Ch. 315

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

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26-401.

If a person is taken before a District Court commissioner or is given a traffic
citation OR A CIVIL CITATION UNDER § 21-202.1 OF THIS ARTICLE containing a notice to
appear in court, the commissioner or court shall be one that sits within the county in
which the offense allegedly was committed.

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

4-401.

Except as provided in § 4-402 of this subtitle, and subject to the venue provisions of Title
6 of this article, the District Court has exclusive original civil jurisdiction in:

(11) A proceeding for adjudication of a civil penalty for any violation under §

5-1001 of the Environment Article of the Code or under § 2-101 (c-1) of Article 41 of the
Code or any rule or regulation issued pursuant to those sections; [and]

(12) A proceeding to enforce a civil penalty assessed by the Maryland Division of
Labor and Industry under Title 5 of the Labor and Employment Article where the amount
involved does not exceed $20,000; AND

(13) A PROCEEDING FOR A CIVIL INFRACTION UNDER § 21-2021 OF THE
TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE.

7-301.

(a) The court costs in a traffic case including parking and impounding cases AND
CASES UNDER § 21-2021 OF THE TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE in which costs are imposed,
are $20. Such costs shall also be applicable to those cases in which the defendant elects to
waive his right to trial and pay the fine or penalty deposit established by the Chief fudge of the
District Court by administrative regulation. In an UNCONTESTED CASE UNDER § 21-202.1 OF
THE TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE OR uncontested parking or impounding case in which the
fines are paid directly to a political subdivision or municipality, costs are $2.00, which costs
shall be paid to and retained by the political subdivision or municipality. In an uncontested
case in which the fine is paid directly to an agency of State government authorized by law to
regulate parking of motor vehicles, the costs are $2.00. The fine and the costs shall be paid to
the agency, which shall receive and account for these funds as in all other cases involving sums
due the State through a State agency.

7-302.

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) through [(d)] (E) of this section, the clerks
of the District Court shall;

(1) Collect costs, fines, forfeitures, or penalties imposed by the court; and

(2) Remit them to the State under a system agreed upon by the Chief Judge of
the District Court and the Comptroller.

(E) (1) A CITATION ISSUED PURSUANT TO § 21-2021 OF THE TRANSPORTATION
ARTICLE SHALL PROVIDE THAT THE PERSON RECEIVING THE CITATION MAY ELECT TO
STAND TRIAL BY NOTIFYING THE ISSUING AGENCY OF THE PERSON'S INTENTION TO