Amend House File 2214 as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   Section 1.  Section 364.22, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  16.
  a.  A civil penalty imposed for a motor vehicle violation under a city’s automated traffic law enforcement program shall not exceed the following amounts:
   (1)  For failure to obey an official traffic control signal, an amount which is twenty-five dollars less than the amount of the fine established in section 805.8A for an equivalent violation charged as a scheduled violation.
   (2)  For a speeding violation, the amount of the fine established in section 805.8A for an equivalent speeding violation charged as a scheduled violation.
   b.  A city shall not charge the owner of a motor vehicle administrative fees in addition to any civil penalty imposed for a violation charged under the city’s automated traffic law enforcement program.
   c.
  (1)  Notwithstanding section 364.22B or any other provision to the contrary, a city shall not contract with a private collection designee for collection of a delinquent fine imposed for a motor vehicle violation under a city’s automated traffic law enforcement program sooner than six months after the initial mailing of the notice of the fine to the owner of the motor vehicle involved in the violation. Not less than thirty days prior to contracting with a private collection designee, the city shall send the person responsible for the fine at least one notice reminding the person of the delinquent debt and of the city’s intended action with regard to collection of the debt. 
   (2)  A city shall not contract with a private collection designee for collection of a delinquent fine imposed for a motor vehicle violation under a city’s automated traffic law enforcement program at any time while the owner of the motor vehicle is pursuing an appeal of the fine in accordance with the appeals process established by the city by ordinance.
   d.  For purposes of this subsection:
   (1)  “Automated traffic law enforcement program” means the utilization of one or more automated traffic law enforcement systems to issue citations for civil violations of traffic laws.
   (2)  “Automated traffic law enforcement system” means a device with one or more sensors working in conjunction with an official traffic control signal or a speed measuring device to produce recorded images of vehicles being operated in violation of traffic or speed laws.
   Sec. 2.  UNIFORM APPEALS PROCESS FOR AUTOMATED TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS.  The department of transportation shall coordinate a committee composed of representatives selected by each city in Iowa with an automated traffic law enforcement program and representatives of any other Iowa cities desiring to participate. The purpose of the committee shall be to design a structured and uniform process for appealing civil penalties imposed under automated traffic law enforcement programs in cities throughout the state. The department shall make a written report to the general assembly on or before December 31, 2013, describing the process agreed to by the committee.>
   2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 2 and inserting <An Act relating to civil penalties imposed by cities under an automated traffic law enforcement program and providing for the adoption of a uniform process for appeals.>

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HALL of Woodbury