Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Motor Scooters and Mopeds - Special Dealer Decals [HB-1179]
Authorizing a motor scooter or moped dealer to apply to the Motor Vehicle Administration for the issuance of special dealer decals; authorizing a motor scooter or moped dealer that attaches a special dealer decal to specified motor scooters or mopeds to, as authorized by law, drive the motor scooters or mopeds on a highway or allow, for demonstration purposes, a prospective buyer to drive the motor scooters or mopeds on a highway; requiring a special dealer decal to be manufactured in a specified manner; etc.
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Vehicle Laws - Stopping, Standing, and Parking - Plug-In Vehicles [HB-1149]
Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in vehicle in a space that is marked for the use of plug-in vehicles and provides access to a plug-in vehicle recharging station.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Rental Vehicles - Required Security [HB-1089]
Establishing that the owner of a rental vehicle may satisfy a specified insurance requirement by maintaining a specified security that is secondary to any other valid and collectible coverage; requiring the owner of a rental vehicle to provide a specified notice to the renter of the rental vehicle; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Life-Threatening Injury by Motor Vehicle or Vessel While Impaired by a [SB-944]
Increasing the penalty for causing life-threatening injury as a result of negligently driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Motor Vehicles - Criminal Negligence Resulting in Death [SB-942]
Repealing the application to motor vehicles of a specified provision of law relating to criminally negligent manslaughter by vehicle or vessel; making it a misdemeanor for a person to cause the death of another as a result of the person's driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle in a criminally negligent manner; establishing the circumstances under which a person is considered to act in a criminally negligent manner for purposes of the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Crimes - Manslaughter by Vehicle - Definition of "Operating" [SB-90]
Establishing that for purposes of a specified provision of law stating the elements of the felony of manslaughter by vehicle, "operating" includes specified actions involving loading, unloading, or securing a load on a vehicle and specified actions required by law of a person driving, operating, or controlling a vehicle; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Nonfunctioning Traffic Control Signals - Requirement to Stop [SB-89]
Altering a specified provision of law requiring vehicular traffic to stop and take specified steps when approaching a nonfunctioning traffic control signal at the intersection of an exit ramp and a highway to apply the requirement to all intersections; and requiring vehicular traffic approaching a nonfunctioning traffic control signal at an intersection to stop in a specified manner, yield to specified other vehicles, and remain stopped until it is safe to continue through the intersection.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Nonfunctioning Traffic Control Signals [SB-7]
Requiring a driver who is approaching a traffic control signal with no visible lighted indication to reduce speed and prepare to yield to other vehicles in or approaching the intersection under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving - Animals [SB-596]
Prohibiting a person from driving a vehicle if there is an animal or animal activity in the front seat of the vehicle that obstructs the view of the driver in a specified manner or interferes with the control of the driver over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund [SB-577]
Establishing the State Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund as a special fund to be used to support specified services for specified individuals with traumatic brain injuries; requiring the Secretary of the Department of Disabilities or the Secretary's designee to administer the Fund; requiring the Secretary or the Secretary's designee to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before a specified date each year; establishing eligibility for individuals to receive assistance from the Fund; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving [SB-529]
Altering the definition of "wireless communication device" to include a handheld or hands-free telephone but to remove from the definition a text messaging device; establishing that a specified prohibition against a minor using a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle does not apply to the use of a text messaging device; altering the enforcement provision of the prohibition against a minor texting while driving; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Stopping, Standing, and Parking - Plug-In Vehicles [SB-340]
Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in vehicle in a space that is marked for the use of plug-in vehicles and provides access to a plug-in vehicle recharging station; establishing that fines and penalties imposed for a specified violation must be distributed to the Transportation Trust Fund; requiring a plug-in vehicle located in a recharging space to be connected to the plug-in vehicle recharging station and to vacate the space once the plug-in vehicle is fully charged; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Learner's Permit Holders - Additional Sanctions for Moving [SB-338]
Establishing specified sanctions applicable to specified holders of learner's instructional permits who commit moving violations; specifying that the sanctions established under the Act are in addition to any other penalty or sanction that might apply as a result of a moving violation; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Fleeing or Eluding Police [SB-254]
Altering a specified provision to prohibit a driver from fleeing and eluding a police officer if the officer is in a police vehicle meeting specified criteria; reclassifying specified offenses relating to fleeing and eluding as a felony; altering a specified offense to include a specified act of fleeing and eluding a police officer that poses a risk of imminent bodily injury; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Use of Wireless Communication Device - Prohibited Acts, [SB-217]
Repealing provisions of law that require enforcement as a secondary offense of specified violations involving the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; repealing provisions of law that apply prohibitions involving the use of a wireless communication device to specified operators of motor vehicles only if the motor vehicle is in motion; providing that specified prohibitions apply only if the motor vehicle is in the travel portion of a roadway; altering a specified penalty; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Nonfunctioning Traffic Control Signals - Requirement to Stop [SB-177]
Altering a provision of law requiring vehicular traffic to stop and take specified actions when approaching a nonfunctioning traffic control signal at specified intersections to apply the requirement to all intersections; and requiring vehicular traffic approaching a nonfunctioning traffic control signal at an intersection to stop in a specified manner, yield to other vehicles or pedestrians in the intersection, and remain stopped until it is safe to enter and continue through the intersection.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Public Transit Vehicles - Right-of-Way [SB-125]
Requiring the driver of a motor vehicle to yield the right-of-way to a public transit vehicle under specified circumstances; and requiring transit agencies in the State to conduct specified public information campaigns.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Environment - Controlled Hazardous Substance Driver Certification - Elimination [SB-114]
Repealing a requirement that the Department of the Environment certify specified drivers of controlled hazardous substance vehicles; repealing a requirement that specified drivers of controlled hazardous substance vehicles carry a specified certificate; repealing requirements that specified drivers submit specified evidence and pay a specified fee; altering the definition of "controlled hazardous substance vehicle driver"; and requiring the Department to conduct a review and report its findings on or before December 15, 2012.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Administration - Young Driver Improvement Program - Parent and [SB-110]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to require a parent, guardian, or other responsible adult cosigner of an application for a driver's license to attend a young driver improvement program with a specified minor offender under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Driving While Impaired by Controlled Dangerous Substance - [HB-984]
Increasing specified penalties for driving or attempting to drive a vehicle while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance.