Prohibiting the use of automated or remote systems for traffic law enforcement, including prohibiting the sharing of related information, requiring the removal of existing systems, and providing exceptions, and including effective date provisions

This bill prohibits the state or a political subdivision of the state from placing or causing to be placed on or adjacent to a highway, or maintaining or employing the use of, any automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement (ATE system). This prohibition does not apply to a segment of an interstate road along or reasonably preceding or succeeding an elevated portion of the road with two adjacent circular curves with deflections in opposite directions located in a city having a population of between 120,000 and 130,000 based on the 2010 federal decennial census. The bill prohibits the department of transportation and the department of public safety from providing information used to impose or collect a civil penalty that results from a violation captured by an ATE system through an existing interstate compact agreement unless the agreement specifically allows or requires that information to be shared or provided for that specific purpose. The bill does not provide an exception to this provision. The bill defines “automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement” to mean a camera or other optical device designed to work in conjunction with an official traffic control signal or speed measuring device to identify motor vehicles operating in violation of traffic laws, the use of which results in the issuance of citations sent through the mail or by electronic means. The bill requires that prior to July 1, 2021, a local authority using an ATE system must discontinue using the system and remove the system equipment. Effective July 1, 2021, all local ordinances authorizing the use of ATE systems are void. However, the bill provides that any citation issued or mailed pursuant to such an ordinance prior to July 1, 2021, is not invalidated by the bill and must be processed according to the provisions of law under which the citation was authorized. This provision of the bill does not apply to ATE systems exempted from the prohibition, or to any associated ordinance or citation. This provision of the bill takes effect upon enactment.