SB325 Summary: Center Point Automated Traffic Safety Act

• Authorizes the City of Center Point, Alabama to implement automated photographic traffic enforcement systems for red light violations, stop sign violations, and speeding violations as civil (not criminal) violations.

• Vehicle owners are presumptively liable for violations recorded by the systems and must pay specified fines: up to $110 for red light/stop sign violations, and $60-$160 for speeding violations (doubled in school zones).

• Provides administrative hearing process for contesting violations, with right to judicial review in Jefferson County Circuit Court for trial de novo; persons found not liable are refunded all fines and fees.

• Allows vehicle owners and renters/lessees to pursue civil claims against actual vehicle operators for reimbursement of fines paid, and specifies affirmative defenses including stolen vehicles, emergency vehicles, and hazardous road conditions.

• Establishes requirement for signage warning of camera enforcement, mandates annual reporting of enforcement effectiveness data, and prohibits using enforcement technician compensation based on number of violations issued.