2018 -- H 7984

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - AUTOMATED SCHOOL-ZONE-

SPEED-ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM ACT OF 2016

     Introduced By: Representatives Perez, Hull, Lombardi, McNamara, and Solomon

     Date Introduced: March 22, 2018

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 31-41.3-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-41.3 entitled

"Automated School-Zone-Speed-Enforcement System Act of 2016" is hereby amended to read as

follows:

     31-41.3-4. Automated school-zone-speed-enforcement system operational

requirements and certification.

     (a) No automated school-zone-speed-enforcement system shall be used in the state of

Rhode Island unless the system has been approved and certified for use in the state by the director

of the department of transportation. The director of the department of transportation, in

cooperation with the state police, shall require that any automated school-zone-speed-

enforcement system approved and certified for use in the state of Rhode Island meets the

following requirements:

     (1) All automated school-zone-speed-enforcement systems operated under this chapter

shall, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. only, record the speed of vehicles within plus

or minus one mile per hour of the actual speed.

     (2) All automated school-zone-speed-enforcement systems operated under this chapter

shall record at least two (2) photographic images of the vehicle exceeding the speed limit, one of

which shall include the license plate attached to the rear of the vehicle.

     (3) All automated school-zone-speed-enforcement systems operated under this chapter

shall, at the time of violation, imprint upon the photographic images of vehicles exceeding the

speed limit:

     (i) The date and time of the violation; and

     (ii) The identity of the street, or school zone being monitored, and location upon that

street, or within that school zone, including the direction of travel and lane of travel; this

requirement may be met with code designations; and

     (iii) The posted or lawfully designated speed limit for the street or school zone being

monitored; and

     (iv) The monitored speed of the vehicle identified in the photographic images as

exceeding the posted or lawfully designated school zone speed limit; and

     (v) The consecutive event number of each photograph taken.

     (4) At least one hundred feet (100') prior to entering an automated school-zone area

where a speed-enforcement system is being operated, conspicuous signs, featuring flashing lights,

shall be erected warning motorists that they will be entering an area monitored by an automated

speed-zone-enforcement system and that violators of speed limitations may be prosecuted.

     (b) Payment period. Every person issued a citation pursuant to this chapter shall be

allowed thirty (30) days within which to pay the citation and fourteen (14) days within which to

request a hearing.

     (c) Payment amount. Notwithstanding any general or public law to the contrary,

violations pursuant to this chapter shall be assessed in the amount of thirty-five dollars ($35.00)

per violation.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - AUTOMATED SCHOOL-ZONE-

SPEED-ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM ACT OF 2016

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     This act would provide that signage for automated school-zone-speed-enforcement

systems include lights, limits hours of operation to 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and sets the fine at

thirty-five dollars ($35.00) payable in thirty (30) days.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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