Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 07 - MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › Chapter 11.07.07 - Electronic Toll Collection and Toll Violation Enforcement › Section 11.07.07.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this
				chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Agreement" means the application and its
				corresponding terms and conditions to establish an E-ZPass account which sets
				out the terms and conditions, and instructions for use of the Authority's
				electronic toll collection system.
(2) "Authority" means the Maryland
				Transportation Authority and its designated agents.
(3) "Authority highway" has the meaning
				stated in Transportation Article, §
										21-1401, Annotated
				Code of Maryland.
(4) "CCU" means
				the Maryland Department of Budget and Management Central Collection
				Unit.
(5) "Citation" means a notice
				of a toll violation and related civil penalties sent by the Authority, pursuant
				to Transportation Article, §
										21-1414, Annotated
				Code of Maryland, to a person who is required to and fails to pay a video toll
				established by the Authority.
(6)
				"Electronic toll collection" has the meaning stated in Transportation Article,
				§
										21-1414, Annotated
				Code of Maryland.
(7) "Electronic
				payment method" means any noncash payment acceptable to the
				Authority.
(8) "E-ZPass account"
				means a financial relationship between the Authority and a person who agrees to
				abide by the Agreement established for the electronic collection of
				tolls.
(9) "E-ZPass account
				maintenance fee" means any monetary charge that may be assessed to offset the
				cost of electronic toll collection accounts and is set in accordance with
				Chapter .05 of this subtitle.
(10)
				"Final notice" means a written administrative notice from the Authority of
				outstanding amounts due to the Authority when preparing to refer amounts due
				through a notice of referral to the CCU in accordance with Regulation .08C of
				this chapter.
(11) Final toll
				violation means the total amount due as a result of a toll violation where a
				citation has been issued, is not paid, and:
(a) A person fails to request a hearing
				within the time permitted pursuant to Transportation Article, §
											21-1414(d)(6),
				Annotated Code of Maryland;
(b) A
				person fails to appear for a trial requested in District Court and has
				exhausted all appeals;
(c) A person
				is adjudicated to be liable for the toll violation by the District Court and
				has exhausted all appeals; or
(d) A
				person has failed to satisfy the requirements of an installment payment plan
				with the Authority.
(12)
				"Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA)" means the Motor Vehicle Administration of
				the Department of Transportation.
(13) "Notice of toll due" or "NOTD" means an
				administrative notice of a video toll transaction.
(14) "Past due notice" means a written
				administrative notice from the Authority, sent when payment for a toll
				violation remains due through a notice of referral to the MVA in accordance
				with Regulations .08A or .08B of this chapter.
(15) "Pay" means the Authority receives
				payment by:
(a) Cash;
(b) Permitting a charge against an E-ZPass
				account with a balance sufficient to pay the toll due;
(c) Pay-By-Plate; or
(d) Another means of payment approved by the
				Authority.
(16)
				"Pay-By-Plate" means a payment method whereby a customer provides their vehicle
				license plate information and a valid electronic payment method to the
				Authority prior to travel for processing toll payments at Authority
				facilities.
(17) "Person alleged to
				be liable"
(a) The registered owner of a
				motor vehicle involved in a video toll transaction; or
(b) A person to whom a registered owner of a
				motor vehicle has transferred liability for a video toll transaction in
				accordance with Transportation Article, §
											21-1414, Annotated
				Code of Maryland and this chapter has the meaning stated in Transportation
				Article, §
											21-1414, Annotated
				Code of Maryland
(18)
				"Posted speed limit" means the speed limit posted in an electronic toll
				collection lane.
(19) "Recorded
				image" has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										21-1414, Annotated
				Code of Maryland.
(20) "Registered
				owner" has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										21-1414, Annotated
				Code of Maryland
(21) "Speed
				violation" means a violation of the posted speed limit in an electronic toll
				collection lane.
(22) "State" means
				any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, a possession of the
				United States, or a province or territory of Canada.
(23) "Toll" means the amount of money due as
				established by the Authority for passage of a vehicle on an Authority
				highway.
(24) "Toll collection
				facility" has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										21-1414, Annotated
				Code of Maryland.
(25) "Toll
				violation" means the failure to pay a video toll within the time prescribed by
				the Authority in a notice of toll due and as otherwise provided in a response
				from the Authority regarding a denial of a transfer of liability.
(26) "Transponder" means a device which is
				designed to transmit information used to collect tolls and is associated with a
				particular toll collection account.
(27) "Trip" means one passage of a vehicle on
				an Authority highway where a toll is normally collected.
(28) "Vehicle" means a motor vehicle as
				defined by Transportation Article, §
										11-135, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(29) "Video monitoring
				system" has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										21-1414, Annotated
				Code of Maryland.
(30) "Video toll"
				has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										21-1414, Annotated
				Code of Maryland
(31) "Video toll
				transaction" has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										21-1414, Annotated
				Code of Maryland