A person may not drive any trailer weighing 73,000 pounds or more unless the
rear axle of the tractor and the rear axle of the trailer are equipped with original first line
tires or with recaps approved by the Administrator and the DEPARTMENT OF State
Police.

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