Traffic Regulation
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Driving While License is Suspended - Prison Sentence Repeal [SB-41]
Repealing the prison sentence for driving a motor vehicle while a person's license or privilege to drive is suspended under specified provisions of State law relating to the lapse of required security, noncompliance with traffic citations, and nonpayment of fines; and repealing the prison sentences for driving a motor vehicle while a person's license or privilege to drive is suspended by another state for failure to comply with a specified notice to appear in court or to pay a specified fine; etc.
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Criminal Procedure - Expungement [SB-328]
Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of specified misdemeanor convictions; requiring a person to file a petition for expungement in a specified court; providing that a petition for expungement of specified misdemeanor convictions may not be filed earlier than 10 years after the person satisfied the specified sentence or sentences imposed for all convictions for which expungement is requested; requiring the court to provided written notice of the petition to all victims listed in the case; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts - City of Crisfield [SB-309]
Creating an exception from motor vehicle registration requirements 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 do so only on specified roads at specified times and only if the golf cart is equipped with specified lighting devices and the operator possesses a valid driver's license; and authorizing the State Highway Administration to develop a location in the City of Crisfield where a person operating a golf cart may cross over a specified highway.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Counties - Transportation Adequate Public Facility Law - State Highway Intersection [SB-303]
Prohibiting a county from amending or repealing a transportation adequate public facility law in effect on January 1, 2016; requiring that the level of traffic congestion at a State highway intersection be determined by the State Highway Administration for the purpose of determining whether development is allowed under a county transportation adequate public facility law.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Safety - Motorcycle Profiling - Training [SB-233]
Requiring the Police Training Commission to require a specified statement condemning motorcycle profiling to be included in existing written policies regarding other profiling; requiring the Commission to include in specified curriculum and courses of study training on motorcycle profiling in conjunction with existing training regarding other profiling; and defining the term "motorcycle profiling".
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Police - Speed Camera Revenue - Enforcement Activities [SB-213]
Expanding the authorized use of the balance of money by the State Police in a specified special fund containing revenue from civil fines collected through use of a work zone speed control system to include any enforcement activities; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Passing Bicycles, Personal Mobility Devices, or Motor Scooters [SB-1123]
Repealing an exception to a requirement that a driver overtake and pass a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter in a specified manner that applies when a highway lacks sufficient width; requiring a driver who passes a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter in accordance with a specified provision of law to pass at a reasonable or prudent speed that is safe for existing weather, road, and vehicular or pedestrian traffic conditions and does not endanger, impede, or interfere with the bicycle, EPAMD, motor scooter, or other traffic; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Railroad Grade Crossings - Exempt Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Plaque [SB-1120]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to erect an exempt highway-rail grade crossing plaque at each railroad grade crossing in the State that is no longer in use by a railroad; specifying that the design and placement of a plaque shall be erected in accordance with the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices; and exempting specified vehicles from the requirement to stop at specified railroad grade crossings if the railroad grade crossing has an exempt highway-rail grade crossing plaque.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
University of Maryland Strategic Partnership Act of 2016 [SB-1052]
Formalizing a strategic partnership between specified higher education institutions to be called the University of Maryland; requiring the University System of Maryland to maintain and enhance a coordinated Higher Education Center for Research and Graduate and Professional Study in the Baltimore area based on the joint graduate and research programs of specified State institutions; requiring the presidents of the University of Maryland campuses to implement a plan that promotes collaboration between specified campuses; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Driver Education Program Curriculum - Police Traffic Stop Procedures [HB-967]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations requiring that classroom instruction for the driver education program include instruction on what to do when stopped by a police officer.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Calibration Checks [HB-863]
Increasing the frequency of periodic calibration checks of speed monitoring systems; requiring a calibration check of a speed monitoring system when the software is upgraded; and requiring a local jurisdiction with a speed monitoring program to publish online specified information about the speed monitoring system under specified circumstances.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Safety - Motorcycle Profiling - Training [HB-785]
Requiring the Police Training Commission to require a specified statement condemning motorcycle profiling to be included in existing written policies regarding other profiling; requiring the Commission to include in a specified curriculum and courses of study training on motorcycle profiling in conjunction with existing training regarding other profiling; and defining the term "motorcycle profiling".
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Traffic Stops - Officer Disclosures [HB-628]
Requiring that, at the time that a law enforcement officer makes a traffic stop, the law enforcement officer disclose to the driver of the vehicle the law enforcement officer's name, badge number, and the reason for the stop except under exigent circumstances.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Probation Before Judgment [HB-590]
Repealing a provision of law denying a person entitlement to expungement if the petition for expungement is based on the entry of probation before judgment for a specified crime and the person, within 3 years of the entry of the probation before judgment, has been convicted of a specified crime.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Obstruction Hanging From Rearview Mirror - Enforcement [HB-563]
Providing for enforcement only as a secondary offense for a violation of the prohibition under specified circumstances against a person driving a vehicle on a highway with any object, material, or obstruction hanging from the rearview mirror that interferes with the clear view of the driver through the windshield.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring Systems - Exclusion of Vehicle Rental Companies - Repeal [HB-562]
Altering the definition of "owner" to repeal the exclusion of motor vehicle rental companies as owners of motor vehicles for purposes of the enforcement of violations recorded by speed monitoring systems.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Counties - Transportation Adequate Public Facility Law - State Highway Intersection [HB-442]
Prohibiting a county from amending or repealing a transportation adequate public facility law in effect on January 1, 2016; requiring that the level of traffic congestion at a State highway intersection be determined by the State Highway Administration for the purpose of determining whether development is allowed under a county transportation adequate public facility law.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring, Work Zone Speed Control, and Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems - Repeal [HB-436]
Repealing the authority of counties and municipalities in the State to use speed monitoring systems to enforce highway speed laws; repealing the authority to use work zone speed control systems to enforce highway speed laws within work zones; repealing the authority to use traffic control signal monitoring systems to enforce traffic control signal laws; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Driving While License is Suspended - Prison Sentence Repeal [HB-348]
Repealing the prison sentence for driving a motor vehicle while a person's license or privilege to drive is suspended under specified provisions of State law relating to the lapse of required security, noncompliance with traffic citations, and nonpayment of fines; and repealing the prison sentences for driving a motor vehicle while a person's license or privilege to drive is suspended by another state for failure to comply with a specified notice to appear in court or to pay a specified fine.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Frederick County - Failure to Obey Traffic Control Device on Maryland Route 75 - Penalty [HB-322]
Increasing to $10,000 the maximum penalty for failure to obey a traffic control device governing the height of vehicles traveling on Maryland Route 75 between Baldwin Road and Maryland Route 80 in Frederick County.