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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 513
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(d) Every ordinance, law, or regulation controlling the parking of motor
vehicles or providing for impounding such vehicles or pertaining to the failure to pay
tolls shall provide that the person receiving a citation may elect to stand trial for said
offense by notifying the State agency, political subdivision or municipality of his
intention of standing trial; which notice shall be given at least five (5) days prior to
the date of payment as set forth in the citation. Upon receipt of the notice of such
intention to stand trial, the political subdivision or municipality shall forward to the
District Court in said political subdivision or municipality, and the State agency shall
forward to the District Court having venue, a copy of the citation and a copy of the
notice from the person who received the citation indicating his intention to stand
trial. Upon receipt thereof, the District Court shall schedule the case for trial and
notify the defendant of the trial date under procedures to be adopted by the Chief
Judge of the District Court. All parking or impounding fines, penalties or forfeitures
or failure to pay toll penalties collected through the District Court pursuant to a
parking or impounding or toll collection ordinance, law, or regulation enacted by a
State agency, political subdivision or municipality shall be remitted to the respective
local government or State agency.
(e) (1) A citation issued pursuant to § 21-202.1 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 stand trial at least 5 days
prior to the date of payment as set forth in the citation. On receipt of the notice to
stand trial, the agency shall forward to the District Court having venue a copy of the
citation and a copy of the notice from the person who received the citation indicating
the person's intention to stand trial. On receipt thereof, the District Court shall
schedule the case for trial and notify the defendant of the trial date under procedures
adopted by the Chief Judge of the District Court.
(2) A citation issued as the result of a traffic control: signal monitoring
system controlled by a political subdivision shall provide that, in an uncontested case,
the penalty shall be paid directly to that political subdivision. A citation issued as the
result of a traffic control signal monitoring system controlled by a State agency shall
provide that the penalty shall be paid directly to the District Court.
(3) Civil penalties resulting from citations issued using traffic control
signal monitoring systems that are collected by the District Court shall be collected in
accordance with subsection (a) of this section and distributed in accordance with §
13-118 of the Transportation Article.
(F) (1) IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY PROVIDED BY LAW, AN
INDIVIDUAL CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION UNDER TITLE 21, SUBTITLE 8 OF THE
TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE (SPEED RESTRICTIONS) IS SUBJECT TO A $15 SURCHARGE
TO BE COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT COURT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SUBSECTION.
(2) THE DISTRICT COURT SHALL, AT THE TIME OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S
CONVICTION, NOTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL THAT:
(I) THE INDIVIDUAL MUST PAY AN ADDITIONAL $15 SURCHARGE
TO THE DISTRICT COURT;
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