PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 193

(i) (1) "Vehicle" means, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any
vehicle registered or to be registered in this State as:

(i)     A Class A (passenger) vehicle;

(ii)    A Class M (multipurpose) vehicle;

(iii)   A Class J (vanpool) vehicle;

(iv)    A Class E (truck) vehicle;

(v)    A Class F (tractor) vehicle;

(vi)    A Class G (trailer) vehicle;

(vii)   A Class B (for-hire) vehicle; or

(viii) A Class D (motorcycle) vehicle.

(2)     For purposes of safety equipment repair orders only, "vehicle" means,
except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, any motor vehicle, trailer, or
semitrailer.

(3)     "Vehicle" does not include any Class L (historic) vehicle, or any trailer
which is a mobile home as defined by § 11-134 of this article.

24-111.

(a) In this section and in § 24-111.1 of this subtitle, "police officer" means:

(1)     Any uniformed police officer;

(2)     Any civilian employee of the Department of State Police OR THE
MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY POLICE assigned to enforce this subtitle,
but only while acting under written authorization of the Secretary of the State Police; or

(3)     Any civilian employee of a local government who is:

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

police officer;
Police; and

(ii) Acting under written authorization of the Secretary of the State

(iii) Certified by the Department of State Police to perform the
weighing and measurement authorized under this section.

(b) (1) If a police officer has reason to believe that the size or weight of a
vehicle being driven on a highway violates this subtitle, the police officer may require the
driver of the vehicle to stop and submit the vehicle to a measurement or weighing.

(2) The weighing authorized by this subsection:

(i) May be done with either portable or stationary scales; and

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