ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                            S.B. 455

1. INCLUDE A STATEMENT THAT THE SPEED MONITORING
SYSTEM OPERATOR SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED THE MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFIED
SELF-TEST INCLUDING A CALIBRATION CHECK;

2.       BE KEPT ON FILE; AND

3.       IS ADMISSIBLE AS EVIDENCE IN ANY COURT PROCEEDING
TO CONTEST LIABILITY ALLEGED IN A CITATION UNDER THIS SECTION.

(7) (I) A SPEED MONITORING SYSTEM SHALL UNDERGO AN ANNUAL
CALIBRATION CHECK PERFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT CALIBRATION
LABORATORY.

(II) THE INDEPENDENT CALIBRATION LABORATORY SHALL ISSUE A
SIGNED CERTIFICATE OF CALIBRATION AFTER THE ANNUAL CALIBRATION CHECK
THAT:

1.       SHALL BE KEPT ON FILE; AND

2.       IS ADMISSIBLE AS EVIDENCE IN ANY COURT PROCEEDING
TO CONTEST LIABILITY ALLEGED IN A CITATION UNDER THIS SECTION.

(8) A RECORDED IMAGE CAPTURED BY A SPEED MONITORING SYSTEM
UNDER THIS SECTION MAY BE USED ONLY TO IDENTIFY VEHICLES VIOLATING THIS
SUBTITLE.

(C) (1) UNLESS THE DRIVER OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE RECEIVED A
CITATION FROM A POLICE OFFICER AT THE TIME OF THE VIOLATION, THE OWNER
OR, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (F)(4) OF THIS SECTION, THE DRIVER OF A
MOTOR VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY IF THE MOTOR VEHICLE IS
RECORDED BY A SPEED MONITORING SYSTEM WHILE BEING OPERATED IN
VIOLATION OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(2)      A CIVIL PENALTY UNDER THIS SUBSECTION MAY NOT EXCEED $100:

(I)      MAY NOT EXCEED $100; AND

(II)     SHALL BE THE LOWER OF THE FINE SET BY THE DISTRICT
COURT IN THE PENALTY DEPOSIT SCHEDULE OR BY THE LOCAL JURISDICTION
UNDER THIS SECTION.

(3)      FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE DISTRICT COURT SHALL
PRESCRIBE:

(I)      A UNIFORM CITATION FORM CONSISTENT WITH SUBSECTION
(D)(1) OF THIS SECTION AND § 7-302 OF THE COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
ARTICLE; AND

(II)     A CIVIL PENALTY, WHICH SHALL BE INDICATED ON THE
CITATION, TO BE PAID BY PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO PREPAY THE CIVIL PENALTY
WITHOUT APPEARING IN DISTRICT COURT.

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