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HOUSE BILL 421
R5 6lr1030
CF SB 152
By: Prince George’s County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: January 22, 2026
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 9, 2026
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Prince George’s County – Point–to–Point Speed Monitoring Systems – Maryland 2
Route 210 3
PG 309–26 4
FOR the purpose of authorizing the placement and use of point–to–point speed monitoring 5
systems on Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Prince George’s County, 6
subject to certain requirements; clarifying the authorized distribution of revenue 7
under speed monitoring systems programs for Maryland 210 (Indian Head 8
Highway); and generally relating to point–to–point speed monitoring systems on 9
Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Prince George’s County. 10
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 11
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 12
Section 7–302(a) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 15
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 16
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 17
Section 7–302(e)(1), (2), (3)(i), and (4)(i) through (iii) 18
Annotated Code of Maryland 19
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 20
BY adding to 21
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Article – Transportation 1
Section 21–809.1 2
Annotated Code of Maryland 3
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 4
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 5
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 6
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 7
7–302. 8
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) through (g) of this section, the clerks of 9
the District Court shall: 10
(1) Collect costs, fines, forfeitures, or penalties imposed by the court; and 11
(2) Remit them to the State under a system agreed upon by the Chief Judge 12
of the District Court and the Comptroller. 13
(e) (1) (i) A citation issued under § 21 –202.1, § 21 –706.1, § 21 –707.1, § 14
21–809, § 21–809.1, § 21–810, § 21–1134, § 22–612, or § 24 –111.3 of the Transportation 15
Article shall provide that the person receiving the citation may elect to stand trial by 16
notifying the issuing agency of the person’s intention to stand trial at least 5 days before 17
the date of payment as set forth in the citation. 18
(ii) On receipt of the notice to stand trial, the agency shall forward 19
to the District Court having venue a copy of the citation and a copy of the notice from the 20
person who received the citation indicating the person’s intention to stand trial. 21
(iii) On receipt thereof, the District Court shall schedule the case for 22
trial and notify the defendant of the trial date under procedures adopted by the Chief Judge 23
of the District Court. 24
(2) (i) A citation issued as the result of any of the following systems or 25
cameras controlled by a political subdivision shall provide that, in an uncontested case, the 26
penalty shall be paid directly to that political subdivision: 27
1. A vehicle height monitoring system; 28
2. A traffic control signal monitoring system; 29
3. A speed monitoring system; 30
4. A POINT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORING SYSTEM; 31
5. A work zone speed control system; 32
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[5.] 6. A stop sign monitoring system; 1
[6.] 7. A school bus monitoring camera; 2
[7.] 8. A bus lane monitoring system; or 3
[8.] 9. A noise abatement monitoring system. 4
(ii) A citation issued as the result of any of the following systems or 5
cameras controlled by a political subdivision shall provide that, in a contested case, the 6
penalty shall be paid directly to the District Court: 7
1. A vehicle height monitoring system; 8
2. A traffic control signal monitoring system; 9
3. A speed monitoring system; 10
4. A POINT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORING SYSTEM; 11
5. A work zone speed control system; 12
[5.] 6. A stop sign monitoring system; 13
[6.] 7. A school bus monitoring camera; 14
[7.] 8. A bus lane monitoring system; or 15
[8.] 9. A noise abatement monitoring system. 16
(iii) A citation issued as the result of any of the following systems or 17
cameras controlled by a State agency shall provide that, in an uncontested or contested 18
case, the penalty shall be paid directly to the District Court: 19
1. A traffic control signal monitoring system; 20
2. A work zone speed control system; 21
3. A speed monitoring system; or 22
4. A bus lane monitoring system. 23
(3) (i) Except as provided in subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this 24
paragraph and paragraph (6) of this subsection, civil penalties resulting from citations 25
issued using a vehicle height monitoring system, traffic control signal monitoring system, 26
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speed monitoring system, POINT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORI NG SYSTEM, work zone 1
speed control system, stop sign monitoring system, school bus monitoring camera, bus lane 2
monitoring system, or a noise abatement monitoring system that are collected by the 3
District Court shall be collected in accordance with subsection (a) of this section and 4
distributed in accordance with § 12–118 of the Transportation Article. 5
(4) (i) Except as provided in paragraphs (5) and (6) of this subsection, 6
from the fines collected by a political subdivision as a result of violations enforced by speed 7
monitoring systems, POINT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORING SYSTEMS, work zone speed 8
control systems, stop sign monitoring systems, school bus monitoring cameras, bus lane 9
monitoring systems, or noise abatement monitoring systems, a political subdivision: 10
1. May recover the costs of implementing and administering 11
the speed monitoring systems, POINT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORING SYSTEMS, work 12
zone speed control systems, stop sign monitoring systems, school bus monitoring cameras, 13
bus lane monitoring systems, or noise abatement monitoring systems; and 14
2. Subject to subparagraphs (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this 15
paragraph, may spend any remaining balance solely for public safety purposes, including 16
pedestrian or highway safety programs. 17
(ii) 1. For any fiscal year, if the balance remaining from the fines 18
collected by a political subdivision as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring 19
systems OR POINT –TO–POINT SPEED MONITORI NG SYSTEMS , after the costs of 20
implementing and administering the systems are re covered in accordance with 21
subparagraph (i)1 of this paragraph, is greater than 10% of the total revenues of the 22
political subdivision for the fiscal year, the political subdivision shall remit any funds that 23
exceed 10% of the total revenues to the Comptroller. 24
2. The Comptroller shall deposit any money remitted under 25
this subparagraph to the General Fund of the State. 26
(iii) The fines collected by Prince George’s County as a result of 27
violations enforced by speed monitoring systems OR POINT –TO–POINT SPEED 28
MONITORING SYSTEMS on Maryland Route 210 , AFTER THE ALLOCATION OF FINES 29
UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I)1 OF THIS PARAGRAPH, shall be remitted to the Comptroller 30
for distribution to the State Highway Administration to be used solely to assist in covering 31
the costs of: 32
1. Examining the engineering, infrastructure, and other 33
relevant factors that may contribute to safety issues on Maryland Route 210 in Prince 34
George’s County; 35
2. Reporting its findings and recommendations on any 36
solutions to these safety issues; and 37
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3. Implementing any solutions to these safety issues. 1
Article – Transportation 2
21–809.1. 3
(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY. 4
(B) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 5
INDICATED. 6
(2) “MONITORED SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY” MEANS A SEGMENT OF 7
HIGHWAY THAT IS MONITORED BY A POINT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORING SYSTEM. 8
(3) “POINT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORI NG SYSTEM ” MEANS A 9
DEVICE THAT USES AT LEAST TWO MOTOR VEHI CLE SENSORS TO CALCU LATE THE 10
AVERAGE SPEED OF A MOTOR VEH ICLE BETWEEN TWO GEO GRAPHICALLY FIXED 11
POINTS. 12
(C) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION , PRINCE GEORGE’S 13
COUNTY MAY PLACE AND USE POINT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORI NG SYSTEMS ON 14
MARYLAND ROUTE 210 (INDIAN HEAD HIGHWAY) ONLY IF: 15
(1) EACH MONITORED SEGMEN T OF HIGHWAY IS AT L EAST 1 MILE 16
AND NOT MORE THAN 10 MILES IN LENGTH; 17
(2) SIGNAGE INDICATING TH AT A POINT –TO–POINT SPEED 18
MONITORING SYSTEM IS IN USE IS: 19
(I) INSTALLED BEFORE THE MONITORED SEGMENT OF 20
HIGHWAY; AND 21
(II) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANU AL AND SPECIFICATIONS 22
FOR A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC CONTROL D EVICES ADOPTED BY TH E STATE 23
HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION UNDER § 25–104 OF THIS ARTICLE; 24
(3) EACH MONITORED SEGMEN T OF HIGHWAY INCLUDE S AT LEAST 25
ONE DEVICE THAT DISP LAYS A REAL –TIME POSTING OF THE SPEED AT WHICH A 26
DRIVER IS TRAVELING; AND 27
(4) THE COUNTY AND THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 28
PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE LOCATION OF THE PO INT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORING 29
SYSTEM AND THE MONITORED SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY ON THEIR WEBSITES AT LEAST 30
30 DAYS BEFORE ACTIVATING THE POINT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORING SYSTEM. 31
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(D) A POINT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORING SYSTEM MAY BE PLA CED AND 1
USED ONLY AT A LOCATION THAT IS IDENTIFIED BY SAFETY STUDIES AS HIGH RISK 2
FOR MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES OR AS HAVING A HIGH PREVALENCE FOR SPEEDING. 3
(E) THE PROVISIONS OF § 21–809(B)(1)(I)1, (II), (X), AND (XI), (2) THROUGH 4
(6), AND (C) THROUGH (J) OF THIS SUBTITLE THA T APPLY TO SPEED MON ITORING 5
SYSTEMS SHALL APPLY TO POINT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORING SYSTEMS UNDER 6
THIS SECTION. 7
(F) (1) A POINT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORI NG SYSTEM MAY BE USE D 8
ONLY TO: 9
(I) IDENTIFY SPEED VIOLAT IONS BY MOTOR VEHICL ES 10
TRAVELING AT AN AVER AGE SPEED OF AT LEAS T 12 MILES PER HOUR ABOVE THE 11
POSTED SPEED LIMIT IN A MONITORED SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY; 12
(II) GENERATE CITATIONS; AND 13
(III) RESPOND TO APPEALS. 14
(2) A POINT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORI NG SYSTEM MAY NOT BE 15
USED FOR: 16
(I) GENERAL SURVEILLANCE; 17
(II) IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT; OR 18
(III) CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIO NS OR LAW ENFORCEMEN T 19
PURPOSES UNRELATED TO SPEEDING VIOLATIONS. 20
(G) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 31, 2028, AND EACH JANUARY 31 21
THEREAFTER, PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 22
OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON 23
THE POINT –TO–POINT SPEED MO NITORING SYSTEMS OPE RATED UNDER THIS 24
SECTION, INCLUDING: 25
(1) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF C ITATIONS ISSUED FOR EACH 26
MONITORED SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY; 27
(2) THE GROSS REVENUE GENERATED; 28
(3) THE EXPENDITURES INCURRED; 29
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(4) THE NET REVENUE GENERATED; 1
(5) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO A CONTRACTOR 2
UNDER THE PROGRAM; 3
(6) A DESCRIPTION OF HOW T HE NET REVENUE GENER ATED FROM 4
THE POINT–TO–POINT SPEED MONITORING SYSTEMS WAS USED , INCLUDING WHAT 5
PERCENTAGE OF NET RE VENUE WAS DEDICATED TO ROADWAY SAFETY 6
IMPROVEMENTS ON OR NEAR MARYLAND ROUTE 210 (INDIAN HEAD HIGHWAY); 7
(7) CHANGES TO THE AVERAG E SPEED ON EACH MONI TORED 8
SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY; AND 9
(8) FOR EACH MONITORED SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY, CHANGES IN THE 10
NUMBER OF MOTOR VEHI CLE CRASHES AND MOTO R VEHICLE CRA SHES THAT 11
RESULT IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH. 12
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 13
October 1, 2026. 14
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.