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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-104.3" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Personal delivery device” means a powered device that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is operated primarily on shoulders, sidewalks, and crosswalks;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is intended for the transport of property on public rights–of–way;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Weighs not more than 550 pounds, excluding cargo; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Is capable of navigating with or without the active control or monitoring of an individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Personal delivery device operator” means an entity or its agent that exercises active or passive physical control or monitoring over the navigation system and operation of a personal delivery device.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Personal delivery device operator” does not include a person that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Requests or receives the services of a personal delivery device to transport property; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Arranges for and dispatches a personal delivery device to provide service to another person.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to § 21–1205.1(f) of this title, a personal delivery device may operate without registration on any roadway, sidewalk, shoulder, or crosswalk in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A personal delivery device may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Unreasonably interfere with traffic;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Block public rights–of–way;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Transport hazardous materials regulated under the Hazardous Materials Transport Act and required to be placarded under 49 C.F.R. Part 172, Subpart F; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Operate on a sidewalk or crosswalk at a speed exceeding 7 miles per hour.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A personal delivery device operated on any roadway, sidewalk, shoulder, or crosswalk in the State shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be visibly marked with a unique identifying number;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Be visibly marked with a means of identifying the personal delivery device operator;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the personal delivery device operator is acting on behalf of a corporate entity, be visibly marked with contact information for that entity;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Be equipped with a system that enables the personal delivery device to come to a controlled stop;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Be covered by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An insurance policy that provides general liability coverage of at least $100,000 for damages; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Another form of security acceptable to the Administration that adequately provides the benefits required by item (i) of this item;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Be equipped with lighting devices as required by the Administration after consultation with industry stakeholders;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Obey all traffic and pedestrian control devices; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Be subject to municipal or county permitting requirements, where applicable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Any information required by this section to be visibly marked on a personal delivery device shall also be marked in braille lettering.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Prior to beginning operations in the State, each operator of a personal delivery device shall file with the Administrator an emergency response plan designed to inform first responders about the personal delivery device, including information on its equipment and attributes and on how to deal with the device when it is encountered on public rights–of–way.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administrator, after consultation with industry stakeholders, may adopt policies outlining what must be included in an emergency response plan.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Administrator shall be responsible for making each emergency response plan filed with the Administrator available to the appropriate first responder agencies of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>An operator of a personal delivery device shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notify the governing body of each county and municipality within which the operator intends to operate the personal delivery device at least 30 days before the operator begins operating the personal delivery device in the county or municipality; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Comply with all local ordinances, regulations, and rules of each county and municipality for which the operator is required to provide notice under item (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
