S.B. 756

VETOES

Senate Bill No. 756

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Dump Service Registration

FOR the purpose of altering certain dates relating to the applicability of certain
maximum gross weight limitations for purposes of the registration of dump service
vehicles; clarifying a certain contingency relating to the approval of certain
provisions of law by the U.S. Congress; altering a certain date relating to the
authority of certain vehicles to haul loose materials in bulk under certain provisions
of law for a certain period; declaring that a certain contingency relating to the
taking effect of certain provisions has been fulfilled; repealing certain obsolete
provisions; providing for the effective date of this Act; providing for the retroactive
application of this Act; and generally relating to the registration of dump service
vehicles.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 13-919
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 480 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993, as amended by Chapter

677 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1994
Section 6 and 9

BY repealing

Chapter 480 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993, as amended by Chapter
677 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1994

Section 7

Preamble

WHEREAS, Chapter 480 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993 amended §
13-919 of the Transportation Article to increase the maximum gross weight limitations
for certain dump service vehicles registered after June 1, 1994, contingent on the
enactment by the Congress of the United States of legislation approving the increased
weight limits; and

WHEREAS, With the clear intent to approve the provisions of Chapter 480 of the
Acts of 1993, the U.S. Congress amended 23 U.S.C. 127(a) (P.L. 103-331, Sec. 332
(1994)) to approve Maryland laws and regulations relating to maximum gross vehicle
weights "in effect on June 1, 1993", the effective date of Chapter 480; and

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