SB441 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Priscilla Dunn

Democrat

Co-Sponsors

Bobby D. SingletonLinda Coleman-MadisonRodger SmithermanWilliam “Bill” M. BeasleyTammy Irons

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Midfield, motor vehicles, automated photographic speeding enforcement, authorized, procedures, posting of informational signs, adoption of municipal ordinances, civil fines, record keeping, municipal court jurisdiction, appeals, Midfield Speed Limit Safety Act

Description

Relating to the City of Midfield, Alabama, in Jefferson County; authorizing automated speeding enforcement in the City of Midfield, Alabama, as a civil violation; authorizing the city to adopt a municipal ordinance consistent with this act; providing certain procedures to be followed by the city using automated photographic speeding enforcement; providing that the owner of the vehicle involved 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 Midfield Municipal Court 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 while speeding; and prohibiting the tampering with automated speeding enforcement devices or equipment systems, except by authorized persons.

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Subjects

Jefferson County