HB 1042 Summary

• School corporations and nonpublic schools may install video recording devices on school buses to capture digital images of vehicles violating school bus stop arm laws, with an enforcement agreement between the school and a contractor.

• Violations enforced through camera are Class A infractions with civil penalties of $300 (first offense), $750 (one prior offense within 5 years), or $1,000 (multiple prior offenses within 5 years), and no driver's license points may be assessed.

• Schools must ensure video recording devices activate only when amber warning lights operate and the stop arm extends, and deactivate when red warning lights cease and the stop arm retracts.

• Law enforcement agencies must send violation notices by mail within 10 days of the alleged violation and can only issue citations if the school bus operator provides a contemporaneous written report documenting the incident.

• Civil penalties collected are distributed according to the enforcement agreement between the school and contractor, with no additional costs assessed to violators beyond the specified penalty amounts.

• Effective July 1, 2014.