HB442 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Lesley Vance

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Jack WilliamsAlan Boothe

Session

Regular Session 2014

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.

This 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 contractor for the installation, operation, notice processing, and administration of a school bus automated device.

This bill would grant subject matter jurisdiction to district and municipal courts to adjudicate the civil notice.

This bill would provide procedures for civil action taken pursuant to this act.

This bill would provide for the destruction of all images and other recorded information within certain time periods.

This bill would provide for appeals.

This bill would authorize civil fines.

This bill would provide that a person who becomes responsible for payment of the civil fine would not have the violation entered on his or her driver's history and not suffer other adverse consequences if the civil fine is timely paid.

This bill would provide that insurance companies could not use a violation to set or change insurance rates.

This bill would provide that failure to timely pay a civil fine would result in civil collection efforts by a county or a municipal board of education.

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Subjects

School Bus Violation