Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB64 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5	hb0064
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 64
8	8	R5 2lr0618
9	9	(PRE–FILED)
10	10	By: Delegates Krimm and Korman
11	11	Requested: October 4, 2021
12	12	Introduced and read first time: January 12, 2022
13	13	Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
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15	15	A BILL ENTITLED
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17	17	AN ACT concerning 1
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19	19	State Highways – Designated Shoulder Areas – Establishment and Use by 2
20	20	Transit Buses 3
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22	22	FOR the purpose of authorizing the State Highway Administration, in consultation with 4
23	23	the Maryland Transit Administration and the Department of State Police, to 5
24	24	designate shoulder areas on State highways that may be used for travel, subject to 6
25	25	certain restrictions, by State and local transit buses; requiring the State Highway 7
26	26	Administration to post certain signage to indicate the beginning and the end of a 8
27	27	designated shoulder area; and generally relating to the establishment and use of 9
28	28	designated shoulder areas. 10
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30	30	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
31	31	Article – Transportation 12
32	32	Section 21–304(a) 13
33	33	Annotated Code of Maryland 14
34	34	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 15
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36	36	BY adding to 16
37	37	Article – Transportation 17
38	38	Section 21–315 18
39	39	Annotated Code of Maryland 19
40	40	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 20
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42	42	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 21
43	43	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 22
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45	45	Article – Transportation 23
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47	47	21–304. 24 2 HOUSE BILL 64
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51	51	(a) Subject to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, the driver of a 1
52	52	vehicle may overtake and pass to the right of another vehicle only: 2
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54	54	(1) If the overtaken vehicle is making or about to make a left turn; 3
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56	56	(2) On a highway with unobstructed pavement not occupied by parked 4
57	57	vehicles and wide enough for two or more lines of vehicles moving lawfully in the same 5
58	58	direction as the overtaking vehicle; [or] 6
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60	60	(3) On any one–way roadway, if the roadway is free from obstruction and 7
61	61	wide enough for two or more lines of moving vehicles; OR 8
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63	63	(4) WHEN DRIVING A TRANSIT BUS IN A DESIGNATED SHOULDER 9
64	64	AREA IN ACCORDANCE W ITH § 21–315 OF THIS SUBTITLE . 10
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66	66	21–315. 11
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68	68	(A) (1) THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION , IN CONSULTATION WITH 12
69	69	THE MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AND TH E DEPARTMENT OF STATE 13
70	70	POLICE, MAY: 14
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72	72	(I) DESIGNATE SHOULDER AREAS ON STATE HIGHWAYS THAT 15
73	73	MAY BE USED FOR TRAVEL BY STATE OR LOCAL TRANSI T BUSES; AND 16
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75	75	(II) LIMIT THE USE OF A DESIGNATED SHOULDER AREA TO 17
76	76	SPECIFIC DAYS AND TI MES. 18
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78	78	(2) IN ESTABLISHING A DES IGNATED SHOULDER ARE A, THE STATE 19
79	79	HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION SHALL CONSIDER: 20
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81	81	(I) RIGHT–OF–WAY AVAILABILITY AND CAPACITY; 21
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83	83	(II) PEAK CONGESTION HOURS FOR THE SHOULDER UND ER 22
84	84	CONSIDERATION ; 23
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86	86	(III) THE LEVEL OF CONGESTI ON ON THE ROADWAY AD JACENT 24
87	87	TO THE SHOULDER ; AND 25
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89	89	(IV) ANY OTHER FACTOR THE STATE HIGHWAY 26
90	90	ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERS R ELEVANT. 27
91	91	HOUSE BILL 64 3
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94	94	(3) THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION SHALL POST SIGNAGE 1
95	95	PROXIMATE TO A DESIGNATED SHOULDER AREA TO INDICATE THE BEGINNING AND 2
96	96	THE END OF THE DESIGNATED SH OULDER AREA. 3
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98	98	(B) (1) (I) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS 4
99	99	PARAGRAPH , THE DRIVER OF A TRANSIT BUS MAY DRIVE IN A DESIGNATED 5
100	100	SHOULDER A REA. 6
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102	102	(II) THE DRIVER OF A TRANS IT BUS MAY NOT DRIVE IN A 7
103	103	DESIGNATED SHOULDER AREA IF THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC ON THE ADJAC ENT 8
104	104	ROADWAY IS 35 MILES PER HOUR OR GREATER. 9
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106	106	(2) THE DRIVER OF A TRANSIT BUS BEING DRIVEN IN A DESIGNATED 10
107	107	SHOULDER AREA : 11
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109	109	(I) MAY NOT EXCEED THE SP EED OF TRAFFIC ON THE 12
110	110	ADJACENT ROADWAY BY MORE THAN 10 MILES PER HOUR ; AND 13
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112	112	(II) SHALL YIELD TO MERGING , ENTERING, AND EXITING 14
113	113	TRAFFIC AND OTHER VE HICLES ON THE SHOULD ER. 15
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115	115	(C) THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION MAY ADOPT REGULATION S 16
116	116	GOVERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND USE BY TRANSIT B USES OF DESIGNATED 17
117	117	SHOULDER AREAS. 18
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119	119	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 19
120	120	October 1, 2022. 20