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BILL INFORMATION
PG 323-26/6LR3445: Prince George’s County Crosswalk Monitoring Systems-Authorization
Requested By: Delegate Martinez
Synopsis
FOR the purpose of authorizing the use of crosswalk monitoring systems in school zones in Prince George’s County, if authorized by local law; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded failing to yield to a pedestrian crossing a roadway in a crosswalk is subject to a citation and a certain civil penalty under certain circumstances; establishing certain defenses to a charge of an alleged violation recorded by a crosswalk monitoring system; prohibiting a contractor administering a crosswalk monitoring system from being compensated in a certain manner; and generally relating to the use of crosswalk monitoring systems in Prince George’s County.