Commending Richard D. Holcomb.
Sponsored bills
Registration fees for motor vehicles; statepark access fee. Imposes a $5 state park access fee to be collected at the time other vehicle registration fees are paid and to be depositedinto the State Park Conservation Resources Fund. Under the bill,a person who shows proof of payment of the fee is not required topay any additional fees for access to a state park.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable ThomasAnthony Fortkort.
Commending George Mason University.
Celebrating the life of Commander Brian MichaelBourgeois, USN.
Commending the Honorable Michael J. Cassidy.
Commending Daphne Tamara Fulson.
Overweight vehicle permits. Increases fromfive percent to 10 percent the maximum extension of existing weightlimits authorized by an overweight vehicle permit. The bill retainsthe limit of 84,000 pounds and the maximum weight limit on interstatehighways.
Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact. Adds the Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge to the Potomac River bridges subject to the Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact to facilitate the prompt and orderly removal of disabled and abandoned vehicles from the bridges by giving the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia appropriate authority anywhere on the bridges. This amendment to the Compact shall not become effective until a substantially similar amendment is enacted by the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Probation, revocation, and suspension of sentence; limitations. Limits the amount of active incarceration a court can impose as a result of a revocation hearing for a probation violation. The bill provides that if the court finds the basis of a violation of the terms and conditions of a suspended sentence or probation is that the defendant was convicted of a criminal offense or violated another condition other than a technical violation, the court may pronounce whatever sentence might have been originally imposed. The bill defines "technical violation" and provides specific limitations on the sentence a court may impose depending on whether the violation is a first, second, or third or subsequent technical violation. The bill also provides that a court may fix the period of probation for up to the statutory maximum period for which the defendant might originally have been sentenced to be imprisoned and any period of supervised probation shall not exceed five years from the release of the defendant from any active period of incarceration. The bill also provides that a court must measure any period of suspension of sentence from the date of entry of the original sentencing order.