(i) Materials placed on the windshield or rear window, within a 7
inch square area in the lower comer, or on the side windows of the vehicle to the rear
of the driver, if the materials are placed so as not to interfere with the driver's clear
view of traffic;

(ii) Direction, destination, or termini signs on any passenger
common carrier motor vehicle; or

(iii) Electronic toll collection tags placed in the windshield of a
vehicle in accordance with the regulations of the Maryland Transportation Authority.

(3) THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS TO EXEMPT
FROM THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION MATERIALS PLACED
ON THE WINDSHIELD OF A VEHICLE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITY MEASURES
REQUIRED BY A FEDERAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND APPROVED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1999.

Approved April 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 154
(Senate Bill 163)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Somerset County - McCready Memorial Hospital

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of
$496,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of
McCready Memorial Hospital, Inc. for certain development or improvement
purposes; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a
requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; and
providing generally for the issuance and sale of bonds evidencing the loan.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(1) The Board of Public Works may borrow money and incur indebtedness on
behalf of the State of Maryland through a State loan to be known as the Somerset
County - McCready Memorial Hospital Loan of 1999 in the total principal amount of
$496,000. This loan shall be evidenced by the issuance, sale, and delivery of State
general obligation bonds authorized by a resolution of the Board of Public Works and
issued, sold, and delivered in accordance with §§ 8-117 through 8-124 of the State
Finance and Procurement Article and Article 31, § 22 of the Code.