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MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  24-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 24 - Vehicle Laws -- Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation|Subtitle 2 - Regulation of Use of Highways|Section 24-204 - Authority of Local Authorities and State Highway Administration to Restrict Use of Endangered Highway

    (a)    If the State Highway Administration or a local authority finds that a highway under its jurisdiction or maintenance is in danger of serious damage from deterioration, rain, snow, or any other condition, the State Highway Administration or, by a resolution adopted by its governing body, the local authority may:        (1)    Prohibit the operation of vehicles on the highway;        (2)    Restrict the weight of vehicles permitted to drive on the highway; or        (3)    Reduce the maximum speed limit for vehicles operating on the highway.    (b)    (1)    In this subsection, “vehicles supplying emergency service” means any vehicle designated by the local authority as a vehicle supplying emergency service, such as supplying fuel, fuel/oil, or milk.        (2)    Notwithstanding any resolution adopted by a local authority under subsection (a) of this section, vehicles supplying emergency service may use the highway if written permission is obtained from the local authority.    (c)    A restriction imposed by the State Highway Administration or a local authority under this section may not restrict the right to use a highway for:        (1)    More than 60 consecutive days; or        (2)    More than 90 days during any one calendar year.    (d)    (1)    If the State Highway Administration or a local authority imposes a restriction under this section, it shall place and maintain signs at each end of that part of the highway affected by the restriction. The signs shall state the restriction imposed on the use of the highway.        (2)    A restriction adopted under this section is not effective unless the required signs are posted.    (e)    (1)    Unless the person has a written permit from the State Highway Administration or the appropriate local authority, a person, whether the owner of the vehicle, the person having charge and control over the vehicle, or an employee or agent of either, may not drive or cause to be driven any vehicle on any highway in violation of any restriction imposed under this section.        (2)    In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any owner or person in control of a vehicle that is in violation of any restriction imposed under this section is liable to the State Highway Administration or the appropriate local authority for all damages sustained by a highway as a result of the violation.        (3)    In the trial of a person charged with a violation of this section, oral testimony of the existence and contents of signs posted as required by this section is prima facie evidence of the validity of the restrictions stated on them.        (4)    This section applies regardless of any public general or public local law to the contrary.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  24-205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 24 - Vehicle Laws -- Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation|Subtitle 2 - Regulation of Use of Highways|Section 24-205 - Authority of State Highway Administration to Close Bridges

    If necessary for public safety, the State Highway Administration may prohibit the use of any highway bridge in this State by any person, vehicle, or class of vehicles.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  24-206 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 24 - Vehicle Laws -- Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation|Subtitle 2 - Regulation of Use of Highways|Section 24-206 - Authority of Local Authorities or State Highway Administration to Preserve Bridges and Culverts

    (a)    The State Highway Administration or a local authority may regulate the weight and speed of any vehicle passing over any bridge or culvert under its jurisdiction, by placing and maintaining signs at each end of the bridge or culvert as provided in this section.    (b)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a local authority may not impose any restriction under this section without approval of the State Highway Administration.        (2)    The following local authorities do not require the approval of the State Highway Administration, if they submit to that Administration, at the time of placing any sign under this section, a statement that a structural analysis has shown the necessity for the particular restriction:            (i)    Allegany County;            (ii)    Anne Arundel County;            (iii)    Baltimore City;            (iv)    Baltimore County;            (v)    Carroll County;            (vi)    Frederick County;            (vii)    Harford County;            (viii)    Howard County;            (ix)    Montgomery County;            (x)    Prince George’s County;            (xi)    St. Mary’s County; and            (xii)    Washington County.        (3)    The required statement shall recite that the analysis has been performed by a professional engineer experienced in the area of bridge design and shall include the engineer’s name, professional engineer’s license number, the date the computations were performed, and the date of the last inspection on which the computations were based.    (c)    The signs required under subsection (a) of this section shall be those set forth as standard applications for vehicle weight and speed restrictions in the manual on uniform traffic control devices adopted by the State Highway Administration pursuant to the provisions of § 25–104 of this article.    (d)    (1)    Unless the person has a written permit from the State Highway Administration or the appropriate local authority, a person, whether the owner of the vehicle, the person having charge and control over the vehicle, or an employee or agent of either, may not drive or cause to be driven any vehicle over a bridge or culvert in violation of any restriction imposed under this section.        (2)    In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any owner or person in control of a vehicle that is in violation of any restriction imposed under this section is liable to the State Highway Administration or the appropriate local authority for all damages sustained by a bridge, culvert, or highway as a result of the violation.        (3)    In the trial of a person charged with a violation of this section, oral testimony of the existence and contents of signs posted as required by this section is prima facie evidence of the validity of the restrictions stated on them.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  24-207 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 24 - Vehicle Laws -- Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation|Subtitle 2 - Regulation of Use of Highways|Section 24-207 - Testing of Trucks on State Highways

    (a)    Unless the person has a written permit from the State Highway Administration, a person, whether the owner of the vehicle, the person having charge and control over the vehicle, or an employee or agent of either, may not use any State highway to test any truck, whether for durability, speed, fuel consumption, or otherwise.    (b)    The State Highway Administration may issue a permit if, in its judgment:        (1)    The highway over which the test will be conducted will not be unduly damaged; and        (2)    The safety of the traveling public will not be materially adversely affected by the test.    (c)    The State Highway Administration:        (1)    Shall designate in the permit the route on which and the day and hour during which the tests may be conducted; and        (2)    May impose additional regulations and limitations to promote the safety of the traveling public and prevent undue damage to the highway under its jurisdiction.    (d)    For each vehicle to be tested, the permit fee is $25.    (e)    A permit is not required for the testing of trucks serviced or repaired by a garage licensed under Title 17, Subtitle 8 of the Business Regulation Article if:        (1)    All laws of this article are observed by a garage owner in regard to size, weight, and speed restrictions of the particular type of truck tested; and        (2)    All local motor vehicle traffic, speed, and safety ordinances are complied with.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  24-208 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 24 - Vehicle Laws -- Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation|Subtitle 2 - Regulation of Use of Highways|Section 24-208 - Liability for Damage to Highway or Structure

    (a)    Any person who drives or moves any vehicle or any other object on any State, county, or municipal highway is liable for all damage that the State, county, or municipal highway sustains as a result of:        (1)    Any illegal driving or moving of the vehicle or object;        (2)    The driving or moving of any vehicle or object that weighs more than the maximum statutory weight specified in this title, unless the overweight is authorized by a permit issued under this title and the vehicle is operated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the permit; or        (3)    The driving or moving of any vehicle or object that exceeds the maximum statutory height or width specified in this title, unless the oversize is authorized by a permit issued under this title and the vehicle is operated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the permit.    (b)    Any person liable for damages in excess of $25,000 under subsection (a)(3) of this section is also liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000.    (c)    If the driver is not the owner of the vehicle or object, but is driving or moving it with the express or implied permission of the owner, the owner and driver are jointly and severally liable for the damage to the State, county, or municipal highway and any civil penalty assessed under this section.    (d)    A civil action for damages to a State, county, or municipal highway and any civil penalty under this section may be brought by the authority in control of it.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  24-209 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 24 - Vehicle Laws -- Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation|Subtitle 2 - Regulation of Use of Highways|Section 24-209 - Truck Traffic Adversely Affecting Residential Community

    (a)    The State Highway Administration may conduct appropriate studies to determine whether the safety and general welfare of a residential community are threatened by noise, vibration, or incidence of truck traffic on any State highway. In determining whether or not to conduct such a study, the Administration shall consider the number of complaints about truck traffic received, if any, from residents of an area.    (b)    If the State Highway Administration determines that a threat exists and that the safety and general welfare of the residential community would be promoted by the adoption of restrictions on the use of the State highway by trucks, the Administration may establish routes, speed limits, time restrictions, weight restrictions, or other measures with respect to truck traffic on the State highway, which will minimize the adverse effects of that traffic on the residential area or cause that traffic to avoid the residential area entirely.    (c)    Under this section, truck traffic may be prohibited entirely on any State highway or part of a State highway, if an adequately functional alternate route is available to carry the truck traffic, taking into consideration the amount of additional fuel that would be required over the alternate route and the economic impact on the citizens of this State caused by the alternate route.    (d)    The provisions of this section:        (1)    Do not apply to any Class E (truck) vehicles of 10,000 pounds or less gross vehicle weight; and        (2)    Do not preclude the making of local deliveries of supplies or services in any residential communities.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  24-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 24 - Vehicle Laws -- Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation|Subtitle 3 - Mobile Seafood and Produce Vendors|Section 24-301 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    (1)    “Established place of business” means any permanent building or structure from which a permanent business is conducted during normal business hours throughout the year.        (2)    “Established place of business” does not include a tent, temporary stand or other temporary quarters, or permanent quarters occupied under a temporary arrangement.    (c)    “Mobile seafood or produce vendor” means a person who sells or offers for sale any seafood or produce:        (1)    While outdoors on foot;        (2)    From any vehicle or conveyance, whether or not the vehicle or conveyance is in operating condition; or        (3)    From any tent, temporary stand, roadside stand, roadside market, or other quarters that is not an established place of business.    (d)    (1)    “Produce” means any fruit or vegetable product of the soil that is intended for human consumption.        (2)    “Produce” does not include a canned, frozen, dried, or pickled product.    (e)    “Right–of–way” includes any highway area or highway structure and any property adjacent to a highway acquired for the operation or use of the highway.    (f)    “Seafood” means any finfish, crustacean, or mollusk, live or dead, or any part, egg, offspring, or body of any finfish, crustacean, or mollusk, that is intended for human consumption.    (g)    “Shopping center” means any 5 or more contiguous established places of business which share common parking facilities of 25 parking spaces or more.    (h)    “State highway” means any public highway owned by this State.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  24-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 24 - Vehicle Laws -- Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation|Subtitle 3 - Mobile Seafood and Produce Vendors|Section 24-302 - Applicability of Subtitle

    This subtitle does not:        (1)    Diminish any authority of Anne Arundel County, Howard County, or a municipal corporation to license and regulate mobile seafood vendors;        (2)    Apply to charitable or nonprofit vendors who sell seafood at short–term festivals or other short–term events;        (3)    Apply in Calvert County and in St. Mary’s County for those persons selling their own seafood catch; or        (4)    Diminish the authority of a county to license and regulate mobile produce vendors.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  24-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 24 - Vehicle Laws -- Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation|Subtitle 3 - Mobile Seafood and Produce Vendors|Section 24-303 - Prohibited Locations

    (a)    (1)    When located on the right–of–way of any State highway, a mobile seafood or produce vendor may not sell, or offer for sale, any seafood or produce, unless the vendor has a lease from the State that allows the vendor to sell, or offer for sale, seafood or produce.        (2)    The State may require a mobile seafood or produce vendor to submit an application and pay a reasonable fee to be applied to administrative costs.        (3)    The State may not enter into a lease with a mobile produce vendor unless the applicable county licenses mobile produce vendors.    (b)    A mobile seafood or produce vendor may not sell, or offer for sale, any seafood or produce, when located:        (1)    Within 50 yards of any vehicular entrance to or exit from a school or place of worship, unless the vendor has written permission of the applicable school board or person who is responsible for the buildings and grounds of the place of worship;        (2)    Within 100 yards of any vehicular entrance to or exit from any shopping center;        (3)    In the parking lot of any shopping center, unless the vendor has written permission of the owner of the shopping center and conforms to applicable local laws and ordinances;        (4)    Within an unsafe distance, as determined by the local authorities, from the edge of any roadway;        (5)    On any roadway; or        (6)    On private property adjoining a State highway, unless the vendor owns or leases the property or has written permission from the property owner.    (c)    The State Highway Administration may adopt regulations to implement this section.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  24-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 24 - Vehicle Laws -- Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation|Subtitle 3 - Mobile Seafood and Produce Vendors|Section 24-304 - Violations

    (a)    The charging of a person with a violation of this subtitle shall be by means of a traffic citation in the form determined under § 1–605(d) of the Courts Article.    (b)    The charging of a person with a violation of this section may be performed by any State or local police officer.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  25-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 25 - Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles|Subtitle 1 - Powers of State and Local Authorities|Section 25-101 - Applicability of Title 21 Definitions

    A word used in this subtitle, unless the context requires otherwise, has the same meaning as is indicated by a definition of the word in § 21-101 of this article.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  25-101.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 25 - Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles|Subtitle 1 - Powers of State and Local Authorities|Section 25-101.1 - Statewide Application of Maryland Vehicle Law; Effect of Local Regulation

    (a)    Except as otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law are statewide in their effect.    (b)    Except as otherwise expressly authorized in this subsection or by a public local law on the regulation of taxicabs and taxicab drivers or by any public general law, no local authority or political subdivision of this State may:        (1)    Require the registration or licensing of any vehicle or driver in addition to the registration and licensing required or authorized in the Maryland Vehicle Law;        (2)    Impose on the owner or driver of any vehicle any tax, registration fee, license fee, assessment, or charge of any kind for the use of a vehicle on any highway in this State, except for tolls to finance the cost of the construction, maintenance, and operation of any bridge, tunnel or approach thereto constructed as part of the interstate system of highways under Title 23 of the United States Code and from the payment of which vehicles owned by the State are exempt; or        (3)    Otherwise make or enforce any local law, ordinance, or regulation on any subject covered by the Maryland Vehicle Law.    (c)    Except as otherwise provided in the Maryland Vehicle Law:        (1)    The provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law prevail over all local legislation and regulation on any subject with which the Maryland Vehicle Law deals;        (2)    All public local laws, ordinances, and regulations that are inconsistent or identical with or equivalent to any provision in the Maryland Vehicle Law are repealed; and        (3)    The charters of all political subdivisions of this State are modified to prohibit the political subdivision from making or enforcing any ordinance or regulation in violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law.    (d)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Maryland Vehicle Law does not preclude enactment, adoption, or enforcement of:        (1)    A public local law for the regulation of taxicabs and taxicab drivers; or        (2)    An ordinance or regulation adopted under such a public local law.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  25-102.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 25 - Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles|Subtitle 1 - Powers of State and Local Authorities|Section 25-102.1 - Off-the-Road Motorcycles

    (a)    (1)    In this section, “off-the-road motorcycle” means a motorcycle not otherwise registered under this article.        (2)    “Off-the-road motorcycle” includes motorcycles designed for off-the-road operation, motorcycles not otherwise eligible for registration under this article, and motorcycles commonly referred to as “dirt bikes”.    (b)    Each county and Baltimore City may regulate the operation of off-the-road motorcycles, require them to be registered, and impose a registration fee for them.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  25-102.2 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 25 - Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles|Subtitle 1 - Powers of State and Local Authorities|Section 25-102.2 - Motorized Passenger Scooter -- Use in Ocean City

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    (i)    “Licensed driver” means an individual who holds a driver’s license of any class issued by the State or, if the individual is a nonresident of the State, issued by another state or country.            (ii)    “Licensed driver” does not include an individual who holds a learner’s permit or a provisional license issued by the State or, if the individual is a nonresident of the State, the equivalent license issued by another state or country.        (3)    (i)    “Motorized passenger scooter” means a nonpedal vehicle that:                1.    Has a cockpit containing a seat for the operator and a passenger;                2.    Has three wheels, of which one is 10 inches or more in diameter;                3.    Has a motor:                A.    With a rating of 2.7 brake horsepower or less; or                B.    If the motor is an internal combustion engine, with a capacity of 50 cubic centimeters piston displacement or less; and                4.    Is equipped with an automatic transmission.            (ii)    “Motorized passenger scooter” does not include a vehicle that has been manufactured for off–road use, including a motorcycle and an all–terrain vehicle.    (b)    Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law regarding the operation of a vehicle on a highway in the State, in the municipal boundaries of Ocean City, a licensed driver may operate a motorized passenger scooter on:        (1)    A local highway; and        (2)    Subject to subsection (c) of this section, any portion of a State highway designated by the State Highway Administration as a bicycle way.    (c)    The State Highway Administration may prohibit the operation of a motorized passenger scooter on a bicycle way under the jurisdiction of the State Highway Administration if it determines that:        (1)    An occupant of a motorized passenger scooter is placed at an unacceptable risk of injury on the bicycle way; or        (2)    The operation of a motorized passenger scooter is a threat to the safety or mobility of others along the bicycle way.
MD. Transportation Code Ann. §  25-104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Transportation|Title 25 - Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles|Subtitle 1 - Powers of State and Local Authorities|Section 25-104 - State Highway Administration to Adopt Sign Manual

    The State Highway Administration shall adopt a manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices, consistent with the provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law, for use on highways in this State. This uniform system shall correlate with and, as far as possible, conform to the system set forth in the most recent edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways.