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lars. The failure of such owner or operator to make such payment
within one hundred twenty hours as in this Section provided, shall
increase the penalty for said violation to ten dollars. The failure of
such owner or operator to make such payment within the one hun-
dred twenty hours provided above shall render such owner or operator
subject to the warrant and penalties provided for violation of the
provisions of this Article.

SEC. 2. Chapter 108, Sections 108-23A, 108-23B and 108-23C
are hereby enacted to read as follows:

108-23A. Presumption in reference to illegal parking.

In any prosecution charging a violation of any provision of this
Chapter governing the standing or parking of a vehicle or trailer,
proof that the particular vehicle or trailer described in the notice of
violation was parked in violation of such provision together with
proof that the defendant named in the notice of violation was at the
time of such parking the registered owner of such vehicle or trailer,
shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the regis-
tered owner of such vehicle or trailer was the person who parked or
placed such vehicle or trailer at the point where, and for the time
during which, such violation occurred.

108-23B. When warrant to be issued.

In the event any* owner or operator of a vehicle or trailer fails to
comply with a notice of violation issued to such person or attached to
a vehicle or trailer or fails to make an appearance pursuant to a sum-
mons or other written notification directing an appearance before a
Judge of the People's Court or Committing Magistrate of Montgomery
County, or if any such person fails or refuses to make payment for
notice of violation within the time permitted by any provision of this
Chapter, the Clerk of the People's Court may secure and any Judge of
said Court may issue a warrant for said person's arrest. A uniform
charge shall be assessed against the person or persons for whom the
warrant is issued.

108-23C. Impounding vehicles after enumerated violations,
generally.

(1) Members of the Department of Police or any authorized
designee of the County Executive are hereby authorized to remove a
parked or unattended vehicle or trailer from a street, highway, public
way or County property to the nearest police substation, garage or
other place of safety designated by the Department of Police or
County Executive if said vehicle or trailer has been involved in or
the subject of three or more outstanding violations of this Chapter, or
is so parked illegally as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction
to the normal movement of traffic.