Traffic Regulation
Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Red Light, Speeding, and Parking Violations - Civil Penalties - Late Payment [SB-1101]
Authorizing a political subdivision or municipality, in an uncontested case involving a violation recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system or a speed monitoring system or an uncontested case involving parking in which the fines are paid directly to a political subdivision or municipality, to charge a late fee to cover administrative costs associated with processing the late payment of the fine; etc.
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Vehicle Laws - Registration Restrictions [HB-945]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to notify in writing at specified times an owner of a vehicle registered in the State of any restriction placed on the vehicle's registration and the reason for the placement of the restriction; requiring the Administration to notify immediately in writing an owner of a vehicle registered in the State of any rescission of a restriction on the vehicle's registration; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Enforcement [HB-944]
Authorizing specified persons to sign a statement that alleges, based on inspection of recorded images from a speed monitoring system, that a motor vehicle was being operated in violation of highway speed laws; and authorizing specified persons to swear to and affirm for evidentiary purposes, based on inspection of recorded images from a speed monitoring system, that a motor vehicle was being operated in violation of highway speed laws.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Red Light and Speed Monitoring Systems - Law Enforcement [HB-857]
Providing that specified images of a law enforcement vehicle recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system, a speed monitoring system, or a work zone speed control system may not be the basis for a civil penalty or the issuance of a citation under specified provisions of law.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Red Light and Speed Monitoring Systems - Emergency Vehicles [HB-848]
Providing that specified images of an emergency vehicle recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system, a speed monitoring system, or a work zone speed control system may not be the basis for a civil penalty or the issuance of a citation under specified provisions of law; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Nonfunctioning Traffic Control Signals - Requirement to Stop [HB-67]
Altering a provision of law requiring vehicular traffic to stop and take specified actions when approaching a nonfunctioning traffic control signal at specified intersections to apply the requirement to all intersections; and requiring vehicular traffic approaching a nonfunctioning traffic control signal at an intersection to stop in a specified manner, yield to other vehicles or pedestrians in the intersection, and remain stopped until it is safe to enter and continue through the intersection.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Use of School Bus Monitoring Cameras [HB-431]
Altering the requirements for a recorded image taken by a school bus monitoring camera by expanding the types of license plates that the image may include; altering the defined term "recorded image" by repealing the requirement that an image may show only the rear of a motor vehicle; and authorizing specified persons in specified counties to place school bus monitoring cameras on all school buses in the county.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Cameras - Relocation of Camera [HB-372]
Prohibiting a speed monitoring system or a work zone speed control system from being relocated for the purpose of increasing the revenue generated by the speed monitoring system or the work zone speed control system.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring Systems and School Bus Monitoring Cameras - Use of Fines - [HB-354]
Authorizing a political subdivision that collects fines as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems or school bus monitoring cameras, after recovering costs of implementing and administering the speed monitoring systems or school bus monitoring cameras, to spend the remaining balance on public education purposes.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Use of Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Presence of Workers [HB-326]
Altering the definition of "work zone" as it relates to work zone speed control systems; and providing that a work zone speed control system may be used only when a worker is present on the roadway, median divider, or shoulder within or adjacent to the work zone.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Warnings [HB-282]
Requiring specified agencies to mail warning notices instead of citations for specified violations recorded by a speed monitoring system during the first 30 days that the speed monitoring system is in use.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Motor Vehicles - Criminal Negligence Resulting in Death [HB-1405]
Repealing the application to motor vehicles of a specified provision of law relating to criminally negligent manslaughter by vehicle or vessel; making it a misdemeanor for a person to cause the death of another as a result of the person's driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle in a criminally negligent manner; establishing the circumstances under which a person is considered to act in a criminally negligent manner for purposes of the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles, EPAMDs, and Motor Scooters [HB-1397]
Creating an exception to specified prohibitions against driving a vehicle on the left side of the roadway in a no-passing zone for a driver who is making the minimum adjustment necessary under specified circumstances to facilitate the provision of the 3-foot clearance for overtaking and passing a bicycle, EPAMD, or motor scooter going in the same direction.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Safety Checkpoints - Prohibition on Targeting [HB-1183]
Prohibiting a police officer at a motor vehicle safety checkpoint from targeting specified types of motor vehicles; providing for the application of the Act; and defining a specified term.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Charles County - Red Light Violations - Civil Penalties - Late Payment Fee [HB-1053]
Authorizing Charles County or a municipality in Charles County to charge an administrative fee for processing the late payment of specified civil penalties assessed for specified violations recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system in Charles County.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Local Jurisdictions [HB-1044]
Requiring that a speed monitoring system calibration check be performed by an independent calibration laboratory that is unaffiliated with the manufacturer of the speed monitoring system; authorizing a person named in a citation based on a recorded image produced by a speed monitoring system to use the recorded image in defense of the violation charged; and prohibiting a contractor's fee from being contingent on the number of citations issued or paid if the contractor administers or processes the citations.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
District Court - Prince George's County - Masters for Traffic Offenses [HB-1030]
Requiring the judges of the District Court in Prince George's County to appoint one or more masters to hear nonincarcerable violations of the Maryland Vehicle Law; providing for standards applicable to a master under the Act; requiring a master under the Act to be a member of good standing of the Maryland Bar; establishing the powers and duties of a master under the Act; establishing requirements for hearings held under the Act; authorizing a defendant to file exceptions and have a hearing; providing for funding; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Accidents Resulting in Death - Appearance in Court for Traffic [HB-1022]
Requiring a person who receives a traffic citation with a notice to appear in person for a violation that contributed to an accident that resulted in the death of another to comply with the notice to appear in court contained in a writ or trial notice issued by the District Court or a circuit court by appearing in person.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Parking Violations - Administrative Enforcement by Baltimore County - Pilot [SB-938]
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.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Frederick County - Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing School Vehicles - [SB-851]
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.