Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 07 - MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › Chapter 11.07.03 - Permits for Towing, Road Service, and Storage of Vehicles › Section 11.07.03.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In these
				regulations, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Abandoned vehicle" has the same meaning
				as defined in Transportation Article, §
										25-201(b),
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
(2)
				"Authority" means the Maryland Transportation Authority.
(3) Authority Property.
(a) "Authority property" means property
				owned, leased, operated by, or under the control of the Maryland Transportation
				Authority.
(b) Authority property
				includes a:
(i) Transportation facilities
				project as defined in Transportation Article, §
												4-101, Annotated Code
				of Maryland; and
(ii) Authority
				highway as defined in Transportation Article, §
												21-1401, Annotated
				Code of Maryland.
(4) "Chief of Police" means the Maryland
				Transportation Authority Police Force's chief police officer.
(5) "Disabled vehicle" means a vehicle that
				has become inoperative on Authority property.
(6) "Heavy recovery" means the ability to tow
				a vehicle having a gross vehicle weight of 80,000 pounds of more.
(7) "Heavy recovery equipment" means a
				heavy-duty tow truck with a heavy-duty hydraulic wheel lift.
(8) "Impounded vehicle" means a vehicle that
				has been taken into police custody.
(9) "Park", "parking", or "parked" has the
				meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										11-144, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(10) "Permit" means a
				permit to engage in towing, road service, or storage of vehicles disabled or
				impounded on Authority property, issued in accordance with these
				regulations.
(11) "Permittee" means
				a towing service company that has been granted a permit by the Chief of Police
				or the Chief's designee to provide towing, road service, and storage of
				vehicles on Authority property.
(12) "Person" means a natural person,
				partnership, corporation, fiduciary, association, or other business
				entity.
(13) "Police" means:
(a) A person designated as a member of the
				Maryland Transportation Authority Police Force under Transportation Article,
				§
											4-208, Annotated Code
				of Maryland; or
(b) A police
				officer as defined under Public Safety Article, §
											3-201(e),
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
(14) "Police Communication Center" means the
				Maryland Transportation Authority Police Force's communication unit that
				oversees the dispatch of police, and support personnel and vehicles (i.e.,
				fire, EMS, maintenance, and tow truck, etc.) for both customary and emergency
				calls.
(15) "Road service" means
				adjustments, repairs, or other vehicle service, including tire repair or
				replacement, of a minor nature, not requiring more than 1 hour of work or the
				use of specialized, nonportable equipment.
(16) "State" means the State of
				Maryland.
(17) "Towing service
				company" means a person or company that is licensed to provide commercial
				towing, road service, and storage of vehicles, but does not include persons
				towing or servicing their own vehicles.
(18) Unattended Vehicle.
(a) "Unattended vehicle" means a vehicle
				that:
(i) Is parked on Authority property
				other than in a designated area; and
(ii) Has not been occupied or attended for a
				period of 12 or more hours.
(b) "Unattended vehicle" does not include an
				abandoned vehicle as defined under Transportation Article, §
											25-201, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(19)
				"Vehicle" has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										11-176, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(20) "Zone" means a
				specific part of Authority property, which is delineated by the Chief of Police
				or the Chief's designee, that identifies a particular area for which a towing
				service company may apply for a permit under these regulations.