HB 1099: Traffic safety cameras

Summary

• Requires a legislative authority that adopts an ordinance allowing for the use of automated traffic safety cameras to submit the ordinance to the voters within its jurisdiction at a general election.
• Requires an ordinance that allows for the use of automated traffic safety cameras to indicate the maximum number of cameras that may be used within the jurisdiction, and requires a subsequent ordinance to increase the number of traffic cameras to be approved by the voters at a general election.
• Requires the minimum duration for the yellow change interval to be based on the 85th percentile of free-flowing traffic and the kinematic formula published by the Institute of Traffic Engineers when a traffic camera is used at a two-arterial intersection.
• Changes infractions detected through the use of automated traffic safety cameras to traffic infractions, and prohibits the infractions from being made available to the registered owner's insurance company or employer.
• Requires compensation paid to a traffic camera manufacturer or vendor to be a fixed rate based only on the value of the equipment and service provided.

From the House Bill Analysis 2011 (HB 1099), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗