Ch. 509  1999 LAWS OF MARYLAND

the State Treasurer, and the proceeds of the loan equal to the amount of the matching
fund shall be expended for the purposes provided in this Act. Any amount of the loan
in excess of the amount of the matching fund certified by the Board of Public. Works
shall be canceled and be of no further effect.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1999.

Approved May 13, 1999.

CHAPTER 509
(Senate Bill 609)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Speeding in a School Zone - Penalties

FOR the purpose of repealing the requirement that warning lights must be in place
and flashing in order for fines to be doubled for speeding in a school zone during
certain hours; clarifying language establishing that fines for speeding in a
school zone are doubled if a sign designating the school zone indicates that fines
for speeding are doubled during school hours; repealing a limitation on a certain
penalty for speeding within a school zone; and generally relating to fines for
speeding in a school zone.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 21-803.1 and 27-101(r)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1998 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

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

Article - Transportation

21-803.1.

(a) (1) Subject to subsection (f) of this section, within a half-mile radius of
any school, the State Highway Administration or a local authority:

(i)  May establish a school zone and maximum speed limits
applicable in the school zone; and

(ii) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, may provide that fines
are to be doubled for speeding violations within the school zone.