Ch. 475

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CONTAINERS USED IN COLLECTING GARBAGE, RUBBISH, REFUSE, OR RECYCLABLE
MATERIALS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN COLLECTING GARBAGE,
RUBBISH, REFUSE, OR RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.

(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, and subject to
the maximum length limits of § 24-104.1 of this subtitle, the load on any vehicle operated
alone or the load on the rear vehicle of a combination of vehicles may not extend more
than 6 feet beyond the rear of the bed or body of the vehicle.

(2) (i) The load on the rear of an automobile or boat transporter,
including any retractable device on the rear of a combination of vehicles engaged in the
transportation of automobiles in use to support a transported vehicle, may not extend
more than 4 feet beyond the rear of the permanent bed or body of the automobile; and

(ii) A white, red, or orange fluorescent warning flag made of a
reflective material at least 18 inches square shall be displayed on the rearmost portion of
the overhanging transported vehicle.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1997.

Approved May 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 475
(House Bill 741)

AN ACT concerning

Washington County - Advertisement for Bids - Amount of Contract County

Commissioners

FOR the purpose of altering the amount of a contract for which the County
Commissioners of Washington County or any employee of the county is required to
advertise for bids, repealing a limit on the frequency for the publication of a new edition
or supplement of the Washington County Code of Public Local Laws; authorizing a
supplement or new edition to be published as often as the County Commissioners of
Washington County deem necessary; and generally relating to the County Commissioners
of Washington County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
The Public Local Laws of Washington County
Section 1-106(a)

Article 22 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1991 Edition and August 1994 Supplement, as amended)

(As enacted by Chapter 61 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1996)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Washington County

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