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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-903" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Reckless, Negligent, or Impaired Driving; Fleeing or Eluding Police">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Alcoholic beverage” means a spirituous, vinous, malt, or fermented liquor, liquid, or compound that contains at least 0.5% alcohol by volume and is fit for beverage purposes.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Cannabis” has the meaning stated in § 5–101 of the Criminal Law Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Passenger area” means an area that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Is designed to seat the driver and any passenger of a motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is in operation; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Is readily accessible to the driver or a passenger of a motor vehicle while in their seating positions.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Passenger area” does not include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>A locked glove compartment;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The trunk of a motor vehicle; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>If a motor vehicle is not equipped with a trunk, the area behind the rearmost upright seat or an area that is not normally occupied by the driver or a passenger of the motor vehicle.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies to a motor vehicle that is driven, stopped, standing, or otherwise located on a highway.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A driver of a motor vehicle may not consume an alcoholic beverage, or smoke or consume cannabis, in a passenger area of a motor vehicle on a highway.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Notwithstanding § 6–320, § 6–321, or § 6–322 of the Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, or any other provision of law, the prohibition contained in this section applies throughout the State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
