Bill Text: IA SF67 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-27 - Subcommittee, Dvorsky, Brase, and Feenstra. S.J. 159. [SF67 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF67-Introduced.html

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Senate File 67 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  CHELGREN and WHITVER

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting the use of automated or remote traffic law
  2    enforcement systems, requiring removal of existing systems,
  3    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.  Section 321.492B, Code 2015, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    321.492B  Use of unmanned aerial vehicle automated or remote
  1  4 systems for traffic law enforcement prohibited.
  1  5    The state or a political subdivision of the state shall not
  1  6 use an unmanned aerial vehicle any automated or remote system
  1  7  for traffic law enforcement including but not limited to an
  1  8 unmanned aerial vehicle and any device with one or more sensors
  1  9 working in conjunction with a traffic=control device, signal
  1 10 light, speed measuring device, or parking meter device.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  REMOVAL OF AUTOMATED OR REMOTE TRAFFIC LAW
  1 12 ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS ==== VALIDITY OF PRIOR NOTICES AND
  1 13 CITATIONS.  On or before July 1, 2015, a local authority using
  1 14 an automated or remote traffic law enforcement system shall
  1 15 discontinue using the system and remove the system equipment.
  1 16 Effective July 1, 2015, all local ordinances authorizing the
  1 17 use of an automated or remote traffic law enforcement system
  1 18 are void. However, notices of violations mailed or citations
  1 19 issued pursuant to such an ordinance prior to July 1, 2015,
  1 20 shall not be invalidated by the enactment of this Act and shall
  1 21 be processed according to the provisions of the law under which
  1 22 they were authorized.
  1 23    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  The section of this
  1 24 Act relating to the removal of automated or remote traffic
  1 25 law enforcement systems and the validity of prior notices and
  1 26 citations, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect
  1 27 upon enactment.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 30 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 31    This bill imposes a statewide prohibition on the use of
  1 32 automated or remote traffic law enforcement systems including
  1 33 but not limited to unmanned aerial vehicles and any devices
  1 34 with one or more sensors working in conjunction with a
  1 35 traffic=control device, signal light, speed measuring device,
  2  1 or parking meter device. This provision of the bill takes
  2  2 effect July 1, 2015.
  2  3    Local authorities that are currently using automated or
  2  4 remote traffic law enforcement systems must discontinue their
  2  5 use and remove related equipment on or before July 1, 2015.
  2  6 On that date, all local ordinances authorizing the use of
  2  7 automated or remote traffic law enforcement systems are void.
  2  8 However, notices of violations that were mailed or citations
  2  9 which were issued prior to July 1, 2015, are not invalidated by
  2 10 the bill and remain enforceable. These provisions of the bill
  2 11 take effect upon enactment.
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