# COMAR Title 11 — Department of Transportation

## Subtitle 14 — Motor Vehicle Administration — Vehicle Inspections

### Chapter 08 — Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program

#### Regulation .04 Exemptions.

*COMAR 11.14.08.04*

A. The vehicles in §B of this regulation are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.

B. Exempt vehicles include the following vehicles:

  (1) A zero-emission vehicle;

  (2) A fire or rescue apparatus or ambulance, owned or leased by a state or local government, by a rescue squad, or by a volunteer fire or ambulance company, registered as an emergency vehicle as defined in Transportation Article, §11-118, Annotated Code of Maryland;

  (3) A vehicle registered as a Class D motorcycle;

  (4) A vehicle registered as a Class E truck with a registered gross vehicle weight greater than 26,000 pounds;

  (5) A vehicle registered as a Class E farm truck;

  (6) A vehicle registered as a Class F truck tractor;

  (7) A vehicle registered as a Class F farm truck tractor;

  (8) A vehicle registered as a Class H school vehicle;

  (9) A vehicle registered as a Class K farm area vehicle;

  (10) A vehicle registered as a Class L historic vehicle;

  (11) A vehicle registered as a Class N street rod vehicle;

  (12) A vehicle registered as a Class P passenger bus;

  (13) A vehicle registered as a Class R low speed vehicle;

  (14) A vehicle powered solely by electricity or diesel fuel;

  (15) A vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 8,500 pounds or less and of model year earlier than 1996; or

  (16) A military vehicle owned by the federal government and used for tactical, combat, or relief operations, or for training for these operations.