Vehicle Laws - Parking Violations - Administrative Enforcement by Counties and [HB-577]
Authorizing a county or a municipal corporation, by ordinance, to establish an alternative enforcement program for the issuance of civil parking citations for violations of specified restrictions on the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles; establishing requirements for an ordinance adopted under the Act; requiring an ordinance adopted under the Act to provide for a specified judicial review in the circuit court; etc.
HB-577: Vehicle Laws - Parking Violations - Administrative Enforcement by Counties and
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/07/2011
Transportation Trust Fund Protection Act [HB-518]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish a Transportation Trust Fund to be used only for purposes relating to transportation with a specified exception; prohibiting the reversion or crediting of any part of the Transportation Trust Fund to the General Fund of the State; requiring that specified taxes, fees, charges, and revenues be credited to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc.
HB-518: Transportation Trust Fund Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2011
Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing School Vehicles - School Bus Monitoring [HB-462]
Authorizing a law enforcement agency, in consultation with a county board of education, to place school bus monitoring cameras on county school buses for the purpose of recording motor vehicles committing violations relating to overtaking and passing school vehicles, if authorized by a local law enacted by the governing body of the local jurisdiction; requiring recorded images made by a school bus monitoring camera to include specified images and information about the violations; etc.
HB-462: Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing School Vehicles - School Bus Monitoring
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 04/11/2011
Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures [HB-356]
Providing for the statewide application of provisions of law governing the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots; establishing a motor vehicle towing, recovery, and storage lien on a towed motor vehicle on behalf of the tower or agent for specified charges; prohibiting a motor vehicle towing, recovery, and storage lienor from selling the motor vehicle to which the lien is attached under specified circumstances; specifying the manner in which a motor vehicle towing, recovery, and storage lienor may sell a vehicle; etc.
HB-356: Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Senators Raskin, Frosh, And Shank on 04/07/2011
Motor Vehicle Dealers - Issuance of Temporary Registration Plate - Lapsed [HB-319]
Authorizing a licensed motor vehicle dealer to issue a temporary registration plate to a vehicle buyer who is subject to a penalty for lapsed security for another vehicle; establishing an exception for specified vehicles to the prohibition against the Motor Vehicle Administration issuing a new registration if the vehicle owner is subject to a penalty for lapsed security; and making a technical correction.
HB-319: Motor Vehicle Dealers - Issuance of Temporary Registration Plate - Lapsed
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Frush
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
Vehicle Laws - Specially Constructed Vehicles - Titling and Registration [HB-155]
Clarifying that the Motor Vehicle Administration may issue certificates of title for and register specially constructed vehicles; requiring an applicant for registration of a specially constructed vehicle to certify that the vehicle will be used only according to specified standards; exempting specially constructed vehicles from specified equipment and inspection requirements; altering and expanding the application of the defined term "specially constructed vehicle"; etc.
Vehicle Laws - Parking Violations - Administrative Enforcement by Baltimore [HB-1265]
Authorizing Baltimore County, by ordinance, to establish an alternative enforcement program for the issuance of civil parking citations for violations of specified restrictions on the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles; requiring an ordinance adopted under the Act to provide for a specified judicial review in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County; requiring an ordinance adopted under the Act to require a specified notification to the Motor Vehicle Administration; etc.
Frederick County - Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing School Vehicles - [HB-1197]
Authorizing the Frederick County Board of Education to place school bus monitoring cameras on county school buses to record a motor vehicle committing a violation relating to overtaking and passing school vehicles; requiring a school bus operator to give a recording of the violation to a specified local law enforcement agency; providing a specified penalty; etc.
HB-1197: Frederick County - Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing School Vehicles -
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2011
Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts - City of Crisfield [HB-1166]
Creating an exception from motor vehicle registration requirements under specified circumstances for golf carts in the City of Crisfield; providing that a person who operates a golf cart on a highway in the City of Crisfield may operate the golf cart only on specified roads at specified times and only if the golf cart is equipped with specified lighting devices; and requiring a person who operates a golf cart on a highway in the City of Crisfield to keep as far to the right of the roadway as feasible.
HB-1166: Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts - City of Crisfield
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Otto
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/24/2011
Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing School Vehicles - School Bus Monitoring [HB-1106]
Authorizing a county board of education, in consultation with a local law enforcement agency, to place school bus monitoring cameras on county school buses for the purpose of recording motor vehicles committing violations relating to overtaking and passing school vehicles; requiring a school bus operator to give a recording of the violations to a local law enforcement agency; requiring recordings made by a school bus monitoring camera to include specified images and information about the violations; etc.
HB-1106: Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing School Vehicles - School Bus Monitoring
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/14/2011
Transportation - Required Security - Rental Vehicles [HB-1058]
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.
Transportation Trust Fund - Financing - Use of Funds [HB-1001]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish a Transportation Trust Fund to be used only for purposes relating to transportation except in specified circumstances; prohibiting the reversion or crediting of any part of the Transportation Trust Fund to the General Fund of the State with a specified exception; prohibiting the reversion or crediting of any part of the Transportation Trust Fund to a special fund of the State with a specified exception; etc.
HB-1001: Transportation Trust Fund - Financing - Use of Funds
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 3/1 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2011
SB-1062: Amends existing law relating to motor vehicle registration and dealers and salesmen licensing to provide that laden dealer or manufacturer plates shall be available to licensed dealers and manufacturers operating vehicles with laden loads, to provide that such plates shall be exempt from certain provisions, to provide that the operating fee for a laden dealer or manufacturer plate will be equal to the fees for certain commercial vehicles, to provide for a maximum gross vehicle weight and to provide for temporary weight increase permits; to provide that certain provisions shall not apply to laden dealer or manufacturer plates; and to provide for limitation of use.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Governor Signed Session Law Chapter 72 Effective: 07/01/11 on 03/16/2011
You have voted SB-1062: Amends existing law relating to motor vehicle registration and dealers and salesmen licensing to provide that laden dealer or manufacturer plates shall be available to licensed dealers and manufacturers operating vehicles with laden loads, to provide that such plates shall be exempt from certain provisions, to provide that the operating fee for a laden dealer or manufacturer plate will be equal to the fees for certain commercial vehicles, to provide for a maximum gross vehicle weight and to provide for temporary weight increase permits; to provide that certain provisions shall not apply to laden dealer or manufacturer plates; and to provide for limitation of use..
You have voted SB-1311: Amends existing law relating to motor vehicle registration to revise provisions regarding a certain permit and combination of vehicles..
You have voted SB-1298: Amends existing law relating to motor vehicle registration to revise provisions regarding a certain permit and combination of vehicles..
HB-618: Amends existing law relating to motor vehicle registration and penalties to provide for exceptions, to provide for a warning and to provide for measuring of gross weight for certain vehicles.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Senate Intro on 03/10/2010
You have voted HB-618: Amends existing law relating to motor vehicle registration and penalties to provide for exceptions, to provide for a warning and to provide for measuring of gross weight for certain vehicles..
Vehicle Laws - Electronic Transmission of Title Information by Dealers [SB-85]
Providing that a licensed vehicle dealer transferring a vehicle may electronically transmit specified taxes, fees, and other required titling documents or data to the Motor Vehicle Administration within 30 days of the date of delivery of the vehicle; etc.
SB-85: Vehicle Laws - Electronic Transmission of Title Information by Dealers
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures [SB-788]
Providing for the statewide application for provisions of law governing the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots; altering specified maximum amounts that a person may charge for towing and storing a vehicle; requiring a tower to release a towed vehicle to specified persons under specified circumstances; altering specified penalties related to towing; establishing a motor vehicle towing and storage lien on a towed motor vehicle on behalf of the tower for specified towing and storage charges; etc.
SB-788: Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2010
Vehicle Laws - Parking Violations - Administrative Enforcement by Counties and [SB-707]
Authorizing a county or a municipal corporation, by ordinance, to establish an alternative enforcement program for the issuance of civil parking citations for violations of specified restrictions on the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles; establishing requirements for an ordinance adopted under the Act; requiring an ordinance adopted under the Act to provide for a specified judicial review in the District Court; etc.
SB-707: Vehicle Laws - Parking Violations - Administrative Enforcement by Counties and
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel McFadden
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/29/2010