HB517 Alabama 2018 Session

Relating to the City of Jasper, Alabama, in Walker County; to authorize automated traffic safety law enforcement in the City of Jasper, Alabama, as a civil violation; to provide certain procedures to be followed by the city using automated photographic traffic enforcement; to provide that the owner of a vehicle involved in running a traffic light or stop sign or violating the speed limit in the City of Jasper is presumptively liable for a civil violation and the payment of a specified fine; to provide procedures to contest liability; to provide for jurisdiction in Walker County and the City of Jasper over such civil violations; to allow petitions for judicial review in the Walker County Circuit Court for trial de novo; and to create 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 as defined in this act.