Ch. 280 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 23-302
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

23-301.

(a) In this subtitle, the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Division" means the Automotive Safety Enforcement Division of the
Maryland State Police.

(c) "Equipment" includes all mechanisms that form part of or relate to vehicle
equipment.

(d) "Vehicle" means any vehicle registered in this State as:

(1) A Class E (truck) vehicle with a registered or operating gross vehicle
weight of over 10,000 pounds;

(2) A Class F (tractor) vehicle;

(3) A Class G (freight trailer or freight semitrailer) vehicle; [or]

(4) A Class P (passenger bus) vehicle; OR

(5) A CLASS M (MULTIPURPOSE) VEHICLE THAT AND:

(I) IS USED PRIMARILY TO TRANSPORT PASSENGERS;

AND

(II) L HAS A SEATING CAPACITY FOR 16 PASSENGERS
OR MORE, INCLUDING THE DRIVER; OR

(H} 2. WAS PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED UNDER § 13-932
OR § 13-933 OF THIS ARTICLE.

23-302.

(a) An owner of a vehicle shall have the vehicle inspected, maintained, and
repaired at least every 25,000 miles or at least every 12 months, whichever occurs first.

(b) A vehicle shall meet or exceed the standards and requirements set under the
rules and regulations of this subtitle.

(c) A vehicle may not be operated unless at all times it carries the appropriate
required document, as follows:

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