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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Towing Services - Licensing [HB-1255]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting, after October 1, 2015, a person from registering a tow truck unless the person obtains a towing license; authorizing a police department to take an improperly registered tow truck into custody; requiring, after October 1, 2015, a person to obtain a license from the Motor Vehicle Administration before driving a tow truck in the State, operating a towing service in the State, or operating a specified vehicle storage facility in the State; establishing the Towing Regulation Advisory Board in the MVA; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Malone
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2013
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Food Service Facilities - Letter Grading [HB-1217]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish and implement a system for grading and classifying health inspection results for specified food service facilities; requiring the Department to provide specified food service facilities with letter grade cards; requiring specified food service facilities to immediately post letter grade cards under specified circumstances; prohibiting the Department from providing a letter grade card to a food service facility if the Department orders closing; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/23/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Motor Scooters and Mopeds - Special Dealer Decals [HB-1179]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Norman Conway
Third Reading Passed With Amendments (47-0) on 04/03/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Food Service Facilities - Letter Grading PG 313-13 [HB-1150]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring the Prince George's County Health Department to establish and implement a system for grading and classifying health inspection results for specified food service facilities; requiring the Health Department to provide specified food service facilities with specified letter grade cards; requiring food service facilities to post letter grade cards in a specified manner under specified circumstances; prohibiting the Health Department from providing a letter grade card to a food service facility under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/05/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring and Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Expansion and Modifications [HB-1103]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Construction ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing local jurisdictions to use speed monitoring systems to enforce specified speed laws on all highways in their jurisdictions under specified standards and procedures; requiring a Web site maintained or participated in under the Act to include specified features and information relating to paying penalties online and requesting adjudication of a citation online or by mail; increasing to $80 the maximum penalty for violations recorded in school zones during specified times and by work zone speed control systems; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2013
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Audio and Video Recording Devices on Vehicles [SB-979]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to activate an audio recording device on specified vehicles; requiring the Administration to post a notice on vehicles, as specified; limiting, to specified persons and for specified purposes, the review of any audio recording made on a vehicle used to provide transit service; requiring the Administration to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/16/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Unauthorized Signs on Highway Rights-of-Way - Exceptions [SB-964]
[Real Estate ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
Exempting a sign placed or maintained by a home builder or real estate broker during specified time periods from the prohibition against placing or maintaining a sign within the right-of-way of a State highway.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/29/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Maryland State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Permits and [SB-895]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring that a mortuary transport service be issued a permit by the Maryland State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors before removing or transporting human remains; establishing fees and requirements for obtaining a permit; requiring permit holders to use vehicles that have passed a specified inspection; requiring permit holders to employ only specified registered transporters; requiring that individuals employed by specified permit holders be registered with the Board before removing and transporting human remains; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Public Safety - Department of State Police - Yellow Dot Program [SB-890]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Yellow Dot Program in the Department of State Police to provide specified health information to emergency responders under specified circumstances; requiring the Department to design and make available specified materials necessary to implement and administer the Program; requiring the Department to publicize the Program and distribute Program materials in cooperation with the Motor Vehicle Administration; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Norman Stone
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn on 03/19/2012
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Vehicle Laws - Registration Plates for Motorcycles - Individuals with [SB-772]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disabilities ]
Authorizing an individual to possess a specified number of special registration plates for individuals with disabilities for specified motorcycles in addition to the special registration plate and parking placards authorized under provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Real Estate Commission - Regulation of Business Brokers [SB-738]
[Real Estate ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring an individual to be licensed as a business broker before providing business brokerage services in the State; making specified provisions of law governing real estate licensees applicable to business brokers, including qualifications for license applicants, grounds for denial, reprimand, suspension, revocation, and penalties, reciprocity of licenses, duties of licensees, nonresident broker requirements, provision of services through a team, and prohibited acts; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs Withdrawn on 03/07/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Motor Scooters, Mopeds, and Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles [SB-624]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a motor scooter or a moped in the State to be titled by the Motor Vehicle Administration; requiring the Administration to issue a permanent decal to the owner of a motor scooter, a moped, or an off- highway recreational vehicle; establishing a fee for a title issued for a motor scooter, a moped, or an off-highway recreational vehicle; prohibiting a person from operating or riding on a motor scooter or an off-highway recreational vehicle unless the person is wearing protective headgear; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Montgomery
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2012
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Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Forfeited Rights To Interment [SB-430]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a cemetery to initiate proceedings for the forfeiture of the right to interment under specified circumstances; requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight to review and approve all forfeiture proceedings; requiring a cemetery that initiates a proceeding for the forfeiture of the right to interment to provide a specified notice and file specified information with the Office; authorizing an owner or family member of the owner of a right to interment to suspend specified forfeiture proceedings in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 02/08/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures [SB-401]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Clarifying the application of and altering security requirements for tow trucks; altering penalties for specified violations related to tow truck vehicle registration; repealing a provision exempting abandoned vehicles from the application of provisions relating to the towing and removal of vehicles from parking lots; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to establish and maintain a database containing addresses for specified insurers and make the database available to any tower free of charge; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Unauthorized Signs on Highway Rights-of-Way - Exceptions [SB-392]
[Real Estate ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
Exempting in Anne Arundel County a sign placed or maintained by a home builder or real estate broker during specified time periods from the prohibition against placing or maintaining a sign within the right-of- way of a State highway.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/01/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Signs on Highway Rights-of-Way - Permits [SB-360]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Establishing that a specified prohibition relating to the placement and maintenance of signs on State highway rights-of-way does not apply to a sign for which a specified permit has been issued; authorizing the State Highway Administration to issue a specified permit for a sign located within a State highway right-of-way under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Shank
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn on 03/19/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Information - Sign Posting [SB-352]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the business owner of a privately owned bus station or truck stop located in the State to post in restrooms in a specified manner a specified sign that provides National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline information; requiring an agency that determines a violation has occurred to provide a notice to the business owner of a bus station or truck stop or the business owner's agent; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Baltimore City - Vehicle Height Monitoring Systems [SB-306]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing and establishing requirements for the use of specified vehicle height monitoring systems in Baltimore City to enforce specified State and local laws restricting the presence of specified vehicles during specified times; establishing that a vehicle height monitoring system may be used under the Act only if its use is authorized by an ordinance adopted by the Baltimore City Council; providing for the contents of a citation under the Act; establishing a maximum fine of $500 for a third or subsequent violation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Criminal Law - Drug-Free Zones - Public Parks and Recreation Areas [SB-288]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from using or possessing with intent to use specified drug paraphernalia in specified public parks and recreation areas; allowing a defendant in a specified prosecution to introduce and requiring the court to consider specified evidence of medical necessity; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; authorizing a specified unit of government to post specified signs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Outdoor Sign Permits - Issuance to Business [SB-286]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to issue a permit to specified persons to erect and maintain temporary outdoor signs for business enterprises whose outdoor signs are removed by the Administration during specified highway construction projects; prohibiting a person from replacing an outdoor sign removed by the Administration with a temporary sign unless the Administration has issued a permit for the temporary sign under a specified provision of law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn on 03/12/2012