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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="8-1004" title_number="8" title_name="Highways" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Vision Zero">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall designate a coordinator to oversee the implementation of Vision Zero throughout the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In implementing Vision Zero, the coordinator shall collaborate with other State agencies and local authorities, including local transportation agencies, law enforcement agencies, educational institutions, and fire and rescue services, to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Identify strategies for achieving the Vision Zero goal established under § 8–1003(b) of this subtitle as enumerated under § 8–1005 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Analyze infrastructure reviews completed under § 8–204.2 of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Provide guidance on any other issue directly related to roadway safety; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Advise the Governor and State and local agencies on:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The implementation of Vision Zero;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Policies, programs, and services affecting traffic safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers and passengers of motor vehicles; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Priorities and needs for roadway safety.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The coordinator shall hold a quarterly public meeting on the implementation of Vision Zero with:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The Administrator or the Administrator’s designee;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The Motor Vehicle Administrator or the Motor Vehicle Administrator’s designee;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The Executive Director of the Maryland Transportation Authority or the Executive Director’s designee; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>A representative of the Office of the Secretary as designated by the Secretary.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The coordinator may request that any other appropriate State or local official participate in or take questions at a quarterly public meeting.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>At a quarterly public meeting, the participants identified under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Address and make recommendations on any Vision Zero development and implementation issues identified by the coordinator under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <level label="A">
            <text>Discuss each infrastructure review completed under § 8–204.2 of this title and analyzed by the coordinator; and</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Vote to accept the infrastructure review or to return the infrastructure review to the person that conducted it for a response to questions or comments or for further review as appropriate; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Discuss and recommend any guidance or advice for the coordinator to provide under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <level label="1">
          <text>A quarterly public meeting shall be live streamed.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The Department shall maintain on its website a complete and unedited archived video recording of each quarterly public meeting for a minimum of 5 years after the date of the meeting.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
