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Allegany County to repeal ban on traffic cameras, staff to craft enabling ordinance

Allegany County Commissioners (work session) · February 12, 2026
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County staff told commissioners they will introduce Bill 1-26 to repeal a local prohibition on using automated traffic cameras as proof of violations, then follow with enabling legislation that will set operational rules and address concerns about sheriff discretion.

Allegany County staff said at a work session that they will introduce Bill 1-26 to repeal a local prohibition on using automated traffic cameras as proof of traffic violations and then present enabling legislation that specifies how the cameras would be authorized and operated.

The move is procedural: Speaker 6 said the repeal would be "step 1," after which state law requires the county to adopt enabling legislation to authorize…

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