Ch. 356                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(VII)  THE VEHICLE OR COMBINATION OF VEHICLES IS NOT USED TO
TRANSPORT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OF A TYPE AND QUANTITY THAT REQUIRES
PLACARDING;

(VIII) THE VEHICLE OR COMBINATION OF VEHICLES IS NOT USED TO
TRANSPORT LIQUIDS OR GASES CONTAINED IN PACKAGING THAT EXCEEDS A
CAPACITY OF 119 GALLONS;

(IX)    THE TRAILER OR SEMITRAILER HAS A GROSS WEIGHT RATING,
REGISTERED WEIGHT, OR GROSS WEIGHT, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, THAT IS NOT
MORE THAN ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE GROSS WEIGHT RATING OR
REGISTERED WEIGHT, WHICHEVER IS LESS, OF THE TOWING VEHICLE; AND

(X)     FOR VEHICLES USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, THE
TRAILER OR SEMITRAILER IS USED ONLY IN INTRASTATE COMMERCE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Secretary of
Transportation shall adopt regulations, to be effective beginning October 1, 2004,
authorizing the use of surge brakes on trailers and semitrailers as authorized in this
Act.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1 of this Act shall
take effect October 1, 2004.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except as provided in
Section 3 of this Act, this Act shall take effect June 1, 2004.

Approved May 11, 2004.

CHAPTER 356
(House Bill 557)

AN ACT concerning

Advance Directive Information Availability Act

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in
consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, to develop a form an
information sheet that provides certain information relating to advance
directives; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Office of the
Attorney General, to provide certain information on an advance directive to an
individual upon application to certain assistance programs develop and
implement a plan for making certain information relating to advance directives
widely available, and to make certain information on an advance directive
directives available in each local health department and local department of
social services; requiring the Department to implement a certain plan on or
before a certain date; requiring the Office of the Attorney General to consult
with certain interested parties regarding a certain plan and development of the
advance directive information form sheet; requiring the Motor Vehicle

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