Traffic Regulation
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Safety - Anne Arundel Community College Police Force [SB-246]
Establishing a police force for the Anne Arundel Community College; specifying the powers of an Anne Arundel Community College police officer; requiring the Board of Trustees of the Anne Arundel Community College to adopt specified standards and regulations; including a member of the police force of the Anne Arundel Community College in the defined term "police officer" in connection with provisions of law relating to the authority to make arrests; etc.
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Vehicle Laws - Maximum Speed Limits - Interstate 68 [SB-158]
Establishing that the maximum speed limit on Interstate 68 may be up to 70 miles an hour.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Maximum Speed Limits on Highways [SB-157]
Increasing from 65 miles an hour to 70 miles an hour the maximum speed limit that may be established on specified highways in the State.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Divided Highways - Crosswalks [SB-1001]
Providing that, on a divided highway that has traffic lights located in specified areas, each intersection that has a traffic light may also have a crosswalk through the divided highway.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring Systems Reform Act of 2014 [HB-929]
Altering the standards and requirements for the required warning period for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems; altering the standards for signage required for local stationary speed monitoring systems; requiring local jurisdictions to designate specified persons to act in a public liaison capacity; requiring the Maryland Police Training Commission to compile and make publicly available an annual report containing specified information on each local speed monitoring system program; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Safety - Highway Work Zones - Off-Duty Law Enforcement Officers Required [HB-911]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to require a contractor or other person that requires a work zone to be established on a highway to retain, under specified circumstances, an off-duty law enforcement officer to perform specified services in the work zone; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Divided Highways - Speed Limits and Crosswalks [HB-873]
Providing that, on a divided highway that has traffic lights located in specified areas, each intersection that has a traffic light may also have a crosswalk through the divided highway; altering the maximum speed limit on specified divided highways in specified areas; requiring the State Highway Administration or a local jurisdiction to give specified notice to specified members of the General Assembly before increasing the speed limit above a specified threshold on specified highways; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems - Penalty for Erroneous Citations [HB-82]
Requiring a court that finds that a citation for an alleged violation recorded by a speed monitoring system in Baltimore City was issued erroneously to require the person responsible for maintaining the speed monitoring system to pay a penalty of $125 to the person to whom the citation was issued.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring Systems - Penalty for Erroneous Citations [HB-71]
Requiring a court that finds that a citation for an alleged violation recorded by a speed monitoring system was issued erroneously to require the person responsible for maintaining the speed monitoring system to pay a penalty of $125 to the person to whom the citation was issued.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Checkpoints - Prohibition on Targeting Motorcycles [HB-666]
Prohibiting a police officer at a motor vehicle checkpoint from targeting only motorcycles for inspection or evaluation; creating a specified exception to the prohibition for a police officer at a motor vehicle checkpoint established as part of a police search or investigation; providing for the construction of a provision of law governing obedience to a lawful order or direction of a police officer; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring Systems - Local Jurisdictions - Audit and Reporting [HB-662]
Requiring a local jurisdiction to report the results of a specified annual calibration check of speed monitoring systems to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31 of each year; authorizing the Governor to require a local jurisdiction to obtain an independent audit of its speed monitoring systems; requiring a local jurisdiction to forward the results of an audit obtained under the Act to the Governor and the General Assembly within 30 days after receipt of the audit; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Use of Speed Monitoring Systems [HB-650]
Establishing that in Baltimore County a violation recorded by a speed monitoring system may be enforced by the issuance of a citation only if the violation occurred during a specified time period and at the time of the violation the sign designating the school zone is equipped and operated in a specified manner; requiring that a speed monitoring system in Baltimore County be placed and adjusted in a specified manner; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems and Work Zone Speed Control Systems [HB-57]
Requiring that specified time-stamped images of a motor vehicle provide sufficient information to allow for the calculation of a specified speed of the motor vehicle; altering a requirement relating to the issuance of warnings; requiring a court to impose a civil penalty of $1,000 if it finds that a citation for an alleged violation recorded by a speed monitoring system or a work zone speed control system was issued erroneously; requiring a civil penalty collected under the Act to be deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring and Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Restitution [HB-565]
Requiring the District Court, if a person who was issued a citation for an alleged violation recorded by a speed monitoring system or a work zone speed control system prevails at a specified trial, to order the agency or police department that issued the citation to pay the person restitution of $40.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Maximum Speed Limits on Highways [HB-555]
Increasing from 65 miles an hour to 70 miles an hour the maximum speed limit that may be established on specified highways in the State.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Safety - Anne Arundel Community College Police Force [HB-552]
Establishing a police force for the Anne Arundel Community College; specifying the powers of an Anne Arundel Community College police officer; requiring the Board of Trustees of the Anne Arundel Community College to adopt specified standards and regulations; including a member of the police force of the Anne Arundel Community College in the defined term "police officer" in connection with provisions of law relating to the authority to make arrests; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring and Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Repeal [HB-551]
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; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles and Motor Scooters - Operation on Roadways [HB-530]
Creating an exception to the prohibition against a person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter on a roadway where the posted maximum speed limit exceeds 50 miles an hour; and authorizing a person who is lawfully operating a bicycle or a motor scooter on a shoulder adjacent to a roadway for which the posted maximum speed limit exceeds 50 miles an hour to enter the roadway only if making or attempting to make a left turn, crossing through an intersection, or the shoulder is overlaid with specified directional markings.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring and Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Daily Calibration and Video Recordings [HB-526]
Requiring a speed monitoring system and a work zone speed control system to undergo a daily rather than an annual calibration check that is kept on file and may be admitted as evidence in specified court proceedings; requiring a speed monitoring system and a work zone speed control system to produce a video recording of every violation for which a citation is issued; requiring a specified citation to contain specified information relating to the availability of a specified video recording; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles and Motor Scooters - Rules of the Road [HB-52]
Specifying that every person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter in a public bicycle area is subject only to the duties required of the driver of a vehicle under specified rules of the road; requiring that every person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter in a public bicycle area watch for other vehicles in the public bicycle area; and requiring the driver of a vehicle to watch for bicycles on specified highways and bicycle ways.