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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 351
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area while the vehicle is being operated on a highway; providing certain
exceptions; and generally relating to prohibiting persons from occupying the
cargo area in certain trucks and trailers operating on the highway.
BY adding to
Article - Transportation
Section 21-1107
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 27-101(a) and (b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Transportation
21-1107.
(A) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION, THIS SECTION APPLIES
TO:
(1) A TRUCK THAT HAS A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING OF 10,001
POUNDS OR MORE; AND
(2) A TRUCK/TRAILER OR TRUCK TRACTOR/SEMITRAPLER OR TRAILER
COMBINATION THAT HAS A COMBINED GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING OF 10,001
POUNDS OR MORE.
(B) WHILE A VEHICLE SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION IS BEING OPERATED ON A
HIGHWAY:
(1) THE DRIVER MAY NOT ALLOW A PERSON TO OCCUPY THE AREA OF
THE VEHICLE PRIMARILY INTENDED TO CARRY CARGO; AND
(2) A PERSON MAY NOT OCCUPY THE AREA OF THE VEHICLE PRIMARILY
INTENDED TO CARRY CARGO.
(C) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO:
(1) AN ATTENDANT DELEGATED TO CARE FOR LIVESTOCK;
(2) A VEHICLE THAT IS CONTROLLED OR OPERATED BY A FARMER AND
IS:
(I) USED TO TRANSPORT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, FARM
MACHINERY, OR FARM SUPPLIES TO OR FROM A FARM;
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