1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Approved April 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 6
(Senate Bill 58)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Local Authorities - Establishment of Speed Limits in Alleys

FOR the purpose of authorizing local authorities to set appropriate speed limits in alleys
within their jurisdiction; requiring a local authority that sets a speed limit under this
Act to post the speed limit on appropriate signs; and generally relating to the
authority of local authorities to set speed limits in alleys.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 11-130 and 21-101(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 21-803
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

Article - Transportation

11-130.

"Local authority" means a political subdivision or a local board or other body that,
under the laws of this State, has authority to enact laws and adopt local police regulations
relating to traffic.

21-101.

(b) "Alley" means a street that:

(1) Is intended to provide access to the rear or side of a lot or building in an
urban district; and

(2) Is not intended for through vehicular traffic.

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