Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Adoption of Enforcement Tools to Record Video of Illegal Cell Phone Use While Driving [HB-843]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Adoption of Enforcement Tools to Record Video of Illegal Cell Phone Use While Driving; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2017; etc.
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Transportation - Ignition Interlock Devices - Definition [HB-784]
Altering the definition of "ignition interlock system" to require that an ignition interlock device be equipped with a camera capable of recording the image of the driver of the motor vehicle in which the device is installed; making conforming changes; providing for a specified contingency; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Operation of Motorcycles - Handlebar Height [SB-668]
Increasing, from 15 inches to 20 inches, the maximum height that the handlebars of a motorcycle may be above a specified part of the motorcycle seat in order for a person to lawfully operate the motorcycle.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Seasonal Exceptional Poultry Hauling Permit [HB-768]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to issue a seasonal exceptional poultry hauling permit that authorizes specified axle configurations and specified increased weight limits while carrying live poultry from a farm to a processing facility from November 1 until April 30 annually in specified counties; requiring a combination of vehicles carrying live poultry with a trailer or semitrailer to submit to and pass a specified inspection twice yearly; requiring the operator of the specified vehicle to carry the inspection report; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Driver Improvement Program and Failure to Pay Child Support - Driver's License Suspensions - Penalties and Assessment of Points [HB-844]
Altering the assessment of points and the penalties associated with the suspension of a driver's license or privilege to drive for failure to attend a specified driver improvement program or is an obligor 60 days or more out of compliance with the most recent order of the court in making child support payments.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Adoption of Enforcement Tools to Record Video of Illegal Cell Phone Use While Driving [SB-635]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Adoption of Enforcement Tools to Record Video of Illegal Cell Phone Use While Driving; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task force to report its findings and recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2017; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Transportation - Ignition Interlock Devices - Definition [SB-523]
Altering the definition of "ignition interlock system" to require that an ignition interlock device be equipped with a camera capable of recording the image of the driver of the motor vehicle in which the device is installed; making conforming changes; providing for a specified contingency; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Out-of-State Vehicles - Required Security [HB-603]
Altering the defined term "required security" as it applies to motor vehicles in the State to include specified security for out-of-state motor vehicles.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Use of Crosswalks [HB-527]
Authorizing a person to ride a bicycle in or through a crosswalk in a place where a person may not lawfully ride a bicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area; providing that a person riding a bicycle in or through a crosswalk is subject to specified traffic control signals; prohibiting a person riding a bicycle in or through a crosswalk from suddenly leaving the curb or other place of safety and moving into the path of a vehicle that is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Life-Threatening Injury Involving a Vehicle or Vessel - Criminal Negligence [HB-585]
Prohibiting a person from causing a life-threatening injury to another as a result of the person's driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel in a criminally negligent manner; exempting specified conduct that results in a life-threatening injury to another; establishing penalties, and a specified exemption, for a first violation of the Act which constitute a misdemeanor subject to imprisonment of up to 18 months or a maximum fine of $5,000 or both; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons [HB-578]
Establishing that a pedestrian hybrid beacon is a traffic control signal; establishing that specified provisions of law do not apply to pedestrian hybrid beacons; authorizing the State Highway Administration or a local jurisdiction to install a pedestrian hybrid beacon in accordance with the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Enhanced Underinsured Motorist Coverage [SB-403]
Authorizing a specified insured to obtain specified enhanced underinsured motorist coverage, instead of specified uninsured motorist coverage, under a private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policy; requiring specified insurers to offer specified enhanced underinsured motorist coverage under specified circumstances; providing for the characteristics of the enhanced underinsured motorist coverage; applying the Act to motor vehicle policies issued, sold, or delivered in the State on or after July 1, 2018; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - School Bus Monitoring Cameras - Civil Penalty [HB-495]
Providing the civil penalty for a violation recorded by a school bus monitoring camera for failure to stop for a school vehicle operating alternately flashing red lights may not exceed $500.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles and Pedestrians - Use of Crosswalks [SB-337]
Requiring the driver of a vehicle to come to a stop when a pedestrian or bicycle is stopped on a curb, a median divider, or any other place of safety, waiting to cross the roadway in a crosswalk; authorizing a person to ride a bicycle in or through a crosswalk in a place where a person may not lawfully ride a bicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area; providing that a person riding a bicycle in or through a crosswalk is subject to specified traffic control signals; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Young Drivers - Hour Restriction [HB-330]
Altering the hours during which a holder of a provisional driver's license under the age of 18 may drive unsupervised.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Reckless and Negligent Driving - Death of Another - Must-Appear Violation (Ryan's Law) [HB-329]
Providing that a person charged with reckless or negligent driving that contributes to an accident that results in the death of another person is guilty of a must-appear violation for specified purposes, may not comply with the notice to appear in court by prepayment of a fine, and must appear in court in person.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Aggressive Driving [HB-333]
Altering the motor vehicle offense of aggressive driving to include the commission of a specified number of an alternate set of specified motor vehicle offenses under specified circumstances; and establishing that specified persons charged with a violation for aggressive driving must appear in court and may not prepay the fine.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Pedestrian Hybrid Signals [SB-338]
Requiring the driver of a vehicle to obey a pedestrian hybrid signal in a specified manner; establishing a specified penalty for a violation of the Act; establishing that specified provisions of law relating to traffic control signal monitoring systems apply to pedestrian hybrid signals; establishing the manner in which a pedestrian or bicyclist is required to obey a pedestrian hybrid signal; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts - Golden Beach Patuxent Knolls [SB-299]
Creating an exception from motor vehicle registration requirements for golf carts in the community of Golden Beach Patuxent Knolls, St. Mary's County; providing that a person who operates a golf cart in Golden Beach Patuxent Knolls may operate the golf cart only on specified roads, between dawn and dusk, and only if the golf cart is equipped with specified lighting; authorizing the St. Mary's County Department of Public Works and Transportation to designate the specified highways on which a person may operate a golf cart; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Use of Handheld Telephone While Driving - Penalty [HB-242]
Providing for a maximum fine of $500 for a violation of specified prohibitions against using a handheld telephone while driving a motor vehicle; etc.