SB545 Alabama 2012 Session

Relating to Jefferson County; authorizing automated traffic camera enforcement in as a civil violation by the adoption of a municipal ordinance consistent with this act; providing certain procedures to be followed by the city using automated photographic traffic light camera enforcement; providing that the owner of the vehicle involved in violation of a traffic law is presumptively liable for a civil violation and the payment of a civil fine, but providing procedures to contest liability; providing for jurisdiction in the municipal court of each incorporated municipality in the county over the civil violations and allowing appeals to the Jefferson County Circuit Court for trial de novo; creating a cause of action for any person held responsible for payment of the civil fine against the person who was actually operating a vehicle during the violation of a traffic law; and prohibiting the tampering with a photographic traffic signal enforcement system, except by authorized persons.