SB 23-200: Automated Vehicle Identification Systems Summary

• Authorizes counties and municipalities to use automated vehicle identification systems (AVIS) to detect traffic violations in school zones, residential neighborhoods, maintenance/construction zones, municipal parks, and designated "AVIS corridors" with prior public notice and data justification.

• Establishes a two-tiered notice process: initial notice of violation must be served within 30 days (in-state vehicles) or 60 days (out-of-state vehicles), with a 45-day deadline to pay or request a hearing; failure to respond triggers a civil penalty assessment notice and final order of liability.

• Caps penalties at $40 for speeding violations (doubled in school zones), $75 for red light violations, and prohibits using AVIS to detect speeds 25+ mph over the limit except in highway maintenance zones; first minor speeding violations receive warnings only.

• Prohibits reporting AVIS-detected violations to the Department of Motor Vehicles, assessing license points, immobilizing vehicles, or requiring driver identification from registered owners; allows registered owners to submit evidence they were not the driver.

• Mandates photographs and video be treated as confidential, retained only when violations occur, and destroyed within three years after final disposition; prohibits vendor compensation based on citation volume or revenue.