Traffic Control Device Monitoring Systems - Authorization
Sponsor: Anne Healey (District 22)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the RoadStatus: Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (as of Nov 9, 2023)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Authorizing the use of traffic control device monitoring systems, devices designed to capture a recorded image of a violation, by State and local agencies, if authorized by local law; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded failing to obey a traffic control device is subject, under certain circumstances, to a citation and civil penalty not exceeding $40; establishing certain defenses to a charge of an alleged violation recorded by a traffic control device monitoring system; etc.
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Testimony (24)
MGA witness listFAV 5FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 16UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Sample, Sarah | Maryland Association of Counties | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Jorch, Bill | Maryland Municipal League | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Del. Anne, Healey | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Healey, Delegate Healeylegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Faye, Nina | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Willey, Amy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Schulze, Dana | USAF Veteran | Position only |
| UNF | Arshavsky, Svetlana | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Ditraglia, Frank | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | D’Orazio , Daniela | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Elbourn, James | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Fink, Nelda | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Hunt, Christine | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Katz, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lee, Mickey | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | MANOHAR, KRISHNA | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Meyerovich, Mark | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Ohmen, Elizabeth | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | brenner, loretta | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Ditzler, Brian | Maryland Sierra Club | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Kolakoski, Virginia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Westervelt, Patricia | Maryland Department of Transportation | Written (PDF) |