Concerning: Motor Vehicles and Traffic – School Bus Safety Cameras
Revised: February 14, 2012 Draft No. 6
Introduced: November 29, 2011
Enacted: March 6, 2012
Executive: March 16, 2012
Effective: June 15, 2012
Sunset Date: None
Ch. 1 , Laws of Mont. Co. 2012
County Council
For Montgomery County, Maryland
By: Councilmembers Ervin, Andrews and Rice, Council President Berliner, Councilmember Elrich, Council Vice President Navarro, and Councilmembers Riemer, Floreen, and Leventhal
AN ACT to:
(1) authorize the use of cameras on certain County school buses to monitor vehicles overtaking a stopped school bus under certain circumstances;
(2) authorize the Executive, by regulation, to establish appropriate penalties for a violation;
(3) provide for enforcement of certain Maryland transportation laws in the County through the use of school bus safety cameras; and
(4) generally authorize and regulate the use of school bus safety cameras in the County.
By adding
Montgomery County Code
Chapter 31, Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Section 31-9B
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The County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland approves the following Act:
Sec. 1. Section 31-9B is added as follows:
31-9B. School Bus Safety Cameras Authorized.
(a) Definitions. As used in this Section:
Board means the County Board of Education.
Chief means the County Police Chief.
Violation means a violation of Transportation Article §21-706.
School bus means a bus operated by the Board to transport students.
School bus safety camera means a camera placed on a school bus that is designed to capture a recorded image of a driver of a motor vehicle committing a violation authorized by Transportation Article §21-706.1.
(b) The Chief, after consulting with the Board, may install, operate, and maintain school bus safety cameras on school busses as permitted by Transportation Article §21-706.1.
(c) A person who commits a violation recorded by a school bus safety camera is subject to a civil penalty authorized by Transportation Article §21-706.1.
(d) The Executive, by Method 2 regulation, must establish the amount of the civil penalty up to a maximum of $250.
(e) The County must use any fines collected by the County for a violation recorded by a school bus safety camera:
(1) to recover the costs of installing, operating, and maintaining school bus safety cameras; and
(2) for public safety purposes, including pedestrian safety programs.
Approved: