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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="24-101" title_number="24" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Size, Weight, and Load">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The provisions of this subtitle governing size, weight, and load do not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Emergency vehicles;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Farm equipment temporarily moved on a highway;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Vehicles owned by or under contract with the State or a political subdivision of the State when engaged in emergency operations or in snow or ice removal consistent with federal law; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any other vehicle driven under the terms and conditions of a permit issued under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not drive on any publicly maintained highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross weight that exceeds:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The maximum registered weight limit for which the vehicle or combination is registered under § 24–110 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any other weight limit established under the Maryland Vehicle Law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person may not permit to be driven on any publicly maintained highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross weight that exceeds:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The maximum registered weight limit for which the vehicle or combination is registered under § 24–110 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any other weight limit established under the Maryland Vehicle Law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A violation of the maximum weight provisions of this subtitle is not a moving violation for purposes of Title 16, Subtitle 4 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
