Bill Text: IA SF2228 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting the use of automated traffic law enforcement systems, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-21 - Subcommittee, Rielly, Hancock, and Zaun. S.J. 303. [SF2228 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2228-Introduced.html
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BY
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(COMPANION
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
the
use
of
automated
traffic
law
enforcement
1
systems,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
321.5A
Automated
traffic
law
1
enforcement
systems
prohibited.
2
1.
The
department
or
a
local
authority
shall
not
place
3
or
cause
to
be
placed
on
or
adjacent
to
a
street
or
highway,
4
or
maintain
or
employ
the
use
of,
an
automated
traffic
law
5
enforcement
system
for
the
enforcement
of
any
provision
of
this
6
chapter
or
any
local
ordinance
relating
to
vehicular
traffic
or
7
to
prove
a
violation
of
any
such
provision
or
ordinance.
8
2.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“automated
traffic
law
9
enforcement
system”
means
a
device
with
one
or
more
sensors
10
working
in
conjunction
with
a
traffic
control
signal
or
device
11
or
a
speed-measuring
device
to
produce
recorded
images
of
12
vehicles
being
operated
in
violation
of
traffic
or
speed
laws.
13
“Automated
traffic
law
enforcement
system
”
does
not
include
a
14
device
operated
in
the
presence
of
a
peace
officer
or
a
device
15
mounted
on
a
school
bus
and
operated
in
the
presence
of
the
16
driver
of
the
school
bus.
17
Sec.
2.
TERMINATION
OF
AUTOMATED
TRAFFIC
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
18
PROGRAMS
——
REMOVAL
OF
SYSTEMS
——
VALIDITY
OF
PRIOR
NOTICES
AND
19
CITATIONS.
20
1.
A
local
authority
using
an
automated
traffic
law
21
enforcement
system
shall
discontinue
using
the
system
on
or
22
before
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
A
local
authority
shall
23
remove
all
automated
traffic
law
enforcement
system
equipment
24
from
the
highways
on
or
before
July
1,
2012.
25
2.
As
of
the
effective
date
of
this
Act,
all
local
26
ordinances
authorizing
the
use
of
an
automated
traffic
law
27
enforcement
system
are
void.
However,
notices
of
violations
28
mailed
or
citations
issued
pursuant
to
such
an
ordinance
29
prior
to
the
date
the
ordinance
becomes
void
shall
not
be
30
invalidated
under
this
Act
and
shall
be
processed
according
to
31
the
provisions
of
the
law
under
which
they
were
authorized.
32
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
33
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
34
EXPLANATION
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This
bill
prohibits
the
use
of
automated
traffic
law
1
enforcement
systems
in
Iowa.
2
Automated
traffic
law
enforcement
systems,
commonly
known
3
as
“red
light
cameras”
or
“speed
cameras”,
are
devices
with
4
one
or
more
sensors
which
work
in
conjunction
with
a
traffic
5
control
signal
or
device
or
a
speed-measuring
device
to
produce
6
recorded
images
of
vehicles
being
operated
in
violation
of
7
traffic
or
speed
laws.
The
bill
specifies
that
the
term
8
“automated
traffic
law
enforcement
system”
does
not
include
a
9
device
operated
in
the
presence
of
a
peace
officer
or
a
device
10
mounted
on
a
school
bus
and
operated
in
the
presence
of
the
11
school
bus
driver.
12
The
bill
requires
that
a
local
authority
currently
using
13
an
automated
traffic
law
enforcement
system
shall
discontinue
14
using
the
system
on
or
before
the
effective
date
of
the
bill.
15
All
automated
traffic
law
enforcement
system
equipment
must
be
16
removed
from
the
highways
by
July
1,
2012.
17
A
local
authority’s
ordinance
authorizing
the
use
of
18
automated
traffic
law
enforcement
systems
is
void
on
the
19
effective
date
of
the
bill,
but
notices
of
violations
mailed
20
or
citations
issued
under
such
an
ordinance
shall
not
be
21
invalidated
and
shall
be
processed
according
to
the
prior
law.
22
The
bill
is
effective
upon
enactment.
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