S-5240

   Amend  the House amendment, S-5157, to Senate File 220, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  By striking page 1, line 1, through page 8, line 16, and inserting: 
   <Amend Senate File 220, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   ___.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.492C  Use of automated or remote systems for traffic law enforcement prohibited.
   The state or a political subdivision of the state shall not place or cause to be placed on or adjacent to a highway, or maintain or employ the use of, any automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement. For the purposes of this section, “automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement” means a camera or other optical device designed to work in conjunction with an official traffic control signal or speed measuring device to identify motor vehicles operating in violation of traffic laws, the use of which results in the issuance of citations sent through the mail or by electronic means.
   Sec. 2.  REMOVAL OF AUTOMATED OR REMOTE SYSTEMS FOR TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT —— VALIDITY OF PRIOR CITATIONS.  Prior to July 1, 2018, a local authority using an automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement shall discontinue using the system and remove the system equipment. Effective July 1, 2018, all local ordinances authorizing the use of automated or remote systems for traffic law enforcement are void. However, any citation issued or mailed pursuant to such an ordinance prior to July 1, 2018, shall not be invalidated by the enactment of this Act and shall be processed according to the provisions of law under which the citation was authorized.
   Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The section of this Act relating to the removal of automated or remote systems for traffic law enforcement and the validity of prior citations, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.>
   ___.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting <An Act prohibiting the use of automated or remote systems for traffic law enforcement, requiring the removal of existing systems, and including effective date provisions.>>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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BRAD ZAUN