2660                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 528

Article - Transportation

Section 26-302

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

26-301.

(A)  IN THIS SUBTITLE "OFFICER" MEANS A POLICE OFFICER OR A
PERSON OTHER THAN A POLICE OFFICER WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE A
CITATION FOR A VIOLATION OF AN ORDINANCE OR REGULATION THAT IS
ADOPTED UNDER THIS SECTION.

(B)  Any State agency authorized by law and any political
subdivision of this State may adopt ordinances or regulations
that:

(1)  Regulate the parking of vehicles; [and]

(2)  Provide for the impounding of vehicles parked in
violation of the ordinances or regulations; AND

(3)  PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A CITATION BY AN
OFFICER FOR A VIOLATION OF AN ORDINANCE OR REGULATION THAT IS
ADOPTED UNDER THIS SECTION.

26-302.

(a)  An officer who discovers a vehicle parked in violation
of an ordinance or regulation adopted under this subtitle shall:

(1)  Deliver a citation to the driver or, if the
vehicle is unattended, attach a citation to the vehicle in a
conspicuous place; and

(2)  Keep a copy of the citation, bearing his
certification under penalty of perjury that the facts stated in
the citation are true.

26-303.

(b)  (1) If a person elects to stand trial and desires the
presence at trial of the [police] officer who issued the
citation, he shall so notify the political subdivision or State
agency at the time the notice of intention to stand trial is
given.

(2) If proper notification is not given, the [police]
officer need not appear at the trial, and the copy of the
citation bearing the certification of the officer is prima facie
evidence of the facts stated in it.