SB348 - Alabama Automated Traffic Enforcement Safety Act

• Municipalities must submit implementation plans to the Alabama Justice Information Commission for approval before operating automated traffic enforcement systems that detect speeding and traffic-control device violations.

• Civil fines cannot exceed $110 per violation, with $10 going to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and court costs only assessed in contested cases; owners failing to pay timely face an additional $25 late penalty.

• Speeding enforcement systems are limited to school zones, road/highway construction zones, and residential neighborhoods, while traffic-control device violation cameras may be placed at any dangerous location with warning signs posted.

• Vehicle owners receive violation notices by mail with photos and have 45 days to request an adjudicative hearing in municipal court; violations are civil (not criminal) and do not appear on driving records or criminal records.

• Owners found liable in municipal court may appeal to circuit court within 14 days for a trial de novo; the act becomes effective 90 days after passage and repeals prior local automated traffic enforcement laws.