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<chapter num="08" heading="Special Mobile Equipment" title_num="11" subtitle_num="15">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Purpose.">
    <text>These regulations clarify the definition of special mobile equipment contained in Transportation Article, § 11-159, Annotated Code of Maryland, and set out the special application procedures to be followed in order to obtain special mobile equipment registration designation.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Definitions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Administration” means the Motor Vehicle Administration.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“Special mobile equipment (SME)” means a vehicle as defined in Transportation Article, §11-159, Annotated Code of Maryland, and these regulations.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Eligibility Factors For Special Mobile Equipment Designation.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Special mobile equipment may not be designed primarily for the highway transportation of people or property.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Self-propelled special mobile equipment may not be designed to transport more than two individuals.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Special mobile equipment may have only minimal hauling capacity and may haul only the property or equipment necessary to operate the SME.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Application Procedures.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Application for special mobile equipment registration plates shall be made on the forms provided by the Administration and shall be submitted to the Licensing and Consumer Services Division of the Administration.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Photographs of each type of equipment sought to be designated as special mobile equipment shall be submitted with the application.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>An inspection of the type of equipment sought to be designated as special mobile equipment may be conducted by the Administration or the Maryland State Police.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>The Administration shall refuse to issue special mobile equipment registration plates:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>To an applicant who has not complied with the requirements of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>For any vehicle which it determines does not meet the definition of special mobile equipment or does not otherwise qualify for the registration designation under this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Suspension or Revocation of Special Mobile Equipment Plates.">
    <text>The Administration may cancel, suspend, or revoke special mobile equipment registration plates if it determines that:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>During the period for which the SME registration plates were issued the vehicle was used in a manner rendering it ineligible for SME registration plates;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The SME registration plates were used on a vehicle other than the type of equipment represented to this Administration under Regulation .04B of this chapter; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>The SME registration is otherwise subject to cancellation, suspension, or revocation under Transportation Article, §13-705, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Transportation Article, §§11-159, 11-201, 12-104(b), 13-624, and 13-705, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: September 1, 1974 (1:2 Md. R. 112)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A amended effective October 15, 1975 (2:23 Md. R. 1415)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective March 7, 1980 (7:5 Md. R. 475)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.03 amended effective July 5, 1982 (9:13 Md. R. 1352)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter, Volunteer Fire Department Registration for Members, repealed effective March 10, 1986 (13:5 Md. R. 547)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.05, Special Mobile Equipment, adopted effective August 31, 1992 (19:17 Md. R. 1608)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>