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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 13
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CHAPTER 13
(Senate Bill 312)
AN ACT concerning
Baltimore City - Illegal Dumping - Surveillance Systems
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Baltimore City Department of Public Works
(Department) to place certain surveillance systems at certain dumping sites in
Baltimore City for a certain purpose; providing that certain persons recorded on
a surveillance image while committing a certain littering offense are subject to
certain penalties; requiring the Department to mail a certain citation to the
owner of a motor vehicle that is recorded on a certain surveillance image being
used in the commission of a certain violation; establishing a maximum fine for a
violation of certain laws or ordinances relating to littering that are enforced by
means of a surveillance system; requiring the District Court, in consultation
with the Department, to prescribe a certain citation form; requiring the
Department to mail a certain citation to the owner of a motor vehicle that is
recorded on a certain surveillance image being used in the commission of a
certain violation; requiring a citation to include certain information; authorizing
the Department to send a warning instead of a citation; requiring a citation to
be mailed within a certain time period; providing that persons who receive a
certain citation may pay the civil penalty or may elect to stand trial in the
District Court; establishing that a certain certificate may be evidence of certain
facts and shall be admissible in a certain proceeding; establishing the standard
of proof for a violation of law enforced by means of a surveillance system under
this Act; establishing certain defenses that the District Court may consider for a
violation enforced by means of a surveillance system under this Act; authorizing
a vehicle owner to submit certain evidence to the court to establish certain
defenses; authorizing the Department to reissue a citation under certain
circumstances; requiring the District Court to forward certain evidence to the
Department; authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to refuse to register
or reregister a motor vehicle or to suspend the registration of a motor vehicle if
a person named in a citation does not pay the penalty or contest the violation;
providing that a violation under this Act may not be recorded on a certain
driving record and may be treated as a parking violation for certain purposes;
requiring the Chief Judge of the District Court, in consultation with the
Department, to adopt certain procedures; establishing that the District Court
has exclusive original jurisdiction in a proceeding for a civil infraction under
this Act; providing for the court costs in a proceeding under this Act;
establishing certain requirements for a citation issued under this Act; providing
for the distribution of penalties paid for a violation of certain offenses and
ordinances enforced by means of surveillance systems; requiring the custodian
of a surveillance image to deny inspection of the image except under certain
circumstances; prohibiting the Motor Vehicle Administration from registering or
transferring the registration of a vehicle involved in a violation of a certain
provision of law or a certain ordinance as determined by means of a surveillance
system under certain circumstances; defining certain terms; and generally
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