H-8284

   Amend House File 2681 as follows:
   1.  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 —— sharing related information prohibited.
   1.  The state or a local authority 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. 
   2.  The department of transportation and the department of public safety shall not share or provide information used to impose or collect a civil penalty that results from a violation captured by an automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement through any existing interstate compact that does not specifically allow or require information to be shared or provided for that explicit purpose.
   3.  For 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, 2025, a local authority using an automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement shall discontinue using the system and remove the system equipment. On and after July 1, 2025, 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, 2025, 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 enacting section 321.492C takes effect July 1, 2025.>
   2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting <An Act prohibiting the use of automated or remote systems for traffic law enforcement and the sharing of related information, and including effective date provisions.>

______________________________
WILLS of Dickinson