Bill Text: NJ A3172 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

New Jersey Assembly Bill 3172 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits use of speed cameras in State.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-28 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee [A3172 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-A3172-Introduced.html

ASSEMBLY, No. 3172

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED JUNE 28, 2012

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman LINDA STENDER

District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)

Assemblyman PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman JERRY GREEN

District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman O'Scanlon and Assemblywoman McHose

SYNOPSIS

Prohibits use of speed cameras in State.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

As introduced.

An Act prohibiting use of speed cameras and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

1. A speed control device shall not be used to detect violations of the posted speed limit on a highway under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation, a county, a municipality, or a toll road authority in this State. For the purposes of this section, "speed control device" means an integrated system or device utilizing a camera, or a multiple camera system, and vehicle sensors that is capable of automatically producing a recorded image of the alleged violation that shows a motor vehicle traveling at or above a predetermined speed and a portion of the motor vehicle sufficient to clearly identify the motor vehicle.

2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

This bill prohibits the use of speed control devices to detect violations of the posted speed limit on the highways in this State. A speed control device is defined in the bill as an integrated system or device utilizing a camera, or a multiple camera system, and vehicle sensors that is capable of automatically producing a recorded image that shows a motor vehicle traveling at or above a predetermined speed and a portion of the motor vehicle sufficient to clearly identify such vehicle.