HB747:

Photo speed monitoring devices; locality-designated highway segments.

Bill Summary:

Photo speed monitoring devices; locality-designated
highway segments. Authorizes localities to, by ordinance, authorize
their local law-enforcement agency to place and operate photo speed
monitoring devices in certain locations named in the ordinance, provided
that (i) the highway has a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour
or greater; (ii) the ordinance identifies the locality-designated
speeding offense to be enforced by the photo speed monitoring device;
(iii) speeding, crash, or fatality data support the need for stronger
enforcement against speeding; (iv) in counties and towns whose roads
are subject to the control and jurisdiction of the Department of
Transportation, the locality-designated highway segment is in the
secondary state highway system; and (v) the Superintendent of State
Police, upon request of the chief law-enforcement officer for the
locality, annually certifies that the speed limit on the locality-designated
highway segment cannot be safely enforced without the use of a photo
speed monitoring device. The bill directs the locality to also identify
the speeding violations that may be enforced by a photo speed monitoring
device. Current law authorizes the use of photo speed monitoring
devices in highway work zones and school crossing zones.