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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0402* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 402 |
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| 8 | 8 | | R5 5lr2581 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator McCray (By Request – Baltimore City Administration) |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 20, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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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 | | Baltimore City – Speed Monitoring Systems – Maximum Penalty Increase 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of increasing the maximum civil penalty that may be assessed for a 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | violation recorded by a speed monitoring system located in Baltimore City; and 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | generally relating to penalties for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | in Baltimore City. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | |
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| 25 | 25 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Article – Transportation 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 21–809(c) 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | |
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| 34 | 34 | | Article – Transportation 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 21–809. 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (c) (1) Unless the driver of the motor vehicle received a citation from a police 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | officer at the time of the violation, the owner or, in accordance with subsection (f)(4) of this 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | section, the driver of a motor vehicle is subject to a civil penalty if the motor vehicle is 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | recorded by a speed monitoring system while being operated in violation of this subtitle. 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) (I) [A] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | PARAGRAPH , A civil penalty under this subsection may not exceed $40. 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2 SENATE BILL 402 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (II) FOR A VIOLATION RECOR DED BY A SPEED MONIT ORING 1 |
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| 49 | 49 | | SYSTEM LOC ATED IN BALTIMORE CITY, A CIVIL PENALTY UNDE R THIS SUBSECTION 2 |
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| 50 | 50 | | MAY NOT EXCEED $60. 3 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (3) For purposes of this section, the District Court shall prescribe: 4 |
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| 53 | 53 | | |
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| 54 | 54 | | (i) A uniform citation form consistent with subsection (d)(1) of this 5 |
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| 55 | 55 | | section and § 7–302 of the Courts Article; and 6 |
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| 56 | 56 | | |
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| 57 | 57 | | (ii) A civil penalty, which shall be indicated on the citation, to be paid 7 |
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| 58 | 58 | | by persons who choose to prepay the civil penalty without appearing in District Court. 8 |
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| 59 | 59 | | |
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| 60 | 60 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effec t 9 |
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| 61 | 61 | | October 1, 2025. 10 |
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