(1998 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article - Transportation

Section 24-108(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1998 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Transportation

Section 21-109(f)

Annotated Code; of Maryland

(1998 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY renumbering

Article-Transportation

Section. 24-108(d)

to bo Section 24-108(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1998 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

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

Article - Transportation

11-123.

"Flammable liquid" means any liquid that has a flash point of [70] 100 degrees
or less Fahrenheit, as determined by a Tagliabue or equivalent closed cup test device.

24-108.

[(c) (44 Except on interstate highways, a vehicle carrying farm products as
defined under § 10-601 of the Agriculture Article or forest products that have been
loaded in fields or other off-highway locations is permitted an axle load limit
tolerance of 10 percent.

[(2) Except on interstate highways, a single unit vehicle with 3 axles, or a
combination of vehicles with a trailer less than 32 feet long or a semitrailer less than
45 feet long, either registered as a farm vehicle or carrying farm products as defined
under § 10-601 of the Agriculture Article that were loaded in fields or other
off-highway locations, is permitted an axle load limit tolerance of 5 percent from §
24-109(b) and (c) of this subtitle, except during harvest time when a tolerance of 15
percent from § 24-109(b) and (c) of this subtitle is permitted for a vehicle carrying the
following agricultural products:

(i) Wheat, for the period from June 1 to August 15;

(ii) Corn, for the period from July 1 to December 1;