HB210 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Laura Hall Representative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

License plate scanners, use by state agencies, political subdivisions prohibited on public highways, exceptions, confidentiality and destruction of information collected

Description

Under existing law, law enforcement agencies of the state and subdivisions of the state are not prohibited from using license plate scanners to determine the ownership of a motor vehicle, the mileage or route traveled by a motor vehicle, the location or identity of a motor vehicle, or the identity of the occupants of the motor vehicle on public highways.

This bill would prohibit state agencies and subdivisions of the state from using license plate scanners on public highways and would provide limited exceptions for the Department of Transportation, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, counties, and municipalities.

This bill would also provide for the confidentially of information collected and would provide for the destruction of the information after a specified time frame.

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Subjects

Surveillance