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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 210
BY SENATOR WARD
MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides relative to disposition of speed violations issued as a result
of photo enforcement or cameras. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 32:398.2.1, relative to motor vehicles; to provide with respect to the2
disposition of violations for exceeding the speed limit enforced by means of photo3
enforcement; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:398.2.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง398.2.1. Disposition of speed violations; electronic vehicle speed enforcement;7
prohibition8
A. No local municipal authority or local parish authority shall use any9
process or procedure, other than such process or procedure as is provided for10
in R.S. 32:398.2, to dispose of a violation of the speed limit on any street, road,11
or highway within its jurisdiction that is captured or recorded by an electronic12
speed enforcement system.13
B. For the purposes of this Section, the term "electronic vehicle speed14
enforcement system" means a camera or optical device installed to work in15
conjunction with radar speed detection equipment and designed to record16
images that depict the license plate or other identifying feature of a motor17 SB NO. 210
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vehicle that is not operated in compliance with the instruction of a posted speed1
limit sign.2
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Ward (SB 210)
Proposed law prohibits municipal and parish authorities from using any process or
procedure, other than such process or procedure as is provided for in R.S. 32:398.2, to
dispose of a violation of the speed limit on any street, road, or highway within its jurisdiction
that is captured or recorded by an electronic speed enforcement system.
Proposed law defines "electronic vehicle speed enforcement system" as a camera or optical
device installed to work in conjunction with radar speed detection equipment 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 the instruction of a posted speed limit sign.
Effective August 1, 2014
(Adds R.S. 32:398.2.1)