Florida Representative Fights Back Against Red Light Cameras
Legislation that would ban the use of red light cameras in Florida faces a bill that retroactively authorizes automated ticketing.
A Florida state representative is standing athwart the legislative juggernaut that seeks to expand the use of red light cameras throughout the state. Representative Rob Schenck (R-Spring Hill) last month won approval by a 7 to 5 vote from the House Governmental Affairs Policy Committee for his bill expressly preempting the ability of local jurisdictions to operate automated ticketing machines.
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A PDF of House Bill 1235 is available for viewing.
Source: Florida Representative Fights Back Against Red Light Cameras
A Florida state representative is standing athwart the legislative juggernaut that seeks to expand the use of red light cameras throughout the state. Representative Rob Schenck (R-Spring Hill) last month won approval by a 7 to 5 vote from the House Governmental Affairs Policy Committee for his bill expressly preempting the ability of local jurisdictions to operate automated ticketing machines.
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"Current law requires that traffic citations be issued when an officer observes the commission of a traffic infraction," the official legislative analysis for House Bill 1235 explained. "A 2005 attorney general opinion also reached the same concluding providing that legislative changes are necessary before local governments may issue traffic citations and penalize drivers who fail to obey red light indications on traffic signal devices as collected from a photographic record from unmanned cameras monitoring intersections... This bill could have a negative fiscal impact on those governments having installed red light cameras and on those local governments using such cameras to generate revenue through the collection of civil fees or fines." |
A PDF of House Bill 1235 is available for viewing.
Source: Florida Representative Fights Back Against Red Light Cameras
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