S3225 — Speed Camera Enforcement for School, Safety and Construction Zones

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Speed Camera Enforcement for School, Safety and Construction Zones

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This bill establishes an automated road safety enforcement program in Massachusetts, including provisions for speed camera violations and corresponding penalties.

• Chapter 4 of the General Laws, section 7, clause Twenty-sixth, subclause (w)

  and photographs, video or other images and other personal identifying information collected under chapter 90L

  Adds the collection of personal identifying information to the existing law regarding data.

• Chapter 90, section 17

  for a distance of a quarter of a mile

  Removes the specific distance requirement for certain provisions in the section.

• Chapter 90, section 17

  for a distance of one-eighth of a mile

  Removes another specific distance requirement from the section.

• CHAPTER 90L. AUTOMATED ROAD SAFETY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. Section 1. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ...

  Introduces a new chapter that establishes the framework for an automated road safety enforcement program.

• Chapter 90L, section 3

  The fines and warnings imposed for speed camera enforceable violations, as accrued in a 2-year look-back period, shall be as follows: (i) a warning for a first violation and (ii) either: (A) $25 for a second or subsequent violation or (B) $100 for a second or subsequent violation of driving at a speed of 25 miles per hour or more over the posted speed limit...

  Establishes a penalty structure for speeding violations detected by automated cameras.

• Chapter 90K

  The General Laws are hereby amended by inserting after chapter 90K the following chapter: ...

  Adds a new chapter 90L which sets up the rules and definitions for automated road safety enforcement.

• Chapter 90L, section 2

  There shall be within the department’s highway division an automated road safety enforcement program...

  Creates an automated road safety enforcement program managed by the Department of Transportation.

• Chapter 90L, section 3(b)

  Except as provided in section 4, the registered owner of a motor vehicle shall be liable for the fine; provided, however, that a registered owner of a motor vehicle shall not be liable for the fine imposed under this program for a speed camera enforceable violation if the operator of the motor vehicle was issued a citation for the violation...

  Clarifies liability for violations based on whether the vehicle's operator received a citation.

• Chapter 90L, section 3(c)

  A certificate, or a facsimile thereof, based upon inspection of photographs, video or other images and data produced by an automated road safety camera system and sworn to or affirmed by the enforcing authority shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein.

  Defines the evidentiary value of materials produced by automated camera systems.

• Chapter 90L, section 3(d)

  Notice of a speed camera enforceable violation issued by an enforcing authority under the automated road safety enforcement program shall not be...

  Protects violators from having these infractions recorded against their official driving record.

• Chapter 90L, section 3(f)(1)

  The enforcing authority shall provide a notice of violation to the registered owner of a motor vehicle that is identified in photographs, video or other images produced by an automated road safety camera system...

  Requires that notices of violation include specific evidentiary details.

• Chapter 90L, section 3(g)

  A registered owner of a motor vehicle shall not be liable for a speed camera enforceable violation under this program if the: (i) operator of the motor vehicle was operating an emergency vehicle;...

  Establishes exemptions where the registered owner is not liable for violations.

Sponsors

• William N. Brownsberger · Primary

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