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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 447
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certain signs relating to the availability of certain services along certain State
highways; requiring the SHA to consult with specified entities and officials on
specified matters; requiring the SHA to report to the Governor and the General
Assembly by a specified date on the installation of service signs; and generally
relating to the installation of service signs by the SHA along State controlled
access highways.
BY repealing and reenacting, without with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 8-605
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article—Transportation
Section 8-605.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 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
8-605.
(a) Along any State highway, the Administration may place signs, signals, or
markers to inform the traveling public of directions, distances, danger, or other
information.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the
Administration shall assume the full cost of installing and maintaining traffic signals
required at the intersection of a State highway with any municipal street or highway
or at any other place along a State highway that is within the limits of any municipal
corporation.
(2) This subsection does not apply where the traffic signal primarily will
serve traffic generated by a private development, such as an apartment complex,
shopping center, industrial plant, or drive-in theater.
(c) Signs, signals, and markers placed along any interstate highway shall
conform to all applicable federal standards.
(d) (1) For the purpose of providing information to the driving public on the
availability of gas, food, lodging, or camping, OR ATTRACTIONS, the Administration
may place along State CONTROLLED ACCESS highways specific information or
business SERVICE signs, subject to the applicable federal standards.
(2) (i) The Administration shall adopt rules and regulations governing
specific information or business SERVICE signs.
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