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<chapter num="01" heading="Definitions Applicable to Type I and Type II School Vehicles" title_num="11" subtitle_num="19">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Definitions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this subtitle, 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>“Average actual gross vehicle weight” means the sum of the average chassis weight, plus average body weight, plus 150 pounds for the driver's weight, plus the total seated pupil weight, based on 120 pounds per pupil.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“Body-on-chassis type” means a vehicle constructed by mounting a vehicle body on a truck or other specific designed chassis.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>“Gross axle weight rating (GAWR)” means the value specified by the vehicle manufacturer as the load carrying capacity of a single axle system measured at the tire ground interfaces.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>“Gross vehicle weight rating (GAWR)” means the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single vehicle.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>“Integral bus type” means a vehicle manufactured as an integral unit and not constructed as a separate body and chassis.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>“Nonflexible exhaust pipe” means a solid exhaust pipe or a bendable ripple exhaust pipe with welded seams.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>“Recommended chassis manufacturer's rated gross vehicle weight” means the weight assigned to the complete vehicle.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(9)">
        <text>“Residential special education vehicles” means school vehicles that transport pupils who live on campus.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(10)">
        <text>“School vehicle alternately flashing signal lamps” are:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Amber signal lamps mounted horizontally in the front and rear of the school vehicle which are intended to identify a vehicle as a school vehicle and to inform other highway users that the vehicle is about to stop on the highway to board or discharge school children;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Red signal lamps mounted horizontally in the front and rear of the school vehicle which are intended to identify a vehicle as a school vehicle and to inform other highway users that the vehicle is stopped on the highway to board or discharge school children.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(11)">
        <text>Type I School Vehicle.</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>“Type I school vehicle” means a school vehicle that:</text>
          <paragraph num="(i)">
            <text>Is designed and constructed to carry passengers;</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(ii)">
            <text>Is either of the body-on-chassis type construction or integral type construction; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(iii)">
            <text>Has a GVW of more than 15,000 pounds and provides a minimum of 13 inches of seating space per passenger.</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>“Type I school vehicle” does not include any vehicle operated by a common carrier under the jurisdiction of a state, regional, or federal regulatory agency or operated by the agency itself.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(12)">
        <text>“Type II school vehicle” means a school vehicle that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Is designed and constructed to carry passengers;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Is either of the body-on-chassis type construction or integral type construction; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Has a GVW of 15,000 pounds or less and provides a minimum of 13 inches of seating space per passenger.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Transportation Article, §§12-104(b) and 25-110, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: April 17, 1981 (8:8 Md. R. 722)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05 amended effective June 3, 1985 (12:11 Md. R. 1050)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.09 repealed and new Regulation .01 adopted effective</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">June 1, 1987 (14:11 Md. R. 1260)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective June 27, 1988 (15:13 Md. R. 1557); December 15, 1997 (24:25 Md. R. 1719); April 2, 2001 (28:06 Md. R. 621)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>