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Ch. 13
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2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(VII) THE AMOUNT OF THE CIVIL PENALTY IMPOSED AND THE DATE
BY WHICH THE CIVIL PENALTY MUST BE PAID;
(VIII) A SIGNED STATEMENT BY A DULY AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE
DEPARTMENT THAT, BASED ON INSPECTION OF SURVEILLANCE IMAGES, THE MOTOR
VEHICLE WAS BEING USED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS COMMITTING A VIOLATION
OF THE STATE LITTER CONTROL LAW OR A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE RELATING TO
THE UNLAWFUL DISPOSAL OF LITTER;
(IX) A STATEMENT THAT SURVEILLANCE IMAGES ARE EVIDENCE OF
A VIOLATION OF THE STATE LITTER CONTROL LAW OR A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL DISPOSAL OF LITTER;
(X) INFORMATION ADVISING THE PERSON ALLEGED TO BE LIABLE
UNDER THIS SECTION OF THE MANNER AND TIME IN WHICH LIABILITY AS ALLEGED
IN THE CITATION MAY BE CONTESTED IN THE DISTRICT COURT; AND
(XI) INFORMATION ADVISING THE PERSON ALLEGED TO BE LIABLE
UNDER THIS SECTION THAT FAILURE TO PAY THE CIVIL PENALTY OR TO CONTEST
LIABILITY IN A TIMELY MANNER:
1. IS AN ADMISSION OF LIABILITY;
2. MAY RESULT IN THE REFUSAL BY THE MOTOR VEHICLE
ADMINISTRATION TO REGISTER THE MOTOR VEHICLE; AND
3. MAY RESULT IN THE SUSPENSION OF THE MOTOR
VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
(2) THE DEPARTMENT MAY MAIL A WARNING NOTICE INSTEAD OF A
CITATION TO THE OWNER LIABLE UNDER SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION.
(3) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (G)(4) OF THIS SECTION, THE
DEPARTMENT MAY NOT MAIL A CITATION TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT AN OWNER
(4) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (G)(4) OF THIS SECTION, A
CITATION ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE MAILED NO LATER THAN 2 WEEKS
AFTER THE ALLEGED VIOLATION.
(5) A PERSON WHO RECEIVES A CITATION UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF
THIS SUBSECTION MAY:
(I) PAY THE CIVIL PENALTY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INSTRUCTIONS ON THE CITATION, DIRECTLY TO BALTIMORE CITY OR THE DISTRICT
COURT; OR
(II) ELECT TO STAND TRIAL IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
ALLEGED VIOLATION.
(F) (1) A CERTIFICATE ALLEGING THAT A VIOLATION OF THE STATE LITTER
CONTROL LAW OR A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL
DISPOSAL OF LITTER OCCURRED, SWORN TO OR AFFIRMED BY A DULY AUTHORIZED
AGENT OF THE DEPARTMENT, BASED ON INSPECTION OF SURVEILLANCE IMAGES
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