Towing
Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Parking Violations - Administrative Enforcement by Baltimore [HB-1265]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
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.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 04/01/2011
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Gettr Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures [SB-788]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Length of Vehicles - Saddle-Mount and Full-Mount Combinations [SB-66]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Providing that a specified truck tractor or unloaded truck towing one or more other truck tractors or unloaded trucks in combination may not exceed 97 feet in length.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Raymond Scott Brown II Vehicle Towing Notification Act [SB-1054]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a person who undertakes the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots to provide specified notice to specified police departments; altering the time frame within which a tower is required to provide notice to specified police departments after towing a vehicle from a parking lot; altering the information that a tower is required to provide to specified police departments after towing a vehicle from a parking lot; and establishing specified methods of providing the notice.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Harford County - Towing and Removing Vehicles [HB-654]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that a vehicle may not be towed or removed from private property in Harford County unless the owner of the property has posted specified signs and makes a request for the towing or removal of the specific vehicle; providing that a property owner may not contract with a person for the towing or removal of a vehicle under specified circumstances; requiring the owner of property in Harford County to maintain records and keep specified documentation relating to towed vehicles; limiting specified fees and charges; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 04/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Access to Towed Vehicles [HB-1183]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring specified persons who take an abandoned motor vehicle into custody to make the motor vehicle available to specified persons for specified purposes, subject to oversight and limitations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 04/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures [HB-1120]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing for the statewide application for provisions of law governing the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots; establishing a motor vehicle towing and storage lien on a towed motor vehicle on behalf of the tower for specified towing and storage charges; prohibiting a motor vehicle towing 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 and storage lienor may sell a vehicle; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Doyle Niemann
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/12/2010
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces [HB-1587]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in electric drive vehicle in a parking space that is designated for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles; requiring that a parking space that is for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles have green pavement markings; requiring that a parking space that is for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles be counted as part of the overall number of parking spaces for purposes of complying with certain zoning or parking laws; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces [HB-1587]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in electric drive vehicle in a parking space that is designated for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles; requiring that a parking space that is for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles have green pavement markings; requiring that a parking space that is for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles be counted as part of the overall number of parking spaces for purposes of complying with certain zoning or parking laws; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol - Subsequent Offenders - Mandatory Ignition Interlock [HB-1320]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a court to prohibit a person convicted of a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence of alcohol from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped with an ignition interlock system and to order the person to install an ignition interlock system on the person's vehicle as a sentence, part of a sentence, or condition of probation; requiring a court to order certain motor vehicles to be impounded or immobilized for a certain period under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/02/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Towing or Removal of Vehicles from Parking Lots - Reclamation Hours [HB-1384]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Limiting, to at a minimum from 6 a.m. to midnight, the hours during which a certain person in possession of a vehicle that has been towed or removed from a parking lot is required to provide an opportunity for the vehicle owner or the owner's agent to retake possession of the vehicle; and altering a certain signage requirement imposed on the owner or operator of a parking lot relating to hours during which a towed vehicle may be reclaimed.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Commercial Motor Vehicles - Inspections [HB-1505]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
Altering the mileage at which the owner of a Class F (tractor) vehicle that has been in operation for not more than 5 years is required to have the vehicle inspected, maintained, and repaired to 35,000 miles; and altering the mileage at which the owner of certain Class E vehicles that have been in operation for not more than 5 years are required to have the vehicle inspected, maintained, and repaired to 50,000 miles, if the vehicles are zero-emission electric vehicles or fuel cell electric vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Third Reading Passed (133-0) on 03/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Commercial Motor Vehicles - Inspections [HB-1505]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
Altering the mileage at which the owner of a Class F (tractor) vehicle that has been in operation for not more than 5 years is required to have the vehicle inspected, maintained, and repaired to 35,000 miles; and altering the mileage at which the owner of certain Class E vehicles that have been in operation for not more than 5 years are required to have the vehicle inspected, maintained, and repaired to 50,000 miles, if the vehicles are zero-emission electric vehicles or fuel cell electric vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Third Reading Passed (133-0) on 03/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces [SB-474]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in electric drive vehicle in a parking space that is designated for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles; requiring that a parking space for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles have certain pavement markings; requiring that a parking space for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles be counted as part of the overall number of parking spaces for certain purposes; establishing a civil penalty of $50 for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 3/11 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Towing or Removal of Vehicles From Parking Lots - Reclamation Hours [SB-392]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Limiting, to between 6 a.m. and midnight, the hours during which a certain person in possession of a vehicle that has been towed or removed from a parking lot is required to provide an opportunity for the vehicle owner or the owner's agent to retake possession of the vehicle; and altering a certain signage requirement imposed on the owner or operator of a parking lot relating to hours during which a towed vehicle may be reclaimed.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/20/2020
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Utah 2020 General Session
Towing Signage Revisions [HB-57]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Towing Signage Revisions
Sponsored by: Sen. Wayne Harper
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/24/2020
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Utah 2020 General Session
Impound Fees Amendments [SB-71]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Finance ]
Impound Fees Amendments
Sponsored by: Sen. Daniel McCay
Senate/ Strike Enacting Clause In Senate Secretary on 03/12/2020
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Motor Vehicles. [SB-3025]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizes the immediate towing of parked vehicles that are not properly registered, do not display valid safety inspection stickers, or are otherwise illegally parked.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rosalyn Baker
The Committee On Trs Deferred The Measure. on 02/10/2020
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Towing. [HB-2162]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Clarifies the fees tow companies may charge. Clarifies the duties of tow companies when vehicle owners arrive on the scene while their vehicles are in the process of being hooked up. Requires tow and storage companies to accept credit cards and debit cards. Subjects violations of the towing statute to the penalties and remedies under the State's unfair or deceptive acts or practices law and consumer protection law. Adds definitions for clarity. Effective 10/1/2020. (SD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Takumi
Received Notice Of House Agreement And Passage On Final Reading (hse. Com. No. 425). on 07/10/2020
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Towing. [HB-2162]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Clarifies the fees tow companies may charge. Clarifies the duties of tow companies when vehicle owners arrive on the scene while their vehicles are in the process of being hooked up. Requires tow and storage companies to accept credit cards and debit cards. Subjects violations of the towing statute to the penalties and remedies under the State's unfair or deceptive acts or practices law and consumer protection law. Adds definitions for clarity. Effective 10/1/2020. (SD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Takumi
Received Notice Of House Agreement And Passage On Final Reading (hse. Com. No. 425). on 07/10/2020