Some reasonable changes likely coming WRT red-light cameras:
“(h) (1) A contract between a governmental agency and a manufacturer or supplier of automated traffic enforcement equipment shall not include provision for the payment or compensation to the manufacturer or supplier based on the number of citations generated, or as a percentage of the revenue generated, as a result of the use of the equipment authorized under this section.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a contract that was entered into by a governmental agency and a manufacturer or supplier of automated traffic enforcement equipment before January 1, 2004, unless that contract is renewed, extended, or amended on or after January 1, 2004.
(3) A governmental agency that proposes to install or operate an automated traffic enforcement system shall not consider revenue generation, beyond recovering its actual costs of operating the system, as a factor when considering whether or not to install or operate a system within its local jurisdiction.”
Don’t know if this will cause the fine to be reduced, but it ought to.
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edit: Uh-oh. It appears to be more complicated than one would think. This new bill might actually be a way for **for-profit** camera companies and govt agencies to eliminate one of the methods used by citizens to get out of the tickets…by ignoring “snitch tickets” which ask the vehicle owner to positively identify the driver if the driver cannot be clearly identified in the picture/video.
