Bill Text: OH SB196 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To prohibit the use of traffic law photo-monitoring devices by municipal corporations to detect signal light violations unless the municipal corporation is authorized to establish a mayor's court.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-09-26 - To State Government Oversight & Reform [SB196 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-SB196-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

S. B. No. 196

Senator Patton 

Cosponsor: Senator Smith 

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A BILL

To enact section 4511.095 of the Revised Code to

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prohibit the use of traffic law photo-monitoring

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devices by municipal corporations to detect signal

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light violations unless the municipal corporation

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is authorized to establish a mayor's court.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1.  That section 4511.095 of the Revised Code be	6
enacted to read as follows:	7

Sec. 4511.095.  (A) No municipal corporation, utilizing	8
either its own employees, those of another public entity, or those	9
of a private entity, shall use a traffic law photo-monitoring	10
device to determine compliance with or detect a violation of	11
section 4511.12 of the Revised Code based on the failure to comply	12
with section 4511.13 of the Revised Code or a substantially	13
equivalent municipal ordinance unless the municipal corporation is	14
authorized to establish a mayor's court under section 1905.01 of	15
the Revised Code.	16

(B) As used in this section, "traffic law photo-monitoring	17
device" means an electronic system consisting of a photographic,	18
video, or electronic camera and a means of sensing the presence of	19
a motor vehicle that automatically produces photographs,	20
videotape, or digital images of the vehicle or its license plate.	21