PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 219

provisions of this section do not prohibit the display and use of any lighting device that
may be permitted or required elsewhere in the Maryland Vehicle Law.

(2) (ii) The fire chief[, the assistant fire chief] OR HIGHEST RANKING
FIRELINE OFFICER, THE OFFICERS OF THE NEXT HIGHEST RANK, and the emergency
medical services commander for IN each volunteer fire company[,] NO MORE THAN
FIVE OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS may have their privately owned vehicles equipped
with red lights or signal devices which may be displayed only while on route to or at the
scene of an emergency.:

1. THE FIRE CHIEF OR THE HIGHEST RANKING FIRELINE
OFFICER;

2.       ONE OR MORE OF THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS OR DEPUTY
CHIEFS, WHICHEVER RANK IS SECOND IN COMMAND; AND                     

3.       THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COMMANDER.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved April 30, 1996.

CHAPTER 219

(House Bill 412)

AN ACT concerning

Transportation - Electronic Toll Collection and Enforcement

FOR the purpose of providing for the remittance of certain fees collected by the District
Court to the Maryland Transportation Authority; clarifying that certain penalties
pertaining to the failure to pay tolls shall be paid directly to the Authority in
uncontested cases; clarifying that persons receiving certain citations may elect to
stand trial in District Court and that certain procedures will be followed; exempting
certain records, photographs and video images collected by the Maryland
Transportation Authority, its agents or employees from public access under the
Public Information Act; permitting certain individuals to have access to certain
records, photographs and video images collected by the Authority, its agents or
employees; allowing for the placement of electronic toll collection tags on the
windshields of motor vehicles; defining certain terms; providing for certain civil
penalties for the failure to pay tolls in certain situations; requiring the Authority to
provide certain notifications to certain registered vehicle owners; making certain
registered vehicle owners liable for the payment of certain tolls; providing for the
admissibility of certain evidence in court; exempting certain motor vehicle owners
under certain circumstances from liability for the failure of vehicle drivers to pay
certain tolls; prohibiting the Motor Vehicle Administration from registering or
transferring the registration of certain vehicles; allowing for the suspension of

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