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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 859
BY REPRESENTATIVES ARNOLD AND GISCLAIR
TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS: Prohibits certain traffic cameras on highways that receive public
funding
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 32:239, relative to traffic violations; to prohibit installing or using automated2
recording equipment or system to enforce compliance with any traffic law on state3
highways or local roads that receive federal or state funding; defines the term4
"automated recording equipment system"; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 32:239 is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง239. Automated traffic photo enforcement system; prohibition8
A. Local municipal authorities or local parish authorities shall not install or9
use automated traffic enforcement systems to enforce compliance with traffic laws,10
ordinances, rules, or regulations on any local street, road, or state highway within its11
jurisdiction, when the local municipality or parish receives federal or state funding12
for said local street, road, or state highway.13
B. For the purposes of this Section, the term "automated traffic enforcement14
system" means a camera or optical device installed to work in conjunction with a15
traffic control signal or radar speed detection equipment, or both, and designed to16
record images that depict the license plate or other identifying feature of a motor17
vehicle that is not operated in compliance with instruction of a traffic control signal18
or a posted traffic sign.19 HLS 10RS-450 ORIGINAL
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Section 2. Any local municipal authority or local parish authority using an1
automated traffic enforcement system in violation of this Act shall discontinue such use by2
January 1, 2011.3
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Arnold HB No. 859
Abstract: Prohibits the installation and use of automated traffic enforcement systems on
any local street, road, or state highway within its jurisdiction which is being funded
with federal or state dollars.
Proposed law prohibits the installation and use of automated traffic enforcement systems on
any public street, road, or state highway within its jurisdiction, which is being funded with
federal or state dollars.
Proposed law defines the term "automated traffic enforcement system" as a camera or optical
device installed to work in conjunction with a traffic control signal or radar speed detection
equipment or both and designed to record images that depict the license plate or other
identifying feature of a motor vehicle that is not operated in compliance with instruction of
a traffic control signal or a posted traffic sign.
Proposed law requires local municipal authorities or local parish authorities currently using
automated traffic enforcement systems in violation of proposed law to discontinue such use
by Jan. 1, 2011.
(Adds R.S. 32:239)