HB537 Alabama 2013 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2013

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Arthur Payne
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2013
Title: Center Point, camera enforcement of traffic speed and red light violations, further provided for
Description: Relating to the City of Center Point, Alabama, in Jefferson County; authorizing automated traffic safety law enforcement in the City of Center Point, Alabama, as a civil violation; providing certain procedures to be followed by the City using automated photographic traffic enforcement; providing that the owner of the vehicle involved in running a traffic light, stop sign, or violating the speed limit in the City of Center Point is presumptively liable for a civil violation and the payment of a specified fine, but providing procedures to contest liability; providing for jurisdiction in Jefferson County and the City of Center Point over such civil violations and allowing petitions for judicial review in the Jefferson County Circuit Court for trial de novo; creating a cause of action for any person held responsible for payment of the fine against the person who was actually operating a vehicle during the commission of a civil violation defined in this act.
Subjects: Center Point