Bill Text: IA SF2148 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting the use of automated or remote systems for traffic law enforcement, requiring the removal of existing systems, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3025.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-15 - Referred to Local Government. H.J. 593. [SF2148 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2148-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2148 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     3025)

                                 (COMPANION TO HF 2118
                                     BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL
                                     GOVERNMENT)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting the use of automated or remote systems for
  2    traffic law enforcement, requiring the removal of existing
  3    systems, and including effective date provisions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.492C  Use of automated or remote
  1  2 systems for traffic law enforcement prohibited.
  1  3    The state or a political subdivision of the state shall not
  1  4 place or cause to be placed on or adjacent to a highway, or
  1  5 maintain or employ the use of, any automated or remote system
  1  6 for traffic law enforcement. For the purposes of this section,
  1  7 "automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement" means a
  1  8 camera or other optical device designed to work in conjunction
  1  9 with an official traffic control signal or speed measuring
  1 10 device to identify motor vehicles operating in violation of
  1 11 traffic laws, the use of which results in the issuance of
  1 12 citations sent through the mail or by electronic means.
  1 13    Sec. 2.  REMOVAL OF AUTOMATED OR REMOTE SYSTEMS FOR
  1 14 TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT ==== VALIDITY OF PRIOR NOTICES AND
  1 15 CITATIONS.  Prior to July 1, 2018, a local authority using an
  1 16 automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement shall
  1 17 discontinue using the system and remove the system equipment.
  1 18 Effective July 1, 2018, all local ordinances authorizing the
  1 19 use of automated or remote systems for traffic law enforcement
  1 20 are void. However, any citation issued or mailed pursuant
  1 21 to such an ordinance prior to July 1, 2018, shall not be
  1 22 invalidated by the enactment of this Act and shall be processed
  1 23 according to the provisions of law under which the citation was
  1 24 authorized.
  1 25    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The section of this Act relating
  1 26 to the removal of automated or remote systems for traffic law
  1 27 enforcement and the validity of prior citations, being deemed
  1 28 of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 31 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 32    This bill prohibits the state or a political subdivision of
  1 33 the state from placing or causing to be placed on or adjacent
  1 34 to a highway, or maintaining or employing the use of, any
  1 35 automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement. The
  2  1 bill defines "automated or remote system for traffic law
  2  2 enforcement" to mean a camera or other optical device designed
  2  3 to work in conjunction with an official traffic control signal
  2  4 or speed measuring device to identify motor vehicles operating
  2  5 in violation of traffic laws, the use of which results in the
  2  6 issuance of citations sent through the mail or by electronic
  2  7 means.
  2  8    The bill requires that prior to July 1, 2018, a local
  2  9 authority using an automated or remote system for traffic law
  2 10 enforcement must discontinue using the system and remove the
  2 11 system equipment. Effective July 1, 2018, all local ordinances
  2 12 authorizing the use of automated or remote systems for traffic
  2 13 law enforcement are void. However, the bill provides that any
  2 14 citation issued or mailed pursuant to such an ordinance prior
  2 15 to July 1, 2018, is not invalidated by the bill and must be
  2 16 processed according to the provisions of law under which the
  2 17 citation was authorized. This provision of the bill takes
  2 18 effect upon enactment.
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