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Relating to automated traffic systems, including for traffic law enforcement and for capture of registration plate images, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the House Ways and Means Committee
Topics:Transportation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 2, 2023
- Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
- Done: House committeeMarch 7, 2024
- Done: Passes the HouseApril 9, 202485–12
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 15, 202446–1
- Done: To the GovernorApril 23, 2024
- Done: Signed into lawMay 17, 2024
Signed into law What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
In 2014, the department of transportation (DOT) adopted administrative rules authorizing and regulating the use of automated traffic enforcement (ATE) systems on the primary road system. After judicial review, the Iowa supreme court ruled the DOT did not have authority to adopt rules regulating the use of ATE systems. This bill codifies the previously adopted DOT rules, other than those relating to the use of ATE systems monitoring official traffic-control devices. The bill applies only to automated enforcement used by local jurisdictions to monitor and enforce excessive speed violations on the primary road system.
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The DOT is prohibited from using automated enforcement or receiving related payments from local jurisdictions. Under the bill, a city or county (local jurisdiction) seeking to use automated enforcement is required to receive approval from the DOT. A local jurisdiction is required to submit a justification report, detailing the need for automated enforcement based on factors described in the bill. The DOT must approve or deny a local jurisdiction’s request within days, unless additional time is needed to gather more data or conduct a speed study. If the DOT approves a request, the DOT must prepare an agreement which must be signed by the department and the local jurisdiction. The bill requires ATE systems to be installed and maintained in a safe manner and limits the locations on or along a roadway where the ATE system is permitted to be installed. The ATE systems must be calibrated quarterly, and if a mobile ATE system is used, it must be calibrated before each use at a new location. Local jurisdictions are required to post signs in advance of locations where ATE systems are used to advise drivers of such systems. Each year, a local jurisdiction that uses automated enforcement must evaluate the effectiveness of the ATE system and report its findings to the DOT on or before May 1. The DOT must review the annual reports and determine whether continued use of automated enforcement is justified. The DOT is authorized to require a local jurisdiction to remove or modify an ATE system in a particular location. A local jurisdiction may appeal a decision made by the DOT by submitting a written explanation of the issue and any supporting information to the director of the DOT. Once the director receives the appeal, the director has days to respond. The director’s decision is final agency action. Automated enforcement must be used in conjunction with conventional law enforcement methods, not as a replacement for law enforcement officer contact.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed
Fiscal note
Less revenue: up to $341,000 Compare with other bills
House File 2681 is estimated to reduce local revenue by $121,000 to the city of Buffalo and $341,000 to the city of LeClaire due to the loss of the mobile ATE system. However, the full fiscal impact of the Bill across all localities cannot be estimated.
How the estimate changed
The largest dollar figure in each version’s summary; the figures don’t always measure the same thing, so open the notes to compare.
- Final Fiscal Note — Automated Traffic Enforcement, Speed Cameras · May 9, 2024 · $341,000
- Automated Traffic Enforcement, Speed Cameras · April 12, 2024 · $341,000
- Automated Traffic Enforcement, Speed Cameras · April 8, 2024 · $362,813
- Traffic Cameras · March 29, 2024
- Traffic Cameras · March 21, 2023
Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note
Iowa Code it changes
Creates§321P.1§321P.10§321P.11§321P.12§321P.2§321P.3§321P.4§321P.5§321P.6§321P.7§321P.8§321P.9
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Lobbying
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Similar bills
- HF 629 Relating to the use of automated traffic enforcement systems on the primary road system90th General Assembly · Approved by committeeNearly identical
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