Ch. 199                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1)  In Baltimore City;

(2)  In an incorporated city or town that, according
to the most recent federal decennial census, has a population of
more than 100,000 people; or

(3)  On a divided highway, if the school vehicle is on
a different roadway.

21-706.1.

(A) (1) IF A SCHOOL BUS OPERATOR WITNESSES A VIOLATION OF §
21-706 OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE OPERATOR SHALL MAY PROMPTLY REPORT
THE VIOLATION TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY EXERCISING JURISDICTION
WHERE THE VIOLATION OCCURRED.

(2) THE REPORT, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, SHALL
INCLUDE:

(I)  INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE IDENTITY OF
THE ALLEGED VIOLATOR;

(II)  THE LICENSE NUMBER AND COLOR OF THE
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THE VIOLATION;

(III)  THE TIME AND LOCATION AT WHICH THE
VIOLATION OCCURRED; AND

(IV)  AN IDENTIFICATION OF THE VEHICLE AS AN
AUTOMOBILE, STATION WAGON, TRUCK, BUS, MOTORCYCLE, OR OTHER TYPE
OF VEHICLE.

(B) ON RECEIPT OF THE REPORT DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (A) OF
THIS SECTION, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL CONDUCT AN
INVESTIGATION TO ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF THE
OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME THE VIOLATION OCCURRED.

(C)(1) IF THE IDENTITY OF THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE AT
THE TIME THE VIOLATION OCCURRED IS ESTABLISHED, THE REPORT
DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL ESTABLISH
PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO ISSUE A CITATION
FOR THE VIOLATION TO THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE.

(2) (B) IF THE IDENTITY OF THE OPERATOR OF THE
VEHICLE AT THE TIME THE VIOLATION OCCURRED CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED,
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL ISSUE TO THE REGISTERED OWNER OF
THE VEHICLE, A WARNING STATING:

(I) (1) THAT A REPORT OF A VIOLATION OF §
21-706 OF THIS SUBTITLE WAS MADE TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND THAT THE REPORT DESCRIBED THE OWNER'S VEHICLE AS THE VEHICLE
INVOLVED IN THE VIOLATION;

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