Amend House File 2214 as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   Section 1.  Section 321.1, Code Supplement 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  95.  “Automated traffic law enforcement system” means a device with one or more sensors working in conjunction with at least one of the following:
   a.  An official traffic-control signal, to produce recorded images of motor vehicles entering an intersection against a flashing red light, steady circular red light, or a steady red arrow.
   b.  An official traffic-control signal at a railroad grade crossing, as described in section 321.342, to produce recorded images of vehicles violating a flashing red or steady circular red light.
   c.  A speed measuring device, to produce recorded images of motor vehicles travelling at a prohibited rate of speed.
   Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  321.5A  Automated traffic law enforcement systems.
   A local authority shall not use an automated traffic law enforcement system except as provided in this section.
   1.  A local authority may by ordinance authorize the use of automated traffic law enforcement systems to detect violations of posted speed limits or official traffic-control signals which constitute municipal or county infractions.
   2.  A local authority shall provide signage, in conformance with the uniform system adopted pursuant to section 321.252, giving notice of the use of an automated traffic law enforcement system on the approach to each location where an automated traffic law enforcement system is in use as follows:
   a.  A sign shall be posted on each road on the approach to the next traffic-control signal where an automated traffic law enforcement system is in use.
   b.  A sign shall be posted on the approach to the next speed limit zone on a road where an automated traffic law enforcement system is being used for speed limit enforcement.
   c.  A temporary sign shall be positioned or posted on the approach to each location where a mobile automated traffic law enforcement system is being used for speed limit enforcement.
   d.  A temporary or permanent sign giving notice of the use of an automated traffic law enforcement system for the enforcement of speed limits shall be positioned or posted at a distance in advance of the automated traffic law enforcement system which, in relation to the applicable speed limit, would provide adequate notice to a motor vehicle operator travelling at the speed limit before entering the range of the automated traffic law enforcement system.
   3.  Recorded images produced by an automated traffic law enforcement system evidencing a violation of a posted speed limit or an official traffic-control signal shall be reviewed by a peace officer of the local law enforcement agency to affirm that a violation occurred and the identity of the motor vehicle involved in the violation. If following the officer’s review, a notice of a fine or citation is issued to the owner of the motor vehicle involved in the violation, the following requirements apply:
   a.  An affidavit bearing the written or electronic signature of the peace officer shall be included on the notice or citation.
   b.  The notice or citation shall contain a statement, in bold type, regarding the process for appealing the fine.
   c.  The notice or citation shall be sent by ordinary mail to the owner of the motor vehicle involved not more than thirty days following the incident giving rise to the notice of a fine or citation, as evidenced by the postmark.
   4.  A local authority shall not charge the owner of a motor vehicle administrative costs in addition to any civil penalty imposed for a violation detected by an automated traffic law enforcement system. Civil penalties imposed for such violations shall not exceed the following amounts:
   a.  For a violation of an official traffic-control signal, fifty dollars.
   b.  For a violation of a speed limit, the amount of the fine established in section 805.8A for an equivalent speeding violation charged as a scheduled violation, subject to the limitation established in section 331.302, subsection 2, for violation of a county ordinance, or the limitation established in section 364.3, subsection 2, for violation of a city ordinance.
   5.  The owner of a motor vehicle shall not be liable for a violation detected by an automated traffic law enforcement system if a uniform traffic citation was issued to the operator of the motor vehicle in connection with the same violation.
   6.  A local authority that uses an automated traffic law enforcement system shall file annually with the department of public safety a report comparing the type and rate of accidents that occurred at each location where an automated traffic law enforcement system was employed during the previous year to the type and rate of accidents at the same location during the previous consecutive year. The report shall be kept on file and used by the governing body of the local authority in evaluating the effectiveness of the automated traffic law enforcement program in improving public safety.
   Sec. 3.  EXISTING AUTOMATED TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS —— VALIDITY OF PRIOR NOTICES AND CITATIONS.  Notices mailed or citations issued of violations committed prior to the effective date of this Act, pursuant to a local ordinance authorizing the use of an automated traffic law enforcement system, shall not be invalidated by the enactment of this Act and shall be processed according to the provisions of the law under which they were authorized.>
   2.  Title page, line 1, by striking <prohibiting> and inserting <relating to>
   3.  Title page, by striking line 2 and inserting <systems.>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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WENTHE of Fayette