Alert: Bad Senate Bill 942

[B' Spokes: The purpose is to make driving 54 mph in a school zone a minor offense for killing minors.]
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FOR the purpose of repealing the application to motor vehicles of a certain provision of law relating to criminally negligent manslaughter by vehicle...
establishing that it is not an offense under this Act for a person to cause the death of another as a result of the person’s driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle in a negligent manner...

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FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A PERSON ACTS IN A CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT MANNER WHEN THE PERSON CAUSES THE DEATH OF ANOTHER DURING THE COMMISSION OF A VIOLATION OF:
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(2) § 21–801.1 OF THE TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE (MAXIMUM LIMITS), WHEN THE VIOLATION INVOLVES A SPEED AT LEAST 30 MILES PER HOUR ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT; OR...
[So doing 54 in a residential neighborhood or school zone is NOT negligent driving.]
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<a href="http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/bills/sb/sb0942f.pdf">http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/bills/sb/sb0942f.pdf</a>;
[Remember, caps-bold are the additions and stuff between brackets [] are deletions.]

Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)

Sponsored By: Senator Stone (Baltimore County District 6) Contact info: <a href="http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12133.html">http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12133.html</a>;

Committee members to contact if they are your rep:
Brian E. Frosh
Lisa A. Gladden
James Brochin
Jennie M. Forehand
Joseph M. Getty
Nancy Jacobs
Victor R. Ramirez
Jamin B. (Jamie) Raskin
Christopher B. Shank
Norman R. Stone, Jr.
Robert A. Zirkin
<a href="http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/com/05judp.html">http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/com/05judp.html</a>;