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Maryland bills aim to expand public reporting and MVA photo access to crack down on illegal dumping
Summary
Lawmakers discussed two related measures: one to let Prince George's County offer monetary rewards for video evidence leading to convictions, and another to give Baltimore City—s special investigations unit access to Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) photographic records to link vehicles to illegal dumping footage.
Delegate Denise Roberts (Prince George's County) and Baltimore City representatives urged the Environment and Transportation Committee on March 12 to expand tools for policing illegal dumping, citing high cleanup costs and enforcement staffing shortages.
The bills discussed would let counties make greater use of community-supplied evidence and vehicle owner information. Delegate Denise Roberts described House Bill 15-27, which—if enacted as a local Prince George's County program—would allow members of the public to submit video evidence of illegal dumping and receive half of any fine collected if that evidence leads to a conviction. Roberts said fines for illegal dumping currently range from $500 to $1,500, and that expanded reporting could increase fine…
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