HB272 Summary

• Amends Alabama Code Section 32-5A-154 to allow enforcement of school bus stop violations through video recording devices mounted on school buses, in addition to traditional police enforcement.

• Establishes civil penalties for violations captured on video: $300 for first offense, $750 for second offense, and $1,000 for each subsequent offense within a five-year period.

• Requires law enforcement to mail citations within 10 days of violation, including recorded image, certified officer statement, and information about contesting liability in court.

• Creates rebuttable presumption that registered vehicle owner was the operator; owner may rebut by testifying under oath, providing notarized statement identifying actual operator, or presenting police report showing vehicle was stolen at time of violation.

• Specifies violations detected by video are noncriminal civil infractions that do not count as moving violations, do not appear on driving records, and cannot be used for insurance purposes.