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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="22-105" title_number="22" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Equipment of Vehicles" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Scope and Effect of Equipment Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If any Class A (passenger) vehicle, any Class E truck with a manufacturer’s rating or registered gross vehicle weight of 18,000 pounds or less, or any Class M (multipurpose) vehicle has been altered in any manner that would reduce the effectiveness of its bumpers or suspension or render the vehicle dangerous in the event of a single vehicle accident or a collision with another vehicle, it may not be operated on any highway in this State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt a vehicle from the application of paragraph (1) of this subsection solely because the vehicle is in compliance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not operate a vehicle on any highway in the State if, as a result of post-manufacture alterations, the height of the vehicle’s frame side rails or either of the vehicle’s bumpers exceeds:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>In the case of a Class A (passenger) vehicle, 20 inches;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In the case of a Class M (multipurpose) vehicle, 28 inches;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In the case of a Class E truck with a manufacturer’s rating or registered gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less, 28 inches; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>In the case of a Class E truck with a manufacturer’s rating or registered gross vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds but not more than 18,000 pounds:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>30 inches; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the truck is used for spraying agricultural crops, 32 inches.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Administration and the Automotive Safety Enforcement Division of the Department of State Police jointly shall adopt regulations relating to bumpers, frame side rails, and vehicle suspensions as necessary to implement and enforce the provisions of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
