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IN HB1333
Bill
Status
1/12/2016
Primary Sponsor
Milo Smith
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AI Summary
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School corporations and nonpublic schools may install cameras on school buses to enforce violations of arm signal traffic laws under a new camera enforcement program effective July 1, 2016.
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School corporations may pay for camera enforcement costs from their school transportation fund, and must enter written enforcement agreements with law enforcement agencies specifying which violations will be enforced and how recorded images will be used.
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Camera enforcement requires the school bus's arm signal device to be deployed before the camera activates, and each recorded image must contain electronic verification that the arm signal device was extended and include the date and time recorded.
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Violations detected through camera enforcement result in civil penalties of $300 for first offense, $750 for one prior violation within five years, and $1,000 for multiple prior violations within five years, with no driver's license points assessed.
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Law enforcement must provide vehicle owners with a complaint and summons, the recorded image, and a verified statement within 10 days of the violation, and a rebuttable presumption exists that the vehicle owner was operating the vehicle at the time of the violation.
Legislative Description
Camera enforcement of school bus arm violations. Provides that a school corporation or nonpublic school may install cameras on school buses to enforce arm signal traffic violations (camera enforcement). Allows a school corporation to pay for costs associated with camera enforcement from the school corporation's school transportation fund. Imposes civil penalties for arm signal violations detected by camera enforcement.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
1/12/2016