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This bill alters provisions related to the rates the Department of State Police sets for towing companies involved in police-initiated towing of motor vehicles, which means towing or recovery authorized or dispatched by the Department. Specifically, it expands the scope to include the towing and recovery of "light-duty vehicles," defined as vehicles, including trailers or semitrailers, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less. The bill also establishes that the approved rates for this light-duty towing and recovery cannot exceed 80% of the maximum approved rates for medium-duty towing and recovery, and it mandates that these rates are set based on recommendations from a newly expanded Committee on Rate Setting and Complaint Resolution for Police-Initiated Towing and Recovery, which will now also consider light-duty towing and recovery in its recommendations.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0030?ys=2026RS