Md. Code, Transportation § 11-159
This is the official text of Md. Code, Transportation § 11-159, part of Maryland’s Code, Transportation — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§11–159.
Official statutory text
(a) “Special mobile equipment” means, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a vehicle that:
(1) Is not used primarily for highway transportation of people or property; and
(2) Is operated or moved on a highway only as an incident to its nonhighway use.
(b) “Special mobile equipment” includes a road construction or maintenance machine, mobile crane, ditchdigger, well driller, concrete mixer, jobsite office vehicle, or portable power generator.
(c) “Special mobile equipment” does not include a farm tractor or any farm equipment.
(1) Is not used primarily for highway transportation of people or property; and
(2) Is operated or moved on a highway only as an incident to its nonhighway use.
(b) “Special mobile equipment” includes a road construction or maintenance machine, mobile crane, ditchdigger, well driller, concrete mixer, jobsite office vehicle, or portable power generator.
(c) “Special mobile equipment” does not include a farm tractor or any farm equipment.
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