Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1435 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5	hb1435
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 1435
8	8	R1 EMERGENCY BILL 2lr3192
9	9	CF SB 947
10	10	By: Delegates Arentz, Ghrist, and Jacobs
11	11	Introduced and read first time: February 22, 2022
12	12	Assigned to: Rules and Executive Nominations
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14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
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16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	Transportation – Electronic Toll Collection Backlog – Fee Prohibition 2
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20	20	FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Maryland Transportation Authority from charging an 3
21	21	administrative fee or a civil penalty for failure to pay certain video tolls until a 4
22	22	certain number of days after the Authority has eliminated the toll charge backlog; 5
23	23	requiring the Authority to reimburse the registered owner of a motor vehicle that 6
24	24	incurred a certain video toll in the amount of any paid administrative fees or civil 7
25	25	penalties; applying this Act retroactively; and generally relating to video tolls for 8
26	26	which processing was paused or billing was deferred due to certain factors. 9
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28	28	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 10
29	29	That: 11
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31	31	(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 12
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33	33	(2) “Authority” means the Maryland Transportation Authority. 13
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35	35	(3) “Toll charge backlog” means the tolls for passage of a motor vehicle 14
36	36	through a toll collection facility for which processing was paused or billing was deferred 15
37	37	due to COVID–19–related or other factors for which the Authority is responsible. 16
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39	39	(4) “Video toll” has the meaning stated in § 21–1414 of the Transportation 17
40	40	Article. 18
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42	42	(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for a video toll for which 19
43	43	processing was paused or billing was deferred due to COVID–19–related factors or factors 20
44	44	for which the Authority is responsible, the Authority may not charge an administrative fee 21
45	45	or a civil penalty for failure to pay until 180 days after the Authority has eliminated the 22
46	46	toll charge backlog. 23
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48	48	(c) The Authority shall reimburse the registered owner of a motor vehicle that 24 2 HOUSE BILL 1435
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51	51	incurred a video toll for which processing was paused or billing was deferred due to 1
52	52	COVID–19–related or other factors for which the Authority is responsible the amount of 2
53	53	any administrative fees or civil penalties paid by the registered owner. 3
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55	55	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be const rued to 4
56	56	apply retroactively and shall be applied to and interpreted to affect any video toll incurred 5
57	57	on or after March 5, 2020, for which processing was paused or billing was deferred due to 6
58	58	COVID–19–related or other factors for which the Maryland Transportation Authority is 7
59	59	responsible. 8
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61	61	SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency 9
62	62	measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has 10
63	63	been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three–fifths of all the members elected to 11
64	64	each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is 12
65	65	enacted. It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years from the date it is enacted and, at 13
66	66	the end of the 2–year period, this Act, with no further action required by the General 14
67	67	Assembly, shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect. 15
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