Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Gross Weight and Axle Load - Poultry [HB-698]
Exempting a specified combination of vehicles with a trailer or semitrailer from specified gross weight limits; establishing the gross weight limit for a specified combination of vehicles with a trailer or semitrailer that are carrying poultry under specified circumstances; and authorizing a specified combination of vehicles with a trailer or semitrailer to have a specified axle load limit tolerance and gross weight limit tolerance under specified circumstances.
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Vehicle Laws - Historic Motor Vehicles - Authorized Uses and Inspections [HB-58]
Requiring the owner of a historic motor vehicle to certify for the vehicle in a registration application that it will not be used for daily transportation, for transportation of passengers, for employment, for transportation to and from employment or school, or for commercial purposes; limiting the application of the exemption from specified motor vehicle inspection requirements and enforcement procedures to historic motor vehicles with a specified model year; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Obstruction Hanging From Rearview Mirror - Enforcement [HB-563]
Providing for enforcement only as a secondary offense for a violation of the prohibition under specified circumstances against a person driving a vehicle on a highway with any object, material, or obstruction hanging from the rearview mirror that interferes with the clear view of the driver through the windshield.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring Systems - Exclusion of Vehicle Rental Companies - Repeal [HB-562]
Altering the definition of "owner" to repeal the exclusion of motor vehicle rental companies as owners of motor vehicles for purposes of the enforcement of violations recorded by speed monitoring systems.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers and Dealers [HB-525]
Altering the conditions under which a motor vehicle dealer's failure to comply with specified requirements constitutes grounds for denial of a specified claim or reduction of the amount of specified compensation; prohibiting a motor vehicle manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch from taking specified action against a dealer for the provision of specified information to specified persons; specifying that a dealer may provide specified information only to a specified customer; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Volunteer Drivers [HB-501]
Prohibiting insurers that issue, sell, or deliver policies of motor vehicle liability insurance in the State from canceling the policy of a named insured or refusing to issue a policy to an applicant solely because the named insured or applicant is a volunteer driver; prohibiting specified insurers from imposing a surcharge solely because a driver under the policy is a volunteer driver; applying the Act prospectively to specified insurance policies issued, sold, delivered, or renewed on or after January 1, 2017; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Operating a Vehicle or Vessel - Injury to Others While Under the Influence of or Impaired by Alcohol or Drugs [HB-47]
Altering the prohibition against causing injury to another while operating a vehicle or vessel while under the influence of or impaired by alcohol or drugs to prohibit causing serious physical injury instead of life-threatening injury.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles and Motor Scooters - Use of Bike Lanes [HB-426]
Repealing the requirement that a person operating a bicycle or motor scooter use a bike lane paved to a smooth surface under specified circumstances; and authorizing a person to operate a bicycle or motor scooter on a roadway, shoulder, or bike lane, regardless of whether there is a bike lane available.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Driving While License is Suspended - Prison Sentence Repeal [HB-348]
Repealing the prison sentence for driving a motor vehicle while a person's license or privilege to drive is suspended under specified provisions of State law relating to the lapse of required security, noncompliance with traffic citations, and nonpayment of fines; and repealing the prison sentences for driving a motor vehicle while a person's license or privilege to drive is suspended by another state for failure to comply with a specified notice to appear in court or to pay a specified fine.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Driving Without a License or While License is Suspended - Penalties [HB-347]
Altering the maximum penalty for driving a motor vehicle while a person's license or privilege to drive is suspended under specified provisions of State law; altering the maximum penalty for driving a motor vehicle while a person's license or privilege to drive is suspended by another state under specified circumstances; and altering the maximum penalty for driving on a highway without a license.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Marijuana Consumption in Public Place - Prohibition [HB-334]
Prohibiting a person from smoking or consuming marijuana in a public place or in a vehicle located on a highway, in a parking lot, or in an area accessible to the public; prohibiting a person from being impaired by marijuana and endangering the safety of the person, another person, or property; and establishing a specified penalty.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Transportation Network Services and For-Hire Transportation - Clarifications [HB-3]
Expanding the types of motor vehicle liability insurers that may exclude coverage to operators providing transportation network services; prohibiting a person from operating a transportation network company in the State without a permit from the Public Service Commission; providing that before December 15, 2016, the Commission may not require an applicant for a for-hire driver's license or transportation network operator's license to comply with a specified criminal history records check; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Passing Bicycles, Personal Mobility Devices, or Motor Scooters [HB-214]
Requiring a driver of a motor vehicle that passes a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter at a distance of less than 3 feet in accordance with a specified provision of law to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for existing weather, road, and vehicular or pedestrian traffic conditions and does not endanger, impede, or interfere with the bicycle, EPAMD, motor scooter or other traffic; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Aggressive Driving [HB-213]
Reducing, from three to two, the number of specified offenses that a person must commit at the same time or during a single and continuous period of driving that constitutes aggressive driving; and increasing the maximum criminal fine for aggressive driving to $1,000.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Use of Handheld Telephone While Driving - Penalties [HB-212]
Providing a maximum fine of $500 for a violation of specified prohibitions against using a handheld telephone while driving a motor vehicle; providing that the court may waive the penalty for a person convicted of a first offense who provides proof that the person has acquired specified phone accessories that will allow the person to operate a motor vehicle in accordance with specified provisions of law; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Smoking Marijuana in Vehicles - Prohibition [HB-183]
Prohibiting a driver of a motor vehicle from smoking or consuming marijuana in the passenger area of the motor vehicle on a highway; prohibiting an occupant of a motor vehicle from smoking marijuana in the passenger area of the motor vehicle on a highway; and establishing specified penalties.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Accidents Resulting in Injury - Mandatory Drug and Alcohol Testing [HB-182]
Requiring a person involved in a motor vehicle accident that results in an injury to another person that requires the removal of the other person to a medical facility to submit to specified drug or alcohol testing if the person is detained by a police officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that the person has been driving or attempting to drive in violation of specified drug- or alcohol-related driving restrictions; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Proof of Insurance for Motor Vehicles Registered in Another State [HB-1641]
Prohibiting a person from operating or allowing to be operated a motor vehicle registered in another state if the person knows or has reason to know that the motor vehicle does not have a valid motor vehicle insurance policy; and prohibiting a person from willfully and knowingly providing false proof of insurance for a motor vehicle registered in another state.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Death or Life-Threatening Injury by Motor Vehicle or Vessel - Subsequent Offenders - Penalties [HB-157]
Establishing subsequent offender penalties for specified offenses that result in the death or life-threatening injury to another as the result of a specified person driving, operating, or controlling a vehicle or vessel; and providing that specified offenses committed in another state or federal jurisdiction are to be considered for the application of specified subsequent offender penalties.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Schools - School Vehicles - Three-Point Seat Belts [HB-1473]
Requiring a specified public school safety education program to include student instruction on school vehicle safety and the use of seat belts; prohibiting specified persons from allowing pupils to stand in a school vehicle while the school vehicle is in motion; requiring that specified school vehicles purchased after January 1, 2018, be equipped with seat belts, as specified; prohibiting a person from operating a school vehicle unless the person and occupants under age 16 are restrained by a seat belt; etc.