SB21 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jimmy Holley Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

School buses, automated civil enforcement of school bus violations, county and city boards of education may initiate and enforce, district and municipal courts, county and city law enforcement.

Description

This bill would enable county and municipal boards of education to approve in their jurisdiction a process of civil enforcement of offenses related to overtaking a school bus by using automated detection devices, and allowing a civil notice of violation to be issued by mail. It would provide that the owner of the vehicle is presumptively responsible but provide procedures to transfer responsibility or to contest the notice of violation. The bill would allow a law enforcement agency or a local governing entity, in consultation with a school system, to enter an agreement with a private vendor for the installation, operation, notice processing, and administration of a school bus automated device. District and municipal courts would be granted subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate the civil notice. The bill would provide procedures for civil action taken pursuant to this act. The bill would provide for the destruction of all images and other recorded information within certain time periods. The bill would provide for appeals. Civil fines would be authorized. Any person who becomes responsible for payment of the civil fine would not have the violation entered on the driver's history, not suffer other adverse consequences so long as the civil fine is timely paid, and insurance companies could not use a violation to set or change insurance rates. Failure to timely pay a civil fine would result in civil collection efforts by a county or a municipal board of education.

Subjects

School Bus Violations