Delegation examines HOCO 9-25 to expand school-zone speed cameras and route revenues to deferred maintenance; data requests delay vote

The Howard County House Delegation discussed HOCO 9-25, a bill that would expand where the county can place speed-monitoring cameras (outside strict school zones and on specified roads including U.S. Route 1) and would direct any net surplus from the program to a fund for deferred maintenance in county schools.

Delegate Hill, sponsor of HOCO 9-25, said his amendment would require that surplus funds—amounts remaining after the program’s implementation and administrative costs—be used to create “a fund dedicated to deferred maintenance in the schools,” citing long‑standing capital needs. He framed the change as a way to capture modest, unstable revenues for an unmet maintenance backlog.

County staff and law‑enforcement representatives answered delegates’ questions about program performance and costs. Lieutenant Chris Valentine described operational changes that increased citations when the camera deployment model…