Bill Text: IA SF9 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

---

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

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-14 - Subcommittee, Dvorsky, Horn, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 87. [SF9 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF9-Introduced.html

---

Senate File 9 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  ZAUN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting the use of automated traffic law enforcement
  2    systems and requiring the removal of existing systems, and
  3    including effective date provisions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    TLSB 1306XS (1) 86
    ns/nh

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.1, Code 2015, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  95.  "Automated traffic law enforcement
  1  4 system" means a device with one or more sensors working in
  1  5 conjunction with one of the following:
  1  6    a.  An official traffic=control signal, to produce recorded
  1  7 images of motor vehicles entering an intersection against a red
  1  8 signal light.
  1  9    b.  A speed measuring device, to produce recorded images of
  1 10 motor vehicles traveling at a prohibited rate of speed.
  1 11    c.  A railroad grade crossing signal light, as described in
  1 12 section 321.342, to produce images of motor vehicles violating
  1 13 the signal light.
  1 14    d.  Any official traffic=control device, if failure to comply
  1 15 with the official traffic=control device constitutes a moving
  1 16 violation under this chapter.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  321.5A  Automated traffic law
  1 18 enforcement systems prohibited.
  1 19    The department or a local authority shall not place or cause
  1 20 to be placed on or adjacent to a highway, or maintain or employ
  1 21 the use of, an automated traffic law enforcement system for
  1 22 the enforcement of any provision of this chapter or any local
  1 23 ordinance relating to motor vehicles.
  1 24    Sec. 3.  REMOVAL OF AUTOMATED TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT
  1 25 SYSTEMS ==== VALIDITY OF PRIOR NOTICES AND CITATIONS.  On or
  1 26 before July 1, 2015, a local authority using an automated
  1 27 traffic law enforcement system shall discontinue using the
  1 28 system and remove the system equipment.  Effective July 1,
  1 29 2015, all local ordinances authorizing the use of an automated
  1 30 traffic law enforcement system are void.  However, notices
  1 31 of violations mailed or citations issued pursuant to such an
  1 32 ordinance prior to July 1, 2015, shall not be invalidated by
  1 33 the enactment of this Act and shall be processed according to
  1 34 the provisions of the law under which they were authorized.
  1 35    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  The section of this Act
  2  1 relating to the removal of automated traffic law enforcement
  2  2 systems and the validity of prior notices and citations, being
  2  3 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  2  4                           EXPLANATION
  2  5 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2  6 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2  7    This bill imposes a statewide prohibition on the use of
  2  8 automated traffic law enforcement systems and provides for
  2  9 the termination of existing automated traffic law enforcement
  2 10 programs.
  2 11    The bill defines "automated traffic law enforcement system"
  2 12 as a device with one or more sensors working in conjunction
  2 13 with an official traffic=control signal, a speed measuring
  2 14 device, a railroad grade crossing signal light, or any other
  2 15 official traffic=control device if failure to comply with the
  2 16 traffic=control device would constitute a moving violation.
  2 17 An automated traffic law enforcement system records images of
  2 18 vehicles violating an associated traffic control signal or
  2 19 device or violating a speed limit.
  2 20    The bill prohibits the department of transportation and
  2 21 local authorities from placing an automated traffic law
  2 22 enforcement system on or adjacent to a highway or maintaining
  2 23 or employing the use of such a system for the enforcement of
  2 24 state or local motor vehicle laws, effective July 1, 2015.
  2 25    Local authorities that are currently using automated traffic
  2 26 law enforcement systems must discontinue their use and remove
  2 27 related equipment on or before July 1, 2015.  On that date, all
  2 28 local ordinances authorizing the use of automated traffic law
  2 29 enforcement systems are void.  However, notices of violations
  2 30 that were mailed or citations which were issued prior to
  2 31 July 1, 2015, are not invalidated by the bill and remain
  2 32 enforceable. These provisions of the bill take effect upon
  2 33 enactment.
       LSB 1306XS (1) 86
       ns/nh